Holds Back Part of '78 School Tax $250 in RDCK Funds [ Every Turned Over toNEC |. ay goodness Y Make a Mansion Hydro officials as well respon- Wes Tam levelling with you.’ ” enough with to deal with our what they want.” Area J director Martin (menf negotiations for greater ‘benefits, under the terms of the \WColfmbia River Treaty, from twat ter crossing the Canada-U.S, foorder. 1} “If that is the case, then it is the duty of the federal or the provincial government to tell us ‘that it is beneficial to this ‘country and not shunt off that responsibility to a civil servant ‘who is hired to produce electri- ‘city and sell it," he said, He said the RDCK board's duty is to represent the interest ‘of local residents rather than provincial or national interests. «o7=“E am waiting for the day ‘when any federal or provincial tgovernment will tell us that ‘representing our people ‘Metrimental to this country,” the Area J director said before CBC television cameras. + “Maybe there are benefits ‘nationally or provincially,” but mame me one benefit fo Koot Lake," he inued sive to the will of the people.” He said the B.C, Water Act has proved inadequate to deal with all aspects of the impact of alarge water project and added that it does not make provisons for non-economic factors, In dealing with the impact, Paul said, Hydro hes left a documented record of unkept promises in the Kootenays “Mr. Bonner has apparent- ly told the board that its referendum may weaken his hand in ‘his dealings with the Americans,” he said, “He is telling them that there is no Canadian opposition to the diversion, while telling you to hush up the opposition until he has finished his deal.” “In essence Mr. Bonner says ‘I am not levelling with my business associates when I negotiate to sell your river, but use U.S, power autho- tities are undoubtedly aware of popular opposition to the diver- sion already, a referendum would have no real effect on Hydro's power to negotiate, he told the board. “It seems to us that Hydro's real fear is not that the Americans will learn of our anger, but that Victoria will, Mr. Bonner came running out to meet with ‘this board in a closed meeting because he was afraid that our referendum might start something dan- gerous, something that might make the government take ‘more interest in popular oppo- sition to B.C. Hydro.” He said the id neighbor fairly and openly.” Shortly before the board voted on the motion Area I, director John Moran asked that sections of the Columbia River Treaty pertinent to B.C.'s di- version option be made able to the public before th= referendum is held “so that everybody knows exactly what they're voting on and exactly where they stand.” “Nine directors yoted in favor of the fall referendum and six opposed it. The 19-9 result represented the actual tabula- tion of votes distributed accord- ing to ‘the population of each director's constituency. Voting in favor were Mar- P reject the secrecy practiced by both the U.S. and Canada since the signing of the treaty and “be mature enough and strong Vet Negotiates With City for Animal Pound " A local veterinary surgeon is with the city the ?'The,- detrimental effect will ‘come directly to this regional Uistrict and it will affect the lifestyle and quite likely the income of people in our area.” ‘+. Manderpo! also challenged directors’ claims that they did hot have the information they Fequired to decide on the plebiscite, although they ap- proved the referendum “a sub- stantial time ago.” : “At that time we figured we had enough information at éur disposal to make such a decision,” he said. “I for one fail to see what Mr. Bonner has told gs that has made it necessary to ¢ome up with more informa- tion.” ‘ “St"We have simply to ask ourselves of what-Mr. Bonner told us: does it hold water?” he told laughing sp * takeover of Castlegar’s animal pound, city council's protective services committee chairman said Tuesday. Ald. C. S. Fowler said Dr. David Williams has opened new discussions with the city on taking over it for from animal control officer Jim, Vigue, who operates the pre-" sent pound at 805 Sixth Ave. S. Noting that noise from the city pound has drawn “numer- ous complaints” from nearby residents, Fowler gained coun- cil support for his motion that city staff be authorized to draw boarding, euthanasia, and dis- posal of impounded animals AIRPORT attempt by the ministry to “intimidate” the