. CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 6, 1977 * Environment Study Prepared For Coai-Fired Generator One of the fullest en- vironmental impact statements ever isaued for a power project in Canada is being prepared by B.C. Hydro for the proposed Hat Creek coal-fired thermal generating plant. Hydro's general manager for Corporate Affairs, Charles W. Nash, told the Ashcroft Chamber of Commerce recently that Hydro expects to decide by the end of this year whether or not to seek the necessary permits and licences to develop the huge coal reserves it owns west of Cache Creek. Part of ‘the information needed will be supplied by sa , burns sch: effects of developing a re- source, he said, identifying conflicts with other resources, comparing the benefits ¢ and costs and providing data on which judgments can be made, “Those who will be af- fected by an energy or any other kind of project have a right to be concerned,” Nash said. “Hydro recognizes this and from the early conceptual stages of a project endeavors to involve the public in an in- formation exchange. “We want to inform and to” be informed. “We seek comments and concerns long before decisions + a bullksample of the Hat teal coal. The test will enable * engineers to assess the be- “havior of waste material and to e i meas- are made either for or against a proposed project.” He said impact statements which seek to be factual are often judged without reason or ures, 3. In addition, .Nash said, Hydro has been gathering :-information from engineering, Deconomic, environmental and ‘social points of view. : “All the studies will be ¢ drawn together into a project }-impact report which will enable ‘interested parties to get as Ecomplete a picture as possible n the Hat Creek. project and its effects on local and pro- ‘incial communities,” Nash : said. + “This accumulation of : knowledge will probably be the 1 fullest compendium of informa- i tion yet put together in ad- {vance of any power project in : Canada. “It will be public know- , ledge and will be discussed openly.” Hat Creek is just one of a : number of potential power pro- jects currently under study > because Hydro “must be con- “ scious of its responsibility for supplying electricity according to your demand five, ten, fif- teen or twenty years from now,” Nash said. _ Other possibilities include Site C on the Peace, the Mc- Gregor and Kootenay diver- sions, the Homathko, Stikine, Iskut, Elaho and Liard rivers. “Years ago we used to “decide on the next project and build it," Nash said. “That simple procedure is no longer valid—nor should it be.” Impact studies identify the Record-Seeker Leaves Cubicle A man who planned to spend four months under- ground to set a world’s record has decided it isn't worth it. Robert Manah, 38, called Moleman by the mobile-home firm promoting his stunt, emerged Tuesday of last week after 12 days in a subterranean cubicle in Dover, Del. He had vowed to spend 122 days underground. When he was buried on April 1, he thought the record was held by a Belgian who had stayed underground ‘for 101 days. But Mannah said he found out Tuesday that not only was the record 217 days but that editors of the Guinness Book of World Records would not be including live burials in next’ year's edition because they're too dangerous, RUBBER STAMPS i] CASTLEGAR NEWS Phone 365-7266 191 Columbia Ave. Pp “It is time to consider how we can get the maximum bene- fit from all our resources in the best interests of all the people of this province,” Nash said, He said decisions cannot be made solely on the basis of local preference—“otherwise there would be no new energy source,” Although sometimes the loudest comments come from persons without direct involve- ment in a potential project, pratests should be heard so long as. they are based on reason, Nash said, “But so should the un- spoken views of those whose eloquence is measured by their silence—those who now rely on a dependable supply of energy,” he said He said the demand for electricity will continue to in- crease because “we have not achieved zero growth and are most unlikely to do so.” To put mankind's demand for energy-in perspective, Nash said that each person requires between 2,500 and 3,000 calor- jes a day to maintain a cave- man-type life style, while the average modern person used close to a million calories a day. “The difference is the energy used to sustain his - modern, plastic life style," Nash said. Electricity accounts for only 19 per cent of the total energy used in B.C., he. said, with petroleum accounting for 52 per cent, natural gas 22 per cent, wood six per ‘cent, and coal one per