CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Match 5, 1964 Gravy Train Has Passed "WELL DEAL GENEROUSLY WiTH ARROW LAKES RESIDENTS “Hydro ‘Not Soulless Engineering QW A A VOLKSWAGEN and RAMBLER SALES & SERVICE). The Machine’ HOCKEY By Beaver Valley Claims Brief The Salmo District Chamber) co-operate on this program, of Commerce and the Beaver Val- ley Regional College Committee agreed In a joint statement issued early last week that the two or. ganizations would support any lo: * cation for a regional College that] be overlooked at the last minute, in| especially in yiew of their close would serve the most people tho Kootenays, This site would have to be within the one hour driving range h —__—_— of ‘Creston, the statement said,| ple, tics and, thoughts on the col- lege, Have the boards accepted this Postwar Crop The statement read, in part, | fact and followed them through? a “No school ponte Bert the Ly to recommen je Castlegar | areas are not impossible, for thos site untll they have investigated | studenta outside the one-hour dri- ving time and should be consider- ed, Districts such as the Boun- dary, Kaslo, Nakusp, ete. could that the gravy train has long been| be attracted to the college if thes in order to be effective. the Salmo-Fruitvale sites.” The statement continues: The Beaver Valley argument passing them and everything being handed to the one area tlegar-Kinnaird area. proximity, Dormitories for these outlyin; js | facilities are provided. is Kinnaird is going to have a a point well made, Let those bu-| hard time providing facilities on sinessmen in the cities of Nelson| the other side of the river and and Trail take good note of the competition build-up .in the Cas-| in view of the development of the| ing statistics. ¢ Mica Dam and college at the same The school boards are prepar-| time, We must assure ourselves that prior to signing this agreement, this review has taken place.’ The Creston area’ of 7,091 persons with large assessable values should not The Skyway to East Kootenay has opened fields of revenue, peo- for that matter on their own side, 2, The replies should indicate : payers... c| Of Teenagers Soon Marrying the fact that they are not willing to support any area within the West Kootenay and be dated with- in the last month, which would in. dicate that prior to signing this agreement, all last minute steps have been taken to secure the most, for the least for your tax- The big postwar crop of Ca- nadian teenagers will shortly be moving into the age range where they will be marrying, settling down, buying furniture and appli- ances and hundreds of smaller] ther the need for more facilitie: items — and incidentally making] or a reduction in play and prac- tice time for. the participants. More regulations and the enforce- The February Commercial Let-| ment of same will be required as in an impact on the consumer spend- CHATTER By GEORGE JACKSON ‘As we approach the mid-point of these roaring sixties, prepara- | tive are somewhat ruthless in up- Players who feel the execu- tlons for an are increasingly evident, item is published. ther expansion ‘in the local hoc. Last | with regards to penalties this sea- Thursday's’ Castlegar News was|son should read an example of the anticipation felt by most local merchants and or- ganizations, Minor Hockey includ- ed, While our local press reports | also read this revival story and a quoted possibility of 1,000 jobs| many would find that the Minor minimum on the proposed Colum. | Hockey movement nationally not bia river development, this figure | only encourages participation in will undoubtedly pick up ‘one zero| the sport but endeavours to pro- for every province in which this| mote citizenship through sports. ‘Local Curling enthusiasts ene vision more and better facilities, | by the ottaw: aniza this with our blessing for any fur-| as bayin saaisea key organization will result in ‘¢i-/ huntding before or after his game. holding the of officials an article Phone R. A. Bob Horswill 365-3491 - Complete Stock of Volkswagen Cars and Trucks New Ramblor Cars Sales & Service — Trades PARKVIEW MOTORS — Nelson URINAL in the Weekend Magazine section of local dailies delivered last Sat- urday and entitled “Kids Revive Ottawa ‘ Hockey.” Parents should Two of the many rules Listed as follows “A boy may receive a ‘| penalty for misconduct. in the ‘$) Smoking in the arena and usin; foul language draws suspension. Now who would say our regula- tions are rigid? of games bet- MMMM MT WANT 8 OME QUICK MONEY?. © SELL THOSE UNWANTED. ITEMS , WITH AN INEXPENSIVE CLASSIFIED AD. Phone the Gastlegar News at 365-7266 Canada’s ‘entitlement’ will provide (In the end a compromise figure was established and accepted by both parties; and this compromise figure was used ‘in‘all subsequent computations of mills per kwh.) wards the agreement was the decl- sion by the. United States to, esta. . ries: of meetings, an agreement (continued from page four) The second major. step to- blish a consortium of public utility districts and private power, .com- panies to act as a single purchaser for the Canadian entitlement. Finally, after. what sometimes seemed like an almost endless s¢e- eached, Sab eae 6. THE FINAL AGREEMENT ..» Ita terms have been wide- ly published ‘and can. be briefly summarized in this way: Canada has undertaken to en- rming areas of the West Koo- umbia and Kootenay rivers and Columbia river, and to use them operation at Duncan, Afrow ‘and a to regulate the How ‘of water Into | Mica, United States In accordance i i t with ‘an: agreed plan of operation| payments bring ‘to Canada and fe a for a perlod of thirty years. For) British Columbia? They can bo) 110, that time the United States willl quickly summarized: have the use of the Canadian half ‘ree as well as its own half of the ex-| from the United States will: my, tra power generated In the United A. (a) ; pital States, plants, Canada also agreed) costs of the storage dams as d that the United States may build| occur, (b) Pay about half the gant a dam at: Libby on’ the Socten tal cost of the generators at Mica, | yea! Montana in spite of the v fact that this will flood some 40| installation at Mica to produce 6.6 | site miles of’ the southern Kootenay] billion kilowatt-hours of .energy Valley in British Columbia. the United States wil) dint to Ca- —— and Canada wi Tester to British Columbla —| kwh, The savings at. Mica-at full ers. the sum of $274.8 million on 1| production will be about $16 mi October, 1964. An additional total] lion a year.. amount: of $69.6 mina be te ritish Columbla will] paid in 1968, 1969, and « nj build Se aalor dams on the! three Canadian dams come into What ‘advantages’ will these The total amounts - received | for 1,50 (ec) Enable a 1.8 million kilowatt | in si annually for less than 1.5 mills | ry, In return for these services| per kwh. The corresponding cost under development without the tantly | Troaty would be nearly 4 mills per B, An alternative way of stat- the advantages accruing to Canada and to British Columbia | ple would be to say that the United | of First Kinnaird Brownies Celebrate Founder's Day States payments would during the | livii 30-year periods of ‘sale (i) pay off all. the capital costs} of the operating expenses of these sto-j ed enays. F. In additi men in the manufacturing indust- housing, and the provision of ge- neral supplies. The towns of /Re- velstoke, Castlegar. and many oth- vin the Columbia Valley can| our own program. a expect a great new era of develop- ment. - eee aware of the problems of the peo- who will now be required to move. It is‘ unfortunate that momentolls nd reservoirs at. Duncan, | changes of this kind so often musi ond Mica, (ii): pay all the| involve disruption of old establish- to providing an The development of .the river men for a period of 15 to 20 pravides’ employment for 10 in’ transportation, in the Arrow Lakes area, many wWhiom have spent their ‘lives ing and working in the area and patterns of. life. But’ I assure thelr, tributaries within Canada. As now formally nated ihe ly of low cost power | United States will ask for special Seen ection of the Columbia | flood control measures to be taken projects willbe a major stimulant | in Ganad (a) only when, a ir lumbi: ‘ono-| serious threat of floo the Ree neat ot aha e the United States has been ree i the employment at | cogaized, and (b) only after every Bay