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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1976

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R ig. Gets Third Reading |

Assures GM Franchise

Rezoning, :. which’ will lay.
the groundwork fora General
Motors dealership franchise for
the areajand result in jobs for

20 to 80 persons, received third .

reading at Tuesday. night's

council meeting in spite of some *

objections. °

Several owners of adjacent
Property, were present to ex-
press their views as: well as

being given a clear picture of:
the: proposed -building and: its,

‘operations to be located south
‘of the rail

“rezoning for auto-body. work-

‘shops on land they owned. on

7th Ave.°S. and subsequently
have spent several thousand
dollars to‘develop their busi-
nesses in the 6th Ave. 8, area.
Mr. Brown said he was not
against the dealership, “I want
it here.” It was having an auto-
body shop on ith Ave. granted
when the same request, though
made by two previous persons,

was ‘never~ sented ahteae :
‘alton’ 5

belore,

the: former: towns of: Kinnaird
and Castlegar.
owners was the traffic noise
and possible loss of seclusion
when an added factor of the
proposal, a 50-foot roadway to
open up land in the back area,
becomes a reality. é
Opposition was also ex.
pressed by N. Brown of Capri
Auto Body who spoke «for
himself and Trail Auto Body,
two firms who were refused

Main concern of the home

Meee on: Sbelalt of Gary

Maloney,” Pat: Heag:

: gy sald’ the'
proposed’ 16,000-square-foot |:
“steel building would’ likely be °

completed by August and at. the
latest in September.

In giving ‘third reading
Mayor Ed Mosby said he did:
not feel it_was'a decision that
would be accep!
but noted all along Tth'Ave. S.

were “pockets” of commercial .

properties.
Council as‘a whole agreed

Low-Employment Centre

List is Not.

Human Resources - Minis-
ter Bill Vander Zalm's list: of
designated low-employment
centres in B.C, where employ-
able persons will no longer be
eligible for social. assistance
benefits, includes Slocan' Park,
South Slocan, Winlaw, Lardeau
and area, and Hawser and area,

» There has: been no im-
mediate indication as to how
the. designated communities
were arrived .at, but it is
believed that the list received
by the Castlegar Human Re-

sources office may be subject to:

some revision before it is
adopted inia final form.

«./ There has been indications
that Pass Creek, Syringa Creek
and Deer Park will be added to
the list.

. Mr. Vander Zaim said that
the list applies only to new
applicants for social assistance,

“in remote areas’ or \where
employment opportunities’ are
extremely limited.” g

Mr. Vander. Zalm. an:
nounced earlier this month that
employable persons who refuse
to make themselves available
for work will be disqualified
from assistance. _

Complete?

“After all, one of” the

prerequisites of finding some- —

one a job is that the person
must be in the right place at the
right time.”

Slocan Marks
Villages 75th

Anniversary
‘The Village of Slocan is

celebrating its 76th’ anniver-.

sary.
An. invitation has been

. extended to all former resi-

dents and friends to help mark
this celebration.

Many events are planned
throughout the summer with
the three main events being the
Homecoming Picnic June 19; at
which’ time a Beef Barbeque
will be held along with a play on
-early life in Slocan and a street
dance; Water Sports Day on
July 1 and its Labor Day cele-
bration Sept. 6. 4

~ The village council, at its
April 7 meeting, authorized the
erection of “Welcome to,
Stocan” signs on, the Mabeaye
entering’ Slocan.

Midnight Tomorrow Deadline
‘For 1915 Income Tax Returns

© Midnight tomo
April 30): is. the'd
tilling 1975 income tax re-

s.

. About 4 million returns are
expetted to be filed this-year
says the revenue department,
with records showing that most

of the several hundred thous-

* and taxpayers who miss the

deadline each year.are people
who owe the government

penalty of 5 per cent on what
they owe. *

Columbia Ave. and 7th Ave. 8.
are in a transition period,:and
while the residents are exper-
iencing an inconvenience they
are not being put in a position
to'lose financially.