cent. Residential use accounts for 21 per cent of all energy consumed in the province, with. ears taking 41 per cent of that and space heating another 40 per cent. Lighting and ap- pliances use 10 per cent and water heating nine per cent. “Tt is obvious at a glance that in-a household, efforts to conserve and use energy ef- ficiently in the automobile and ‘space heating would provide significant rewards,” Nash said. He said that Hydro for several years has urged its customers to use energy wise- ly, promoting high standards of . insulation and double-glazing of windows, conducting programs on energy awareness in schools, assisting industry with efficient energy use. e Hydro has participated in studies and practical experi- ments with solar heating and studied the possibilities of wind power and geothermal energy. “Hydro can always lower its forecast at any time it can be assured that the public is willing to do with less,” he said. He. said B.C. has-been fortunate so far because its resources have enabled it to produce sufficient energy by conventional means, But he said it is time to talk about nuclear power “without apologies". “The development of nuclear energy in British Columbia is not being planned,” he’ said “but surely the un- known should ‘become known long before we run out of options, “Considering the lead time of 12 years for a major generating plant, we’ should start now to become fumiliar with the subject on which we may some day, some year, have to make a decision—positive or negative.” yung PAL ( ogee Y, ne Medel, CASTLEGAR NEWS 1947 - 1977 Burger Radio Makers ‘Don’t Relish Rivalry A firm in Philadelphia that N. Y., agreed to stop boxing its makes rallios decided to make it a federal case when a rival firm started selling hamburger- shaped radios in the same packaging. After a hearing before U.S, District Judge Charles Weiner, Windsor Industries of Melville, radio in yellow and orange and ta remove a cheese- burger picture from the box, Amico Inc. of Philadelphia; which makes cheeseburger ra- dios, had complained in'a suit’ that Windsor was trying to steal its business by duplicating its packaging, New Minto Executive Slate Elected at April Meeting During the regular mect- ing in Aprit of Minto Chapter No. 79, Order of the Eastern- Star, the new 1977-78 officers were Installed as follows: Wor- thy Matron Mrs, Justine Buf- fett, Worthy Patron -Colin Petts, Associate Matron Mrs.’ Gladys Johnson, Associate Pa- tron Henry Schellenberg, sec: retary Jack Stier, and treasur- er Mrs. Pearl Petts, Others installed were Con- ductress Mrs. Alice Minnich, Associate Conductress | Mrs, Betty Crawford, Chaplain Mrs: Edith Sherbiko, Organist Mrs. Marguerite Peachey, Marshal Mrs, Catherine Stewart, Star Points Mrs. Edith Heslop, Mrs. Gwen Sommerfield, Mrs. Jessie Donnan, Mrs, Laura Gilchrist, Mrs, Milda Oswald, Warder David Stewart, and Sentinel Mrs. Betty Craig, Past Matron Mrs. Rose Johnson was the installing of- ficcr, assisted by Past Matron Mrs. Catherine Stewart as in- stalling marshal, ~ After the closing of the installation the out-going Wor- thy Matron Mrs. Mary Zuk and Worthy, Patron Henry Schel- lenberg were each presented with their Past Officer's Jewels and gifts from their officers, Honored ‘were Worthy Koran Laws To Be Imposed . Moslem religiqus courts, which can impose such Koranic punishments as mutilation and - stoning to death, have been ‘given powers to try foreigners, including non-Moslems, in Abu Dhabi. : Sheik Zaid bin Sultan al-Nahayan, United Arab Emirates, has * ordered the justice ministry to send all cases of murder, rape and theft to the religious courts instead of to civil courts. The change was ‘reported by local newspapers and con- ~ . firmed today by Sheik Ahmed Abdel-Aziz al-Mubarak, head of ” the religious courts, Public beheading for mur- der, stoning to death for rape and severing of limbs for theft are normal punishments under strict Moslem law. president of the ~ Grand Matron of British Colum- bia and the Yukon Order of the Eastern Star, Mrs, Barbara Schellenberg, a member of Minto Chapter.; Also honored were Mrs. Mac McFarlane of Nelson, Mrs. Audrey Pearson of Trail and Mrs.) Marion Grummett of Minto—all Grand Representatives, Other guests were welcomed from Trail and Nelson. 