a2 CastlegarNews March 20, 1991 LOCAL NEWS ~ Reid continued trom froot pege Reid will come through on his promises, “*As far as I'm concerned he's been very up front, honest and reputable with us,’’ said City of Vernon administrator Blake Kimura “We've been involved with him on two occasions — the first was Polson Place Mall which he came through on, and the second was Vernon Square Mall (which opened last week). which he didn’t totally develop but he initiated the process “I've had ‘very extensive dealings with Sandy and as far as Vernon is concerned he has a Pretty good track record,’’ said Kimura. ‘‘He recognized the Processes that you have to go through and he doesn't create very many problems.”’ Kelowna real estate agent Ron Grossmith and Reid put together the Westbank Town Centre Mall which opened recently on the outskirts of Kelowna. Like anybody in business, Reid has had his problems but they can largely be attributed to forces beyond his control — a downturn in the economy or tenants backing out, Grossmith said. ‘But even before | approached him on that development | did my research. He's had his ups and downs, but he is credible, there’s no doubt about it,”’ said Grossmith, who works for Royal LePage. “When he says he’s going to do his utmost to make this hap- pen over there he’s going to do it. He’s willing to make things happen and he’s not affaid of risks. “All things being equal (with the economy and tenants) he will build a shopping centre for your community, He’s a terrific man, areal gentleman."’ Vancguver-based project manager Bruno Thiélmann, who also worked with Reid on the Westbank Mall, said Keid’s no fly-by-night developer. ‘He's developed a lot of malls in the province,”’ said Thielmann. ‘I think he has good intentions. | don’t think he's out to screw anybody."’ Both Thielmann and Grossmith said any mall project Citizen's forum invites input on Canada’s problems By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Castlegar residents are getting their chance to comment on Canada’s future. The Citizen’ 's Forum on Canada’s Future — commonly called the Spicer Commission — is making one of its “thousands” of stops across the country at Selkirk College tomorrow and Friday. The purpose of the forum is to search for solutions to Canada’s con- is i on the y and whether major tenants have enough confidence in the area to locate there. “If interest rates go to 22 per cent he wouldn’t be building that mall. Neither would I, Neither would you,’’ said Grossmith. problems which will later be put into a final report for the federal government, Castlegar facilitator Bruce Ketchum said. “(The forum) allows people to ex- press ideas in a much more complex way and allows them to be heard,’’ Ketchum said. trained with a commission represen- tative in Nelson earlier this month to prepare them for the topics of the citizen's forum. Those topics include native rights, the possibility of Quebec separatism, the division of federal cynicism."’ Ketchum said most of the criticism has surrounded the cost of the com- mission — about $27 million — with doubts that the government will listen to the results. “t's people from the powers, official tanguages, and ethnic and cultural diversity. The citizen's forum will open with a general discussion about Canada’s role in the world today and in the future, and end with a discussion “reflecting on the values we have as Canadians and how we can keep them,’’ Ketchum said. Since the citizen’s forum hit the road in early January, it has been bombarded with criticism to the point that public notices of impen- ding forums include the warning ‘‘do Ketchum and his wife, Nancy, not be dissauded by media real purpose of the commission,’’ Ketchum said. ‘‘It has a tendency to dismiss the forum as not being’ credible and that’s just not the case."" He said the costs stem mostly from: the costs of analysing the results and putting the final report together. “That’s a fairly expensive procedure,’’ he said, adding that the costs are ‘‘much more obvious’ because they’re spread out six mon- ths, rather than years. The citizen's forum is expected to continue touring into April. Train highlights access difficulties By DONNA ZUBER a Staff Writer A train blocking the Oglow sub- division on Friday, down «with a broken axle, has rekindled the con- cerns of some residents for access to that subdivision under “similar cir- cumstances in an emergency. In an attempt to get across the tracks and into the subdivision, Carol Ogiow said she took the road running parallel to Columbia Avenue but it was blocked at the north end by large piles of dirt and blocked south of the Oglow subdivision by a gate. “I called the RCMP to ask them what would happen (in an emergen- cy), and they said ‘We'd just deal with that at that time.’ ”* Frustrated by that response, Oglow questioned why something hasn't been done yet to provide a second route through the city. But Mayor Audrey Moore said the city is looking at q second route and has been for a long time. It is one of the issues being addressed in the city’s comprehensive development plan, she said. cease a9 7 “It’s something we are very, very sensitive to, the mayor said. However, she added, “I am fully convinced an emergency four-wheel drive could have gotten through’? on Friday. What angered her more was the fact that the city was never officially notified of the incident, Moore said. “That's not the way I like to see a company like CP Rail operate,” she said. ‘‘They should keep us in- formed at all times.”’ Ald. Lawrence Chernoff, a paramedic with the provincial am- bulance service, agreed that access in emergency situations is an issue the city is constantly trying to deal with. DIRT BIKE DAMAGE City of Castlegar worker Bill h d the infield on the weekend. “It's we've to look at. It definitely is a problem but it’s an expensive issue,’ he said. NDP MLA Chris D'Arcy said the subdivision was not blocked for any time past what the CP Rail tariff allows and that, if necessary, the train could have been moved. “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have been concerned,’’ he said. BREAKFAST With a Difference! | EGGS BENEDICT 2 poached eggs. slice of ha nar Eng st iff t HOURS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM 7-10:30 A.M WE ACCEPT WESTAR, CELGAR ths out the infield at inland Park today. Dirt bikers CasNews photo by Donne Zuber Meeting continued from front page to do to them and tell them, but it’s not within my power.’’ Zaitsoff said the problems are caused by ‘one or two’’ youths whom he described as ‘‘bad ones.’” Peter Harvey, a spokesman for the residents, said Zaitsoff should find another use for the building. “*If he’s really concerned about the neighborhood he’d find a more suitable use for that building,”’ Har- vey told council, adding that a pool hall-arcade business isn’t appropriate in a residential area. Harvey said one senior in the neighborhood is “‘terrified’’ to go out except in the ly morning. “Our rights to live in some peace and quiet have been taken away from us through no fault of our own,” Harvey said. ‘If Mr. Zaitsoff had any degree of conscience he'd sit back and wonder, ‘What am I doing to these people?’ ’” AND COMINCO MEAL VOUCHERS 1004 Columbia © Ph. 365-8155 arwvencamen Presents... The Queen of-Hearts Juice Newton in Concert THE VOICE .. . . THE HITS?! © Hurt © The sweetest thing © Break it to me gently © Angel of the morning © Queen of hearts © Tell me true and many more. Thursday, March 21 Boundary continued from front page But Castlegar board chairman Gordon Turner refused, saying that an independent review holds too many uncertainties. ‘*An independent review leaves us with a whole bunch of possibilities as to what Could happen,’” Turner said. ‘*It may put us in a position that is almost impossible to deal with, and at_this point the Castlegar board is not willing to entertain such Possibilities, such as peraaps ending up with a hole in that area, perhaps ending up with the Slocan Valley tied into our board as well.”’ Turner said the boundary was modified to allow students living ‘‘across the street’ to go to the Nelson district schools, but excluded Shoreacres to protect Tarrys elementary “The Tarrys school area is one we wish to Protect. We've looked af that boundary in many ways and we feel that we've modified that boundary about as far as we can go. And this board’s position is that it’s not going to be modified any further.”” He suggested the committee members talk to the Ministry of Education if they refuse to accept that. But Moreira said they have already approached the ministry and were told the issue is a local matter. “We really believe we are in a state of flux, or limbo, which is, of course, one of the reasons why we are here,’’ Moreira said. ‘*We find this particular board’s position unsatisfactory.”” Committee member Barry Stoochnoff argued that he missed out on after-school activities going to school in Castlegar when he grew up in Shoreacres. “Myself, living in Shoreacres and going through the Castlegar school system, I felt | was lost. All the stuff that had been going on after school hours (I missed) because I had to catch the bus to go home.”” Trustee Evelyn Voykin said she was ‘‘amazed’” to see so many people that she grew up with