Ald. Dave Ferguson ssid
Marathon Realttes' latest figure
on the value of commercial land

in Castlegar ts $20,000 an sere.”

with favor, °

“Unexpected. drama; 4
which; lasted “but a few
seconds, | occurred © Thurs-
day noon at the Castlegar |
‘Airport as’ the scheduled
PWA flight touched down
for landing:

A deer bolted from the
west side. of. the field,
which was once an orchard,
continuing its leaping in
an easterly direction cross-
ing the runway as the big
Boeing 787, appearing to
be already committed to
landing, came: within ap-
proximately a 100 feet of
the. animal: which“ disap-
peared in the direction of
the Castlegar Golf Course.

“Once the® short-lived
drama was over, move-
ment-at the airport ‘con-
tinued with no evidence of
those few ansiotis 3 mo-
ments.

Concert Honors

Stanley Humphries Se Se-
condary Schoo) Band: Master,
Norman Fishwick, who for the
past 20 years has directed the
band program, will be honored
tomorrow evening ata farewell
concert” to be held in the
gymnasium.

‘The concert will ‘feature
the SHSS Senior Band, the
Stage Band, and the Golden
Older Band (comprised of for-
mer Fishwick band students).

The highlight of the con-
cert, will undoubtedly be the
solo. performance by Norm
Fishwick (Rumor has it that

Norm Fishwick

better shape!) Members of the
board “of school trustees of

School District No. 9 will also”

be present to officially recog-
hize Mr: Fishwick's 20 years of
dedicated ‘service.

Following the concert a
social with refreshments will be

‘held inthe’ Activity Room. To

the many ex-students of SHSS,

the friends ‘and ‘associates of -

Norman’ Fishwick, and_ this
community at large, an invita-

+ tion has ° been extended | to

everyone to join in honoring a
fine, dedicated. teacher and
musician, who has offered so
much to so many over the past

5.99 Mills ineseace
In Local School Levy

A total of 44.67 mills, an
increase of 5.99 mills from last
year, will be levied against
taxpayers in School District
No. 9 for education costs this
year-as the result of a bylaw
passed by Castlegar. school
board Monday.

Even though the increase
appears like a lot of money,
secretary-treasurer John Da-
scher says school taxes are not.
going up due to the $60 increase
in the homeowner Srant.

Bill’ 17. was passed by the
Legislature April 15 in which it
amends the provincia) home-
owner grant to Increase the
home-owner grant to a’ maxi-
mum of $280 for persons under
65 and a maximum of $380 for
those over 66 years of age.

‘It also defines the mint
mum tax payment to be $80 for
those under 65 and $1 for those
older than 65,

It also increases the maxi-
mum fine from $1,000 to $2,000

-on offences for wrongful claims

made under the act.
‘The 44,67. mills_ includes
Selkirk College which this year

‘Beehive’
OF Activity
At Airports
‘A routine Pacific Western

Airlines flight became a hive of
activity on Wednesday of last

week when 50 pounds of bees.

spilled from their container in

¢ the slates baggage compart-

: he incident began when a
man brought the bees to the

is 9,80 mills, up .20 from 8.60
mills in 1975,

Mr. Dascher said Schoo!
District No, 9 is still 1.86 mills
below the provincial average of
46.53. This is leas than the 2.62
difference experienced the year
prior,

Inan assessment of $7,000;
which is levelled against a home
in the $85,000" to. $40,000

bracket, 44.67 mills generated a
total school tax before the
education grant of $312.69,
Minus the grant net school
taxes payable are $32. 69,

“In our area,” says Mr.
Dascher,, “Homes are only
asseased approximately 20 per
cent of their value, whereas it
shoal be approximately 40 per
cent.” E

Local Dog Controller
Has Council's Backing

City dog controller Jim
Vigue has .the complete confi-
dence of City Council.

This is the stand taken
Tuesday night when council
responded to a letter giving
details ‘of an ‘incident which
occurred at the. Ootischenia
Dump March 24.

Under the signature of
Gale Oglow, Garry Grabam and
David Ogiow, a lengthy state-
ment’ described an incident
which basically dealt with view-
ing two dogs, one small and one
large, laying on the ground in

~ front of a green Datsun pickup,

both with a pool of blood at
their heads.

When. placed in the
dump, the movement of the
larger dog was such they
questioned: whether it was
actually dead, The young man

disposing of the bodies said yes,

“it is just nerves.”

