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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 5, 1979

Bennett Calls May 10

Provincial Election

Private versus government
ownership will be the main
issue in a May £0 provinclal
election, Premier Bill Bennett
announced Tuesday evening.

Bennett, B.C. premier
since Dec. 11, 1975, said in a
20-minute announcement he
wanted the electorate to send a
clear message both to his
political opposition and to the
federal government that Brit-
ish Columblans believe in pri-

Sales Tax Cut,
Grants Up,

Tax Down 2%

Highlights of the 1979-80
British Columbia budget pre-
sented Monday:

Provincial sales tax cut
to four per cent from five;

e Annual homeowners’
grant up $100 to $380, to $580
for seniors;

@ Low-income renters’ tax
credit up $50 to $150;

e Personal income tax re-
duced two per cent to 44 per
cent on federal rate;

vate ownership and in control
of their own resources,

Voters should endorse his
policy of distributing free
shares of the B.C, Resources
Investment Corp, to all eligible
B.C. residents, he said,

And, he added, the people
also have an opportunity to
make a decision on whether
Ottawa or Victoria will control
the resources of the province.

The election call came a
day after Finance Minister
Evan Wolfe brought down a
$4.67 billion budget proposing
attractive sales and income tax
cuts, increases in homeowner
grants and in the tax credit to
low-income renters,

Although there had’ been
talk that Bennett would call a
vote immediately after the
budget, the election call became
more apparent Monday night
when the opposition balked at a
routine supply bill to cover
expenses until the budget was
passed.

The government blasted
the for ot

CCOURTNEWS 7 Lo

In provincial court March
27, John Graham, 17, of Robson,
pleaded guilty to theft under
$200, He was fined $250 or in
default 30 days in jail,
“.

David B. Turner, 46, of -

Castlegar, pleaded guilty to
driving when his driver's ll
cence was under suspension.
He was fined $260 or in default
80 days in jail.
* * Ld .
Donald J. Shaw, of Robson,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
causing a disturbance. He was
fined $250 or in default 30 days
in jail.
s oe e
Michael Madrigga, 71, of

. Blueberry Creek, was fined

$250 or in default 30 days in jail
after he pleaded guilty to a
charge of driving with a blood
alcohol count over .08,

Nick Stoochnoff, 70, of
Castlegar, pleaded guilty to a
charge of driving while ,im-
paired. He was fined $460 or in
default $0 days in jail.

. . °

Tim Morris Kozak, 17, of
Castlegar, pleaded guilty to

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nay journalist for the past 28
years, has been named interim
bureau chief,

Present for the opening
was Steen, Jorgensen, Van-
couver-based director of daily
newspaper operations for Ster-
ling Newspapers Ltd, in B.C,
He was by Robert

being a minor in of
Nquor, He was fined $50,
v2 s s .

John Polontkoff, 57, of
Castlegar, pleaded guilty to a
charge of driving while im-
paired. He was fined $850 or in
default 30 days in jail + *

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Two separate charges of
being in possession ofa narcotic
were heard. Entering a guilty

. plea were Morris Tim Kozak,

17, and Anthony Lane, 22, both
of Castlegar and each received
a conditional discharge and
placed on one month's proba-
tion.

/ Police Briefs 7

Redman, formerly general
manager of The Times and now
publisher of The News.

. Jorgensen said that a
Castlegar bureau had been
planned by the Sterling or-
ganization for some time.

CAL BUREAU

“It is the result of studies |

indicating that Castlegar ad-
vertisers and subscribers want
in-city service by the Sterling
papers,” Jorgensen said,

(The Sterling plant al Nel
son currently prints the Castle-
gar News and Mirror,

, “We are also responding
competitively to regionalization
by the weekly Castlegar News
and its entertainment offshoot,

‘the Mirror,” Jorgensen said, -

“While this didn’t prompt, it
certainly speeded up our plans
to open a Castlegar bureau.”

continued from Page Al
whether it is concerned
‘about the amount of money
we spend,” she said. “And
whether the two are ‘com:
patible.”

“It's not designed to be
a confrontation thing,” said
Hammond, outgoing presi-
dent of the 14-month-old
i “It may turn

Local RCMP handled 56
i over the weekend

but the supply bill was not
passed until just before Bennett
made an afternoon trip to

e Far re:
serve land assessment cut by 50
per cent;

@ Regional colleges oper-
ating costs removed from local
taxpayers;

e Corporate capital tax
exemption doubled to $1 mil-
lion;

@ Sales tax i for

House, routine
before an election is called.
When Bennett ousted Bar-
rett from government in 1975,
Social Credit had won 35 seats
in the 55-seat legislature, the
NDP had 18 and the Liberals
and Conservatives one riding
each, :
At Tuesday,

vitamins, dietary supplements,
diabetic supplies;

e Balanced budget with
$4,567.5 million in expenditures
and revenues,

the government held 34 seats,
the NDP had 18, the Conser-
vatives one and two ridings —
both in North Vancouver —
were vacant,