in Shoreacres and went to school with in Castlegar fighting so hard to have their children removed from the Castlegar school district. “I really find it interesting that you’re insinuating that our district does not provide as equal an educational system for our kids as Nelson. And that’s the perception out there, and I take strong exception to But Morei issue. Voykin also said that a survey conducted by the committee was slanted, asking only the parents of school children where they wanted to go to school and leaving out the remainder of taxpayers in-the area. “I would ask them what they think. Those taxpayers out there know what an increase it’s going to be for them to join up the valley,’’ she said. In a later interview, Moreira said the survey was given to parents of school-age or near school-age children only because the committee didn’t think it was important to get the opinions of residents not affected by the issue, but would be willing to redo it if necessary. The information was gathered in survey form rather than by petition to give all parents, including those in support of the existing boundary, a voice. The survey indicated support for a boundary change. For now, however, the committee is at a standstill. Members have talked to the Ministry of Education, a lawyer, Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks and the Nelson school board, in addition to tepeated atternpts to meet with the Castlegar board which until Monday night were unsuccessful. “We're a little bit angry. I think it’s fair to say we're frustrated,’ Moreira said. ‘*But I’m personally not prepared to give up on this yet. We've yet to speak to anyone who believes we're out of line."’ The committee plans to attend the next board meeting on April 15 and is prepared to wait, as it did Monday, for about two hours until the meeting’s regular question periqd. insisted that has never been the — @ PUBLIC «\ NOTICE @ " ’ 24 MONTH IT’S HERE! 6% interest AVAILABLE Festiva, Escort, Tracer, Mustang, Probe, E mare Topaz, Taurus, , Sable, T-Bird, Cougar, F-Series Trucks wo EIKe 48 montha The residents-also say Zaitsoff has made no attempt to repair and clean up his building which they describe in. a Jetter to council as an “‘eyesore.’* Council sent a letter to Zaitseff in February requesting several improvements to his proper- ty. Zaitsoff said he’s wanted to repain the building ‘“‘for the last two years.”” And he says the city should fix its own property in front of Wizard's Palace. “It is my hope that the city will consider graveling and paving for the city-owned property in front of my business,’’ Zaitsoff writes in a reply’ to the city’s letter. ‘‘If this becomes a budget problem my wish would be that grading and oiling could take place to keep the dust down."" Park continued from front page Ald. Kirk Duff said the proposal is “an excellent use of the land down there." He said the Columbia River “‘will get cleaner and cleaner’ as a result of Celgar Pulp Co.’s expan- sion and environmental cleanup of its pulp - mill upstream from Castlegar. However, the park proposal is not without its problems, Williams said. For example, the land along the river is below the flood level if B.C. Hydro ever builds the Murphy Creek dam on the Columbia River just nor- th of Trail. The land is also below the existing flood plain for water coming through the Keenleyside However, Williams said that problem could be solved by raising the height of the land with fill ob- tained from creating the lake, the level of which would be controlled by weirs — small dams — at both ends. The city has discussed the park a with B.C. Hydro, Williams Che there's time to work out other problems that may arise. “This is a long-term project," Williams said. ‘‘It could be five, 10 or maybe more years to develop. He said the city doesn’t have “any & from the completed a pga course in Vancouver. a Castlegar paramedics Brad Makortoff (lett) and Greg Huestis know a little more dey than they did Laewarsa cl about eving (wer and caring for cRerdinoteo The two were amon: 10 paramedics second level of training when they recently STREET TALK BRAD MAKORTOFF and GREG HUESTIS of Castlegar were among 10 paramedics from the west A ing to an article in y’s V Sun, the iation is i igating Hi There are heaps of ways to compost at home By the Recycle Advisory Group You can make a compost heap yourself, Here are three simple ways to do it, as quoted from The Garbage Book issued by Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 1. Dig a shallow pit about 12 inches deep in a corner of your garden. If there is any chance. of small children or animals falling into it, put a simple wire fence around it. Put a layer of organic material in the bottom and sprinkle it with either compost Starter or composted manure or bone meal, then a layer of earth. Moisten and add successive layers of organic material to be com- posted. Cover with plastic or burlap to keep the moisture in and flies out. After 10 days, start turning it over with a garden fork every three or four days until jt is ready. 