‘After his departure it was
evident that the dog, which
ee cate manage at one

gain

Vancouver -PWA-terminal. foe.

shipment to Castlegar.*:~:
The bees were loaded into
1" Boeing: 781;
baggagemen in Penticton c ‘Gpen-

<-ed the cor setent they were
with: irritated

The setters was

quickly sealed and the baggage-

men‘refused to reopen. it,
The*’plane- flew. on to
Castlegar but, according to
local: PWA spokesman ‘Berrie
Ehman, it had no effect on the
passengers landing at Castle-
gar for their baggage is stored
up front, He said it was those
gers who. disembarked

passen}
-at Penticton that had to wait a

‘day for their baggage since the
Hight returned.'to Vancouver
withthe: bees and all. the
baggage-in the rear compart-
ment still aboard.

When the plane returned,
the man who originally “shipped.”
the bees was summoned to the
terminal to corral the buzzing
insects.

After an hour of painstak-
ing work, the bees were again

and‘ the baggage ‘for- .-

caged
warded to its destination.

i
Re
is

$2,867.26 BOOST, the first

Norm's lip has never been in

has been
Castlegar and District Project Society aires Martin Vanderpo! by Castlegar.
‘Carpenters Local Union 2300. Taking part in the presentation, which took place on
day aft of last week in the Castlegar and

District Arena Complex,

are, left to viaht Nick ‘Sookachol, Mra. Bil
‘Vanderpol and Regional Recreation

“Un the apring of 1976,:the ”

Minor Hockey annual meeting

heard a motion passed io) forma

_ WinDave's
~ CHICKEN

See Page 9 |

BM Plotaikoff, Mr.

Plotnikeli,
‘Commission Ne. 1 director, Pat Metge: It fs the
request of the Castlegar Carpenters Local Union 2300 that this money be
earmarked to go toward the purchase of a time ‘clock.—Castlegar News Photo

made to the Vigue house with |
the’ young‘ man returning to
complete the job.

Council, after receipt of the
letter, had written the Vancou-
ver SPCA as well-as‘a local
veterinarian,

Areply from SPCA stated
the use of a.22 rifle, provided it
was in the hands ofa competent
person, was preferable to a dog
being put to sleep with a needle’
by a veterinarian.

Five persons were in the
gallery Tuesday night to hear ~
council's stand, and while it was
not a formal delegation, permis-
sion was granted to them to
comment on the subject.

Those present indicated
they realized that dogs at times
had’ to be” destroyed, “the
question was the method used,

Council said it also had to
keep in mind: the cost of dog
control. Last year 142 dogs

were destroyed with’ dog li- ,
cences only covering a portion

of the costs.

no Last year this department

carries. a‘deficit of $3,000.

steering committee to investi-
gate the procedure of entering
a junior hockey team into the
Kootenay International Junior
Hockey League (KIJHL),

Named to the’ committee
were “Mel McMullen, Mike
Nazaroff and Lyle Roberts, At
the annual: meeting held in
Grand Forks, the .committee
members| were required to
register. withthe league’ in
order to attend: the’ monthly
meetings throughout the 1975-
76 season. This decision proved
to be ‘very: beneficial.

In order to field a team for
the fall of "76, several steps had
to be taken: (1) generate some
capital and purchase equipment.
(2) fill- out “an: executive and
group consisting-of a minimum
of 25 persons to help run the
team functions (3) acquire a
competent coach and assistance
and (4) set up a hockey camp for
club tryouts.

With these objectives. in
mind, the committee decided to
have a 600-square board at $10
per square, with a grand prize
of $1,000 and 10 consolation
prizes of $25 to be held in
conjunction with a Klondike
Night this coming Saturday,
The response from the public
has been substantial, with the
result that the board has been
entirely sold ‘out well in ad-
vance of Klondike Night.

Te was felt that this project.
would raise $4,000, or approxi-
mately half the cost of getting a
team on the ice. In the late 60's,

«the ‘original Castlegar: Junior.

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Licences Bring.
CTV Television
To Castlegar

The Canadian Radio-
Television and Telecommunica-
tions Commission announced
Monday it has issued licences
for the rebroadcast of CHAN-
TV, Vancouver, at a number of
locations in the West Kootenay
region of British Columbia.

The licences will bring
CTV television network service
to Castlegar, Trail, Nelson,
Grand ‘Forks, Taghum, Santa
Rosa, Oliver and Osoyoos (Mt,
Kobau).

The licences are subject to
renewal March 31, 1979.

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