_ Gerry Ehman to Head
Local Cancer Campaign

Gerry Ehman has been
named Castlegar chairman of
the Canadian Cancer Society's
educational and fund raising
campaign scheduled to begin

“this week. ~

= Ehman will lead Castlegar
volunteers in a community-
wide effort to ensure con-
tinuing support for the pro-
grams of the Cancer Society.
He is an instructor at Selkirk

* College and has been a resident
of the area for 11 years,

Canvassing in the area will
take place April 29. The target
for the B.C. and Yukon Division
of the society is $1.7 million this

pate,

Orie

from 4:30 p.m. Friday to
Sunday midnight.

There were 27 liquor sei-
zures with seven charges pend-
ing. Three impaired driving
charges are also pending from
the weekend with one driver
being suspended.

* *

Sunday night a window
was broken on the west side of

All the incidents are still
under investigation.
s * .

Garcld Garry Renk of
Nelson has been charged with
driving with bald tires after the
1966 Beaumont he was driving
sustained an estimated $400
damage when it left the road at
the intersection of Ootischenia
and D-Bar-D roads.

The vehicle went out of
control and went over a steep

Cooper A
Damage is estimated at $50.

The same night, a B.C.
Hydro warehouse at Keenley-
side Dam was broken. into.
Entry was gained by removing
apiece of siding with exit being
made by the door. Nothing has
been noted missing.

Early Tuesday morning an
unidentified pickup truck
knocked over a stop sign and
attempted to knock over mail
boxes on Fifth Avenue South.

Overnight, on Thursday of |

last week, a car on the Husky
Station lot had a window
smashed and a tape deck stolen.

Friday night the Wizard's
Palace was broken into. A
partial carton of cigarettes and
about six bags of chips are
missing. Entry was gained by
prying off a plexi-glass window.

* POLL

year, and Gerry Ehman said /. :

that the Castlegar unit hopes to
raise $8,000.

The $8,000 target repre-
sents an increase of $1,000 over
the amount collected last year.
Last year's amount was up
$2,000 from the year before,
thanks to the efforts of Norman
New,
chairman.

“The war against cancer
has reached a new stage and we
hope to see some new victories

in the not-too-distant future”, .

Ehman said.

As the research forges
ahead, some cancers considered
incurable only a few years ago
are becoming manageable —
even curable, he said. As well,
he added, better treatment
methods are continually being
tested and proved effective.
Research is also being done to
discover ways of preventing
cancer by identifying cancer-
causing agents in our environ-
ment.

“In addition to supporting
research, the cancer society has
an extensive program of public
education,” Ehman said. “Many
more lives would be saved from
cancer with what we know

GERRY EHMAN

+. chairman
today if everyone understood
the importance of early diag-
nosis and prompt treatment.”

last year's campaign —

HEARINGS

continued from page Al

“He indicated pretty
clearly in the Trail hearing,
at the end of it, that he was
upset there were no trustees
there to answer any ques-
tions," he said. “And he
wanted the addresses of the
various boards so he could
personally invite the trust-
ees to the hearing.”

The CUPE negotiator
said he assumed Hall would
invite trustees of the re-
maining districts despite
statements by Arthur Gutt-
man, B.C. School Trustees
Association ‘negotiator, that
school board members had
no authority to be there and
entire boards would have to
attend in order to be con-
sidered a corporate body
under accreditation,

YOUNG CASTLEGAR BOY, Bob Walton, 14, son of Dr. and
Mrs. John Walton, is competing in the Conadian Juvenile
Alpine Ski Championships being held today, Friday ‘and
Saturday at Fernie. The top skiers under 14 years old from
every province will compete in each of the three racing
categories, Slalom, Giant Slalom and Downhill. Eorlier this
ski saason Walton represented Costlegar at the B.C. Win-

ter Games In Kamloops.

continued from page Al
to be conducted in his home at
-1025 Francis St. in Robson, but
he did not expect it to be as
good as the Nov. 18 referendum
in which out of about 300 ballots
cast by Robson area residents
88 per cent were in favor of
spending up to 15 mills or
$28,858 annually for fire pro-
tection.

He said he was confident
the expenditures would win
approval in the referendum,
although he was concerned that
some residents may have be-
lieved the sums were “over and
above those approved in the
original (Nov. 18) referendum.”

“But I think we've got the
situation under control,” he
added. 2

The fire commission has
set up a transportation com-
mittee, which will advertise
telephone numbers residents
can call for rides to the polling
station, Churches said.

After winning approval by
the voters, he said, the pro-
posed expenditures will go to
the Regional District of Central
Kootenay board for adoption.