2, Punch holes in the sides and bottom of an old garbage can or barrel. This gives the needed ven- tilation. Add layers of the dif. ferent materials until the can is full, then moisten and keep covered. Your compost should be ready in a few weeks. Instead of a drum, you can also use a cylin- der.or wire mesh. 3. Construct a wooden box without a top or a bottom. The size will depend on your needs, but four feet long by two feet wide by one foot high should do nicely. Dig a hole 18 inches deep and slightly smaller than the box, so the box rests firmly on the ground above the hole. Earth should be added in layers to the compost. Drive wooden stakes into the bottom of the pit, 12 inches apart, When the box is nearly full with layers of compost materials, moisten and then remove the stakes so you have ‘‘chimneys"’ of air for ventilation. Keep the box covered with a two months material to break down. Materials you can add: Almost any organic material is suitable for composting — grass clip- pings, plant trimmings, leaves, weeds, kitchen wastes such as vegetable and fruit peelings, cof- fee grounds, tea leaves, egg shells, nut shells, floor sweepings, feathers, hair, ashes from wood fires and cotton. i Koot who just from a si: stance education’’ emergency medical assistant 2 training course at the Justice Institute in Vancouver. The EMA 2 course is the second level of training for ics and jigni i of pre-hospital care skills, the Justice Institute says in a news release. The new EMA 2s are now able to perform certain medical procedures and recognize underlying medical conditions in victims of trauma or illness, the institute says. A. SIMONS LTD.., the engineering firm ‘ulp Co. hired to design its new pulp mill in 's to bicide spraying on ¢learcuts near the Kiteen and Cranberry rivers. In three previous cases, Hammond, 46, has been exonerated once, formally apologized to a second time and deemed by the B.C. Supreme Court to have been unfairly treated in the third instance, Sun forestry reporter Ben Parfitt writes. THE CASTLEGAR SCHOOL BOARD handed out kudos Monday to several people who reached milestones in their work. Recognized were Jay Hawkins, driver, 11 years; Ana Bayoff, library clerk at Tarrys elementary and Woodland Park elementary, 12 years; Frank Celgi Castlegar, has been awarded the 1991 oe design award from the Association of and G of British Columbia. H.A. Simons shares the award with Fletcher Challenge Canada. The association said the award recognizes the two ies’ design and ii ion of a major upgrade of the Mackenzie pulp mill to reduce the mill’s effect on the environment and make its effluent among the cleanest in the province. Mackenzie Pulp, a division of Fletcher Challenge, is located 200 kilometres north of Prince George. HERB HAMMOND, Slocan Valley’s controversial forester, is in hot water again with the B.C. Association of Professional Foresters. For the fourth time in five years, Hammond has been charged with his code of ethics. at Stanley Humphries secondary school, six years; and Janice Kuzyk, teachers’ assistant at Kinnaird elementary, five years. IRIS BAKKEN of Salmo, a long-time supporter of Premier Bill Vander Zaim, kept a fire going this afternoon by feeding it with newpaper articles about the premier that she has saved over the years. Armed with boxes and boxes of the ‘‘cutouts,’’ Bakken said she burned them because they were all negative, and the premier needs all the ‘‘help and strength and support’’ right now that he can get. is saving them to someday write a’ book |, to show people how mistaken these stories are,’’ she said, adding that many of the “‘stories’’ have already been proved wrong. ‘‘And then this morning I thought, what am I saving them for?’* Bakken contained the fire in a stone barbecue in her back yard at the Kootenay Stone Centre. about OUR ACTION AD PHONE NUMBER IS 365-2212 INFORMATION NIGHT For people interested in knowing more about becoming a FOSTER PARENT, you are invited by the Ministry of Sociol Services and Housing to an “Information Night” on Tuesday, March 26, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Castlegar District Office; 1006- 3rd Street, Castlegar. 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