city. “That's the way I read that statement,” Embree said. “He's simply trying to, intimidate council and make us look ‘irresponsible with 1 oo Heckling followed Area D- director Jack Morris’ argument that the RDCK should delay the referendum until the re- lease of B.C, Hydro’s second- phase: study on the environ- mental) impact of the proposed diversion in order to gain the support of three other regional pay, Koofsnay-Bou Jolumbia« Shuswap: along in this referendum with us, said. “They've all more or less stated in their letters to us that we're a little premature ~ until we have more facts before we go.to referendum.” Morris, representing rural areas in the Kaslo area, said the second-phase study will deal specifically with Kootenay Lake, and recommended, loud criticidm from the audience, that the motion to hold the refereidum be tabled until the study’$ completion. Also ridiculed by the crowd was Area B director Ray Aasen, who said the threat of the referendum would carry more weight than the actual vote because it would not have any legal status. He said the RDCK would strengthen its position by delaying the plebi- scite. In a presentation to the board on behalf of the audience, former Area E director Clive Paul cited two small-scalepolls which indicated popular oppo- sition of about 90 per cent to the proposed diversion. “When sucha large portion of the population wish to speak and have something to say they will be heard one way or another,” Paul said. "The public cannot be ignored indefinitely and B.C. Hydro has ignored it for far too long already.” He praised the board's “bold move” in approving the referendum months ago and it tl ts ae We'vertried to get>Bast: our employee ; Council voted last ;month to serve immediate notice of the Oct. 30 cutoff date after citing the lack of ministry co-operation .and tangible benefits, as well as the lack of proper equipment and-the potential liability faced by the city in its operation of ie airports up an between the city and the veterinarian. tin Vanderpol (Area J), A. Leathwood (Kaslo), Charlie Wilson (Area A), Audrey Moore {Castlegar}, John Moran (Area 1), Leo Donison (Area K), Earling Johnson (Nakusp), Sam Ott (Silverton), and Norman Brewster (Area H). ~ Voting against holding the plebiscite at this time were Ed Gatzke (Creston), Ray Aasen (Area B), Jack Morris (Area D), Dave Pearce (Area F) Agda -Winje (Slocan Village), and Gerry MacNeill (Salmo). Sutcliffe, representing the tural area C around Creston, did not vote, and John Neville for Nelson, George Murray (Area G), and Art Frank (New Denver) were not at the meeting. Area E was not repre- sented. An extra $250 in Regional District of Central Kootenay funds will go to the National Exhibition Centre here, direc- tors decided Saturday. In an apparent response to acting Castlegar director Ald, Gerald Rust’s appeal last month for RDCK support for the financially troubled centre, grant-in-aid contributions of $60 from the City of Nelson, $100 from the Village of Salmo and $100 from nearby Area G gained board approval. ‘Also approved by the board was Castlegar's $2,600 grant to the NEC. In the board's last regular meeting Rust, filling in, for Mayor Audrey Moore, asked directors to consider indivi- dually giving some assistance to the centre because of its “benefit to the whole region.” Hospital Expansion Gets CKRHD Approval Preparation of working drawings and specifications for $412,700 worth of construction at Castlegar and District Hos- pital has gained Central Koote- nay Regional Hospital District and provincial health ministry approval. The CKRIHD board added its approval Saturday to a health ministry letter autho- rizing drawings for the planned 16-unit extended care unit. The project, which will include 10 additional extended- care beds, provision of an eleva- tor and additions to basement storage, is part of $673,289 CKRHD upgrading program which includes Creston Valley Hospital and Nelson's Kootenay Lake General Hospital. Says No Emergency Over Radioactive Waste Landfill A spokesman for Quebec environment minister Marcel Leger confirmed this week that radioactive waste from an aban- doned mine at Oka, Que. near Montreal, has been used for landfill. But he said reports of an emergency are premature and alarmist. Pierre Paquette said in an interview in Quebec City that the’ Environment Protection Service has been trying for parr? te Health, Education, vic