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Walter Tomlin 365-5511 365-5034 Site §, Comp. 11, $.S. 1, Castlegar Simpsons-Sears Ltd. “Reg. and Was" Simpsons-Sears referto Lid, prices Columbia Avenue, - Castlegar. gh a wa ara Lenistative bt Parliament: “Victoria, B. vay ae ARN Published 1 Bees Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of ‘the Kootenays” Slocan Vall and New ater eel Coy or You. ®, No, 19 TWO SECTIONS ia CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1977 25 CENTS THOME DELIVERY 22 CENTS): Gi | “By RYON GUEDES Editor, Castlegar News Castlegar city council Mon- day approved a six-mill rate _ dnerease which will’ cost’ the taxpayer about $40 more this youre The rate for the. city's $3,589,097 1977 budget will be 100.976,’ up 6.068 mills from rate-in. the $9,261,180 1976 budget, Ald. Gerald Rust, finance + committee, chairman, ‘sald the new ‘rate includes increases of 2,995 for the general mill rate, 2.951 for the school board, .279 for the Regional’ District of Central Kootenay, .002 for the ‘Municipal Finance Authority, and .016 for the B.C, Assess- ‘Planting Time cipating (middie right) are Fred Stroes and-wife a eae bra ler, ce wife "and ehildren Paula and Theresa. Visible peitaa the’ tree are John and Kathleen McCall, longtime Castlexsr: resident L.A. Grunerad looks on. :. Hughes looking on: ‘The plan re “Canoe News Photo tas the: ment Authority. The mill rate for the Regional Hospital Board will.decrease by .175,'he said. “Included: in’ this, year’s budget for the first time. are the Castlegar Airport's $191,000 and the) elty.) police services , agreement's $112,500," “Rust “said, “Both of these items are offset by revenues generated and grants to cover deficien- cles.” “Other increases are at- tributed to normal inflationary increases and 1977: salary in- creases,” °.. Increases in‘ revenue in- _ cluded an anticipated $42,857 compared to last year’s $31,048 . from the Inland Gas Franchise, and $91,207 compared to $83, 000 in 1976 from the sasha “gas sharing grant, he said, Rust told the ’ Castlegar + News Tuesday ‘the .. finance committee cut back drastically. in some capital expenditures to keep the mill increase within reason,, The costs. of a, bulk water supply. system, policing and labor will hit the taxpayer harder next year, he said, “T feel the people are pre- pared to accept a reasonable increase,” Rust said. “It should be noted that the provincial Senior Citizens’ Home Owner Grant has been: increased by $50 to $430 and will. more than offset. the in- crease for elderly residents," he added. Allocated this year as part... of council's five-year $5,715,246 capital expenditures budget is $2,455,246, from which a total * $24,000 will be taken for general government and $26,- 844 for the North and South Castlegar fire departments, Rust said the roads and paving allocation, which takes up more than half’ of the $185,470 for road and transport » expenditures, will provide $9,- 850 for repaving of the 1,000- foot-long, 22-foot-wide section of ‘road South First’ Avenue ‘ residents requested in March. The budget allocates $50,- Landowners Apply For Reserve Thaw. A five-acre parcel in Ootis- chenia owned by the Kootenay-’ : The society has received an acknowledgement of its'ap- * Columbia Co-operative Society; plication'to the RDCK: but no is among.seven recent appli-’ cations to the Regional District of Central Kootenay from land- * owners for release of their land: fromthe ‘agricultural Jang Bob: Procter, socicty spokesman and manager of the society's co-op store in Brilliant, said the land’ was originally, further word on the land, Procter said. The RDCK board of direc- tors, decided Saturday to atudy each ’ application individually and ' pass: on: its support’ or criticism of each application to the commission. The board also approved ‘the hiring of an additional planner to evaluate by the land settlement. board: “For the tanned ‘Salmo-Creston highway. link-up » scheduled : for completion © by ° autumn ‘1978. “The ‘new location . would allow us to give better service toexisting members and also to : + any. prospective . new: mem- bers,” he said. told, after, its, original appli- : cation three weeks ago to-the B.C, Land Commission in Burn-’ vaby that the commission was unaware the land was included in the land’ reserve and sug- gested it apply to.the RDCK, Gas Hikes Could Hurt Area Industry ‘The proposed rate increase for Inlind Natural: Gas ‘could. harm industry in the Kootenay region, the Regional Disbict 9 of “> tor’ told the BCS: » Commission. in ‘Kelowna Mom day. commission at a special hearing Inland’s proposed :“universal” increase ‘of. 27. cents per thousand ‘cubic’ feet for all industrial as well as residential customers in the region might force , ihdortry £9 leave the Gene. ‘Hodaea wwarned the , the ‘Some ’ regional directors 150 for miscellaneous ibang .’ expenditures. and ° of. $152,087 allocated to sanitation, $11,200 will be spent. on the ‘north ‘sewer, system’ capital expendi- tures while $140,887 will go to the south system, ‘Included: in. the’ $19,700. allocated to recreation expendi." _ tures is $8,700 for Castlegar water systems will ‘amount’ to $46,995 and $2 million will be allocated to city water supply expenditures. :Funding sources for capital expenditures over five years will amount to $1,445,309 from general revenue; $100,000 from per:capita borrowing, Mares 000 from di “of the 2.47-acre Cone Hill Park at Kinberry in South Castlegar. ‘Miscellaneous ‘capital : ex- penditures for North and South $1,800, 000 from grants and $134, 937 from surplus funds, Rust sald direct contribu- tions to the Castlegar and Dis- ‘Council Approves Six-Mill Tax increase trict Public Library were elim- inated in order to allow the library to use: its $16,000 in -accumulated surplus, although provision for remaining llbrary expenses would be made in a “$4,500 grant-in-ald through the Regional District’. of Central Kootenay, as well as in the city’s general mill'rate. .. Another grantin-ald reci- plent was the National Exhibi- tion Centre, to which the dty contributed $5,000. During Area J Rezoning Dispote Boundaries To Stretch By RYON GUEDES Editor, Castlegar News The City of Castlegar this’, week took the first step fevard its “refuse the request. for re- zoning on the grounds that: “(a)-It would create a spot industrial zone south of \the Electoral Area J in the rtd ot a zoning dispute between a local contractor and the Re- een District of Central Koot- with RDCK. approval city couneil voted Monday: to meet May 30 .with: owners of three lots in Area J to explain the advantages® of ‘living within Castleg: ies—t 1 park’ which’ ‘is pro- posed in ‘the boundary exten- sion of the City ‘of Castlegar. . “(b): This should be located in the proposed industrial park of ‘the city... “(c) There isa residential development between this pro- ° erty and © the: proposed | in- dustrial park to the north.” ©: The memo added that the days after Ken Denneus, a part- ner in the steel structures firm K & L Mee Ltd., cri- ticized the RDCK board for its refusal to rezone an acre-and-a- half lot at Blueberry ‘Creek from. rural to commercial status.) -° «A. .May>2 memorandum from ROCK planning | techni ministrator' ‘Gene’ Bodard. rec- ommended’. the RDCK ‘board Highways Dept. stry's latest “o! ns. 000 for. upkeep of the section Obj. sto, PI for, the, alates can‘be . made directly to the B.C. Land: Commission Office in Burnaby. Other applications now being forwarded to the. com-- mission include: ‘Thirty ‘acres . five. miles south of Salmo owned by H. K. Harfman and: C.. B, Coward,” both of Salmo; 35 One. acre,“ a. half. mile northwest of Edgewood owned by Charles W. Troute; 1, Nearly 30 acres at Valli ‘owned by’ Edward, Natalie and» Michael Mark; , Eight acres at West Proc: ter owned by Isa: Cameron; At Slocan Park, 6.6 acres owned by, Olga and "Jacob Plonidin; itis A portion of land, unknown ‘size, owned by K. BY Jakobsen of Creston; - Beer Truckers Close Down On June’3 Skyway Distributors Ltd., ‘an agent: for Pacific Brewers Distributors ‘Ltd. which’ has “been: transporting. beer “throughout the:East ‘and West ‘Kootenays for five’ years, will “cease to exist June 3..." Cal Hockley, a partner. in : ithe company, located at 748-6th the: region; which. needs con- siderable federal and Provincial financial ‘support, Bodard'told ‘the Castlegar -sion’ was’ appreciative of the points he. made in the' brief. = :;He said: input “he had re- ceived from local industry indi- ‘cated industry could not’ stand ! the’ increase. 2 “If we don't get any help Sent cates Se Da ad we're: not. going;to be’ very the’ Royal Canadian K ceremony, tea ‘was ‘served at th $ ae. Place’ following the reading of ‘a’ proclariation’ by! Acting Mayor Ald. Brian Kilpatrick naming May 8tol4 National Week for the Handicapped. The quiet ceremony .drew a) large number of ‘ollowing thé’ w Silver the third competitive” industrially,” .'he said. “The region has. very’ special: problems.” The Kelowna hearings con- © eluded Monday. The commis- i: sion will resume its study of the Castlegar News Photo by ols ugh: application in Vancouver May 3060 5 “Ave..'S., told the Castlegar ‘News this week the company's. six employees have been given ‘severance notice which expires »-when , the | Labatt | Breweries introduce’. their Own) distribu. tion system i in the area. Although a week earlier he had.said’.the, business—totally ‘based ’ on’ brewery’. distribu- tion—would recover from the’ loss of the “Labatt business, Hockley ‘said’ yesterday even ‘with the: business provided by the: Molson and Carling’ Brew- eries ‘the company‘ would no longer be economically