BANKERS STUDY

About 11,000 students
are enrolled in courses of
the Institute of Canadian
Bankers, educational organi-
‘zation of the Canadian char-
tered banks.

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out that way, but’ that isn't.
the intent of the meeting."

The group is not plan-
ning to submit a brief at the
Monday meeting, she said,
although members may pre-
pare one after the meeting
should they decide one is
necessary.

Confirming plans for
the phasing-out of the teach-
ing positions and the elimi-
nation of elementary teach-
er's preparation time, Jones

told the Castlegar News last

- would result in a decrease of

, Tolment would account for

month that the cutbacks
were necessary to confine
the $6,996,468 district 1979
budget's increase over last
year to about three mills.
She said preparation

TRADE FAIR

continued from page Al,

of Castlegar and other area
municipalities, and Miss Inte-
rior, B.C. will participate in the
April 20 ribbon-cutting . cere-
mony, he said.

Such attractions as the
vintage car ‘display, “the one
the entire B.C, interior focuses

on,"*as well as the Bavarian ©

garden, and RCMP and fish and
wildlife branch exhibits will
again.be featured this year,
Stasila sald.

He said entertainment will-
be provided by the Kootenay
Kiltie Band, a bluegrass group
and several area high scliool
bands,

Also planned are new dis-
plays from B.C. Hydro and B.C.
Telephone, he said, as well as
an “animal petting zoo” and
puppet shows put on to com-
memorate 1979 as the Year of
the Child..

In ‘addition, the club has

time was it ina
trial program about three
years ago and its elimination
six positions, Declining en-

the, other four, she said.

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a “special
to be unveiled later this month,
for the trade fair.

“It's something Calgary
and Edmonton have had in
their shows, and we're really

fortunate’ to have it down’

here,” Stasila said, “I think it's
going to be a real crowd
pleaser.”

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the Ootiscltenia refuse site.

The Regional District of
Central Kootenay board last
week adopted an amending
waste disposal bylaw taxing
areas participating in the refuse
function one mill for the extra
cost of the W20 Case front-end
Joader and then reverting: to
the previous levy of three-fifths
of a mill next year.

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Lions Ask
An extensive landscaping
phase of the Castlegar Selkirk
Lions Club's $900,000 Kinnaird
Park upgrading project starts
this month, ‘city council was
told at its last regular meeting.

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Council's

Help With Landscaping

In_a letter -to' Ald, Bud
Godderis, parks and recreation
cuiinities chairman, club presi-
dent; Alex Cheveldave seid
approximately 1,000 cubic me-
ters of topsoil in the park's open
turf area will be bulldozed aside
in April to make room for about

- 2,000 cuble meters of fill, which

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estranged wife of the prime minister starts
on Page B2. © Wide World Photos

No-One Said We Couldn't,
So the News/Mirror Did It

By LOIS HUGHES
Editor

The story of how. the
Castlegar News/Mid‘Week
Mirror obtained exclusive West
‘Kootenay rights to Margaret
Trudeau's autobiography, Bé-

yond Reason, probably. makes

as interesting reading as the

.excerpts from the book written
by the estranged wife of Prime

Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau,

While this : writer ~ must

await . publication .of the ex-.

cerpts to be privy to them, the’

‘prolonged negotiations and ©

» anxious moments as the News/

Mirror negotiated for and final-

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niscent of a Frederick Forsyth
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Enquiries re;
tong tight

Guedes and negotiations were
Ny: conel ‘by.

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ago. When d by her

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‘van’ the

husband Pierre Elliot Trudeau
over the affair with the uniden-
tified “charming Southerner”
she grabbed a kitchen knife,

bared her’ breast and-tried to”

plunge in the blade, -
o While in Ottawa prior to
her marriage, Margaret moved

risk ‘of getting pregnant be-
cause Pierre, who objects to
birth control, had persuaded
her to give up the pill.

e Before and even during
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Campbell :over'a 10-day period.

Montreal. : ig

A recent ‘articte in Mac-
lean’s magazine (“Maggie in the
marketplace: why she let it all
hang out”) notes “the amusing
(or horrifying — again depend-
ing on one's sensibilities) spec-

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/ Salmo Village News

J,

Eye Easement Purchase

The. Village of Salmd is
considering acquisition of an
easement. from Riverside
Slough to the Salmo River so
that it will have access to
service a drainage ditch. -

s * s

The proposed re-zoning of
a property near the Sal-Crest
Motel from residential to com-
mercial drew a letter of oppo-
sition from a local resident.