Stated Cutback Areas The. government is pre- paring to slash its funding for programs such as education and health care’ that are ‘shared with the provinces for its next round of billion-dollar spending reductions, top treasury offi- cials indicated last Thursday. Also high on the list for the next cost-cutting announce- ment—expected within two weeks—is spending on unem- ployment insurance benefit payments, sources say. This comes amid generally unfavorable reaction from op- position and union critics to the $1.5 billion of current and planned reductions announced last Wednesday night. There is also some confusion about how the reductions are to be ap- plied. Robert Andras, treasury board president, announced Wednesday night of last week that cabinet has already agreed upon $1.5 billion of spending cuts, but promised further cuts of at least another $1 billion in coming weeks, for a total’ $2.5 billion. Speaking to reporters last Thursday, Andras said he per- sonally would like to see about. $4 billion of spending reduc- tions. He noted that the govern- ment has already exceeded Prime Minister Trudeau's na- tionally televised promise Aug. 1 to reduce current and planned spending by $2 billion. The prime minister said most of the money would be used for new programs to stimulate econo- mic activity and combat infla- ion. But treasury officials say the reductions announced last Wednesday, which were part of a contingency plan ready for months, were the easy part. The government now has to . single out areas where the big money is spent, officials said. The health, welfare and educational programs that are financed jointly with the -pro- vinces are an obvious target, officials said. Under legislation intro- which sells waste from the mine for use in road construction, dam building and other pro- jects. A columbium, mine at the site was closed by the En- vironment Protection Service in November, 1976, because of dangers of radioactive contami- nation, Paquette said. The .mine went bankrupt and remained closed until May of this year, when the quarry firm leased the land around the mine, : About 20 days after quarry operations began,Catingpeet was sent te Seana ur = Atte, 0) June 2, a notice to%cloke’'the attempts to enforce the order were ignored, the government. obtained a temporary injunc- tion in Superior: Court earlier last week to.close ‘the opera- tion. A request for a permanent injunction will be heard later this month. . Asked to comment on re- ports that 800,000 tons of sand and other radioactive landfill had been sold, Paquette said there is no way of knowing how much had been used. But he said the situation is under control and there is no immediate danger. “The company will be responsible because we advised them of the danger.” It was possible the fill had been us e province's highways the trans- “Sport department relies on pri- vate contractors. ii ii into There's nobody - like your: new baby Of course, there isn’t. 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This sys- tem replaced op ded doll: are reg The first day of school, Wednesday, September 6, Only students new to the school district should register at the school for their attendance area on No. 9 — CASTLEGAR OPENING District #9 students. Buses regular schedules. Sth, Is an In-service day at achers only. during the regular school the last school should be and birth certificates for J. Dascher, Secretary-Treasurer matching schemes of the past. Treasury officials admit that changing federal funding for some of these programs will be contentious, affecting every citizen, but they are costly for the federal government. it rep e forefront of a movement “far more significant than any other since’ the Columbia River Treaty, itself was signed.” “Proposition 13 in Califor- nia was the beginning of a Movement to make government officials more responsive to the will ofthe people,” Paul said in the glare of the television crew's lights. “The Kootenay referendum may be the be- ginning of a movement to make 5 Wedding Invitations e Raffle Tickets “CASTLEGAR NEWS, GREAT SOUND! A super selection of all top record albums, 45's, eight tracks and cassettes! Mike's TV 621 Columbia BETTER PRICES! pre-school supervisors fe centres, nursery schools, special needs centres. program. Students deficle . Grade 12 at basis. 5 All those interested in the sites. 