feasible. “We reached the. decision over the last couple ‘of weeks considering “the. problem,” Hockley said. “There's just not enough business to carry on in the fashion: we have before.” and: B, Columbi Avenue, between the lability of water at the site ~ was questionable and: no’ site plan had been made available to show building,’ parking “and sewage disposal layout. Planning: with. partner. Charles Hubert to develop the"... site in an interim agreement : with owner Laurin .Denneus told the board the technical planning committee's Fescons for. the refusal were not Niece technical lanning: committee says ‘we would cause’ ‘the application: | Denneus told th News -Tuesday ‘the committee . was concentrating more on the priorities of Castlegar bound- ary expansion ‘than’ on the > interests ‘of Area J, “The ‘city. wants to extend ; ‘(continued on page 16A) y B.C. Tel Strike -Leaves Execs | B.C. ‘Tel’ switchboards yester- day as 215 employees in Castle- gar, Nelson, Trail, Nakusp and : Grand Forks walked off the job over an equipment purchasin; dispute in Vancouver.: © Management) Beraonnel left their regular jobs to man switchboard equipment: in’ an attempt to: maintain: essential : custome -Robson ferry, which ts soon to be; declassified to‘ secondary ? road status.’ . ‘Ald. Brian Kilpatrick, - works and services committee chairman, said he. told Deputy Minister: R.. G.: Harvey ‘in. a meeting:.. last’ week ‘the Opening House On Wednesday pai ‘Week; a May 15. to 21,-- "eleconi “Ltd. cost less than the price quoted ¢ Gis same , equipment ‘employees “have -become:in- volved ‘because of apparent in- struction from’ union officials,” the ministry's April 15 of $58,824.88 fell $8,000 shart of current cost estimates for car- pet sealing and raising manhol covers in the road. Part of the ministry's” planned ; declassification : from arterial “ status-.and eventual’ turnover of maintenance :re- : sponsibilities to the city, the extra $8,000 will be'paid after the: city has completed the work, Kilpatrick ‘said. ° ; The April 16 ‘contribution < ‘will be | nid pen beeen eae Wednesday from 11' a.m. to.4 t consisted of a. cancellation of « the city’s debt to the ministry for half the cost of resurfacing a section of the road in Hae ‘only, ‘ones ‘ being: picket though unionized B.C, Tel em: ployees, from ebeest ine cite walk Poor Conditions Simulated _ In Pilots’ Boeing 737 Drills By LOIS HUGHES News Editor ‘Training flights, on Pacific - Western Airline’s Boeing 737, penetrated the early quiet hours ‘Tuesday. morning when + pilots’ performed 13. landings and takeoffs at the. Castlegar Airport, Russ Revel,’ PWA chief pilot for the western region, told the Castlegar. News the training flights are conducted at (the airport because. of its location and terrain: “Castlegar “Airport re- quires a high degree of skill for - the pilot to safely arrive and. depart and we want to ensure that all our pilots are familiar ‘with every nook and ‘cranny of the valley,” he said. The . training flights are’ done-under. simulation: of: the worst conditions, Revel said. During every takeoff and land- ing: an~ engine: is failed and missed approached to the Castlegar range are also part of the. simulated © exercises, he said. ° “Every pilot must take part i ina bi training flights from : gar Airport, Revel said. te a ee has not flown a Boeing 187 for more than a year he.is ‘Fequired to ‘repeat the same: training g flights. Revel said he is proud.of PWA's safety record. -“We do all this training on one, engine because ‘of ‘the re- ‘mote’ possibility” of an‘ engine. failure,” he said. “But 250,000 departures in the eight: years of utilizing the Boeing 787 there has’been only: two. inci- dents of engine fallure—none at) a critical time”. ‘Training. flights not. com- pleted Tuesday because of poor weather. will’ take place ata later date, he ‘said. Aircraft Movement . Decreased this Year “The number of. passengers transported in: March ‘at the ‘Castlegar ‘Airport “have. in- creased. to 6,249 ‘over 5,825 carried the same time last year, id. Gerald Rust ‘told council Btaee: % : Rust, airport eqmmittee. . chairman,’ told. council the ings: the total : March figure bri number of passengers to 15,774 so far this year. He also noted a large de- crease in the umber’ of re- corded aircraft: movements at the airport’ during ‘March, dropping from 8 966 last March to 5,991, Airport. manager John Michelson | said \ Tuesday the © ‘figure for last March was only an estimate made before the present control tower. system took over regulation of airport ~ . traffic in April 1976. He said the present system's movement counts are more'accurate. ne