Sal-Crest owner John Pat-_

rick, while. listening to council

were local. He stated the open-
ing of the new highway to

Castlegar last fall has very ©

likely made the. figures grow
upwards.
e * e

Several resolutions being
i

Ald. Mel Eberts has recom-
mended that an investigation
be conducted into what insur-
ance, if any, the village carries
on its airport. The village leases.
the land from the’ federal
ministry of transport for $1 and
in turn sub-l

d by other
ties at the Association of Koote-
nay Boundary municipalities
convention scheduled for April
26 to 28 in Fernie were called to
council's attention. :
Members were unanimous

ial proper-

- ty, told aldermen he had: taken
a traffic count during the four
summer months showing an
average of 2,800 vehicles a day.
Of these he felt two thirds

in support to oppose
the Kootenay Diversion as well
as supporting the abolition of
the five-per-cent sales tax in
the’ purchasing by municipali-
ties of such items as fire trucks,

~ Extension of

_. Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction of Castlegar’s animal control officer was
extended to include Salmo in a closed village council meeting last

week. :

Following, their regular
meeting Salmo council mem-
bers.chose Jim Vigue — who
carries out thé same function
for the City of Castlegar — out
of several applicants to fill the
position.” |

Ed Arsenault, the former
village animal control officer,
appeared before council earlier,
stating he: would be available
for $250 a month at no further
cost to the village. He did,
(however, ask to have full

nly

charge including the sale of dog
licences... :

Ald. Mel Eberts said he
thought the village should have
a pound before an officer was
hired’ while Ald. G. | Pictin
stated collecting of fees should
be ‘done right in: the village
office. ¢

The matter was referred to

committee; after village clerk

HLE. Russill said there were

several other applications.
Council thanked Arsenault

for having appeared in person.

Course. .
* ° . Hi

- Council is to investigate
the costs and policy of a leasing
firm which offers such items as
office equipment and fire trucks
on a “use while paying” plan.

Sema,

Invitations to council from
the Creston Blossom Festival
and Trail Fiesta Days have
been turned over to the queen
‘committee. .

a . *

A grader has been made
available at a very low rental
rate and at any given time by
Ald. Eberts‘ who told council
there was “one sitting at the
shop.” 3

* * .
- Council will have its en-
gineering firm look at a water

tank which they plan to have ©

the water lowered in to replace
some major support timbers.
a 8 8
Council has approved the
order of priorities recommend-
ed by the local recreation com-
mission when asking for grant
assistance. Priorities were set
in the following order: s
* Lights in the park, a tennis
court for Ymir, {ce-making
equipment for’Salmo's skating
rink and the upkeep and main-
tenance of the Salmo swimming
pool.

- News/Mirror.: publisher ’ Burt |
with: Optimum Publishing of

to the Golf _

after shaping would be covered
with tHe topsoil.

“In the month of August
we expect to have installed an
automatic: sprinkling’ system

. throughout. the. above area,"

the letter continued. “In’ late
August or early September we
hope to havé this area seeded
so .that we could realize a
reasonable grass growth before
freezing’ weather and winter
sets in.” . is

The letter said the club
hoped council would approve
“an extensive’ participation of
the city’s machinery and work-
men,” and asked council to
indicate to what extent it was
to assist the Lions in the land-
acaping. —

Council referred the query
te public works superintendont
Alex Lutz for a reply.

SPE TENw NA OTE BRST PN DUN PEAR WTR PR ARRA Ske SEAT eS SeA eR phere 4gtrbe seve

the Central Kootenay Regional
Hospital board last week. °°
CKRHD acting” treasurer

Vera Kalmikoff attributed the:

budget decrease mainly tonew, ~

health ministry restraints
which required hospital dig?’ ’

* triets to absorb into’ geners

revenue their surpluses

1978. ¥ %

The budget includes: as
revenue $502,241 from ‘goners}
taxation of municipalities and
electoral areas, $494,749 fro)
debenture principal and’ intex:
est, $162,000 in temporaty
borrowing interest and a $6,196
surplus from last year.,

Expenditures for 1979
clude $10,000 on. the hospits
advisory committee, $3,000. 01
borrowing pending receipt
‘ revenue, $87,000 on ‘such co!
= Sa i tingencies as hospita} equip: -.
seasons with Michaal’s brother, Josef, ™ext, planning consultant fees ©

having ‘also been victorious for two - 3d land acquisition. Furthér. .

seasons. the nine other Pp, in ore d >

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Lisa Uchida, Rob McGauley, Doreen

Alexis Walsh, Kevin Jardine, Debbie

and Evike Berger —.

Lois Hughes

SECOND TIME running Michael Berger hos
coptured the Bob. Brandson Memorial
Trophy as the swimmer of the Castlegar
Aquanauts with the most accumulated
points during the summer season. The
presentation was made by Mrs. Brandson
Gt ihe vecent annual mesiing oF ine club.
been in the family forfour

repayment and $270,000
temporary borrowing:

trophy are also included.

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