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News: ; A meeting was held last weekend on, Lasquite Island, near Nanaimo, to discuss the formation of a British Columbia Energy Coalition.” - ; B.C. Hydrowas not the anly-topic of discussion, but it was a major one. After the con- ference, representatives of the Save the Kootenay Committee, the: Lasquite Steering Com- mittee and the Peace Valley Environmentat Association met to discuss the issues they had in common. 3 !There were some striking’ similarities. In each case, B.C. Hydro proposes a huge project with major environmental con- sequénces -and. with no eco- nomic justification. } Here ‘in’ the Kootenays, B.C. Hydro wants to divert part of the flow of the Kootenay River into the Columbia to increase the flow at its power dams. + Inthe Peace Valley, Hydro wants to build its second dam on the Peace River, at “Site C,” which will flood thousands of acres of productive, valley- bottom, farmland. ; And on the coast, Hydro wants to cut a 400-foot-wide right-of-way across the Sechelt. Peninsula andj Lasquite Islan té build a 500,000-volt trans- mission line .to bring more Hydro power to Vancouver Is- land? nae "In each case, the develop- ment is wasteful and unneces- siry, and threatens valuable fishing, agricultural and forest resources, In each case, the citizens in the affected areas have taken a firm, non-nego- tile stand against B.C. Hydro —Hydro’s plans must not be pérmitted under any cireum- stances, because the power is not needed and will cost too much. ‘, Each group aiso says that bf: the time the project: goes to foymal public hearings, it will bétoo late: by that time plans will be too far advanced to stop Hydro, + Leo Rutledge, of the Peace Valley Environmental Associa. tion, like the Save the Koote- nay Committee, says that the water act is inadequate to pro- te¢t the rights and interests of: otters who use the waterways, * fagtor thé subject of an extensive! {: We are not the only ones vilited by Charles Nah ‘and| Bonner. Nash has been! stamping the province m 4 Retaries and other. groups in‘ the Peace and on the Coast, as well as in the Kootenays. He hag been just as tricky there as! told the Campbell River and Nabaimo Rotary Clubs that the ing for a yedr-and-a-half, since the plans: wete first made known to find! the'facts out, and have repeat-' edly been able to challenge the : and ‘validity of the facts and conclusions of Hydro's' \ isultants, who prepared the inifial evaluation for B.C. Hy-| {dro stated that there were ao im] fish iP ery H ‘the underwater section of the trapsmission route; but Kevin ‘Mopahan, a herring fisherman have come from ‘the same area.” Nash. even’ went to the ] pyblic relations campaign by : dro officials. extent of accusing the pro- testers of spreading false in- formation: hz said on the Jack Webster radio show that the protesters claimed that a 680- foot right-of-way was required when, in reality, it would only be a 400-foot right-of-way. What he failed to say was that B.C. Hydro itself had demanded a 660-foot right-of- way until only. four days previously, when the right-of- way was reduced to 400 feet.’ This is the same Charles .Nash who hasbeen meeting high school children in the Kootenays to tell them about TRANQUILIZER animal has to be apprehended, and the animal is vicious and dangerous,” Fowler said. “There's only one way to get that animal! into custody and that is to shoot it." “And either it’s shot with a tranquilizer gun or it’s shot with a rifle.” Ald. Gerald Rust said the tranquilizer gun, several years before Vigue’s appointment as ‘. dog. confrol, officer, was owned and used by the Town of Kin- naird’ “without difficulty and only in extreme situations.” “It would be in the best interest of the city and its law enforcement officer to allow the use of this gun,” Rust said. “Quite frankly,. for the few times he would use it, I don't think there is any. need for concern over the consequence on the city.” The dog control officer will be permitted to continue using the tranquilizer gun upon con- firmation of the liability cover- age, which will cost the city $132 annually. the effects of the Kootenay Diversion. (They were not con- vinced,) Nash is a_ professional apologist for B.C. Hydro, so perhaps his tactics are under- standable, if not excusable, What is difficult to understand is why Robert Bonner, who is supposed to be the independent chairman of B.C, Hydro and is supposed to consider the in- terests of the province above those of the corporation, would resort to the same tactics. He recently wrote the editor of the Province news- paper that B.C. Hydro has practically the same demand forecasts as the British Colum- bia Energy. Commission. He failed to state that the British Columbia Energy Commission forecast is an out-of-date one, which has been revised down- ward and results in a differ- ence of 25 million kwh between the BCEC and the B.C. Hydro forecasts in 18 years. (Hydro's own forecasts have been lowered from nine per cent to six per cent, an indication that its own figures are not reliable if the public merely choses to save energy.) With this in mind, we may ask, what was it that. Bonner said to the regional district board last week when he met with the board in secret? B.C. Hydro has a history of being unreliable. (In the 1960s, Hydro promised-that the level of the Arrow Lakes would stabilize five years after the dams were built, Hydro now says it cannot stabilize the lake levels.) If Bonner wants to speak to the-regional district board, it should always be in public, so that the public, which knows the facts, can correct any errors he may, inadvertantly, let fall. Bonner has put the future The University of Victoria (In'co-operation with Selkirk College) to better serve West Kootenay realdents who are preparing for a teaching career, will be offering thie following courses on the Selkirk College, Castlegar campus EDUCATION 200 — Introduction to Educational : Paychology (Fail Semester) EDUCATION 297 — Seminar and Schoo! Experience (Winter Semester) For further Information, contact Student Services: Phone: 388-5333 (Trall) 352-3010 (Nelson) 365-7292 (Castlegar and other locations) lexperts, 1 For example, Beak Con- , Libra Music us September 6th! Coming Soon . ... At fast... . a store In the Kootenay’ equipping musicians . . . beginner or professional. Watch for. Libra Music 1840 Rossland Ave., Trail of the Kootenay River on trial, and the most basic right of anyone on trial is the right to know the case against him and to defend himself against it. We want the right to defend our lakes and rivers against attacks from B.C. Hydro because we do not trust B.C. Hydro. All across the province, Hydro has demon- strated its unreliability. The regional district board should refuse to consider any- thing Bonner told them in secret until there has been a chance for the public to respond to it, and should refuse to meet him again except in a public meeting. The Lasquite Island con- ference may be a historical one in the story of B.C.'s environ- ment. It brought ‘together groups from every part of the province and showed them what they had in common. It allows us to examine the local situation in the light of a broader experience,’ and to understand Hydro's actions more fully. We may riow begin to.work together to resolve our common problems, and to make B.C. Hydro responsive to the demands of the people it serves, Richard Banner, Bill Schwartz, r Mike Jessen _ Save the Kootenay Committee x 205, Nelson, B.C. ‘The small Okanagan muni- cipality of Spallumcheen, which tried to lead a taxpayer revolt by withholding its 1978 school tax levy, has passed a motion to pay $170,000 to the school board, Council said this spring it would not pay the 1978 rate, which had increased 41 per cent over the previous year, and was withholding $25,000 a month from the school.board by con- tinuing to pay the 1977 school levy. Council also sent letters to other = municipalities “asking them to follow suit. ‘We're still protesting and we're continuing to withhold a substantial amount ‘of. money,” Mayor.Floyd Parkinson of the community six kilometres” : north of Vernon, said Wednes- ; .day of last week, : However, he later said the : $170,000 ‘payment represented all but $10,000 of the money the council owed the school board. Parkinson said few muni- cipalities have joined the pro- st. | “Abandoned a ‘Truck Hit: By Vandals Decorate with © Bapco Paint © Wallpaper © Lighting Fixtures © Lomp Shades First Choice , Decorating & Lighting Centre SELKIRK W COLLEGE requiresa FLYING INSTRUCTOR Selkirk College requires an individual to give the flying . and: FRASCA Instruction in a professional aviation: program. QUALIFICATIONS: Class tlt Rating with: instrument Instruction Endoreement, } and: Instructing experience. Post-.' 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