Seniors celebrate holidays Kootenay District Plan 13635 Date Ne ber A.D IAN C.B. SMITH Registrar Date of F INVITATION TO TENDER Bulkhead Doors Seven Mile Dam Reference: Q9-3546 Closing Date: 13 Dec. 89 Details of B.C. Hydro Purchasing Agent, 1265 Howe Street Suite 200, Vancouver, B.C V6Z 2G8; 663-2577 or 663 2560. Sealed tenders clearly marked with reference num ber will be received in Room 226, address as above, until 11:00 a.m. on above closing date BGhydro & available from office CHRISTMAS STORE HOURS Open: Mon.-Fri. 9:30-9:00 Saturday 9:30-5:30 "ti Dec. 23/'89 els DOWNTOWN TRAIL y and Slocan Valley seniors gathered Saturday for a Christmas party sponsored by Regional Recreation Commission No. 8. The party featured ba variety of local entertainers and was supported by donations from West coomunity organizations. Environmental damage seen as world threat VANCOUVER (CP) — Canadians see environmental destruction, disease and international crime as the most global threats, a opinion poll released serious public Tuesday in dicates The poll, conducted by University of British Columbia researchers for the, Canadian: Institute for. International Security, shows that dramatically redefined their perceptions of global Peace and Canadians have threats ir The institute is an Ottawa think tank recent years on security artd disarmament issues *Most Canadians, not just a small band vironment , give the onmental ed in Sep e pol -carried— said to be accurate within 3.$ percen tage points, 95 times out of 100. ‘There has been a quiet revolution going on in the way most of us think about global issues,"’ Munton said A year after the campaign dominated by the free-trade debate, the poll found Canadians place snomic con federal election trade matters and other ec cerns well down the list of inter national priorities Global pollution ranks first, inter national crime second and the of disease such as AIDS is third There is little recognition (on the part. of the*federal government) of what this Canadian public clearly takes for gran ted: That global pollution is the No. 1 threat,’” Munton said survey indicates the The survey indicates environmental policy threats emerged even more strongly when respondents were asked about the future. Sixty-six per cent say pollution and related issues should be at the top of the Canadian policy making agenda within a decade. This compares with 38 per cent who expect to see economic threats and seven per cent who expect military threats to be the greatest concern to Canada in 10 years Polls reflected the growing public awareness of domestic environmental problems such as acid rain and toxic chemicals. But this is the 1 that the public sees have long first to confirr them as major international threats to peace and security, Munton said A 1984 poll carried out for the Ex ternal Affairs Department placed en vironmental protection a distant third in importance for Canada’s foreign behind economic growth world peace and ‘Goods and services tax ‘not carved in stone’ VANCOUVER (CP) — The federal goods and cent is not car ved in s € couver Central MP Kim¢ Campbell, Minister of State for In dian Affairs Northern—Develop Board of he final design of ontroversial consumptior at includes the rate nal form of the tax has not determined so it’s certainly not want to lower the rate you've got this doe: to accept the fact of what to other aspects of the GST With a lower rate you won't have as much money to pay for credits for low income people A pa ntary committee recom mended earlier this month that the overall rate of the proposed tax be dropped even per cent. But the ation should items that « how exempt, such as the resale committee be broaden private home: Campbell t low-key audience XZ THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! The citizens who con- tributed at the door or through payroll de- ductions Corporations and Bus- inesses Professional people United Way volunteers and canvassers Castlegor District United Way 365-7331 DON HAYWARD, chorte derwiter (CLU) trom Nelson, recently viding graduates with the d skills they, need to ir clients with com. financial planning ser that the government's main concern is to make sure it receives the same net revenue from the tax as it does from the current federal sales tax Ottawa must recover about $18.5 billion from the goods and services tax when it’s implemented in 1991 becaus: that’s what the federal sales tax would generate for the same year She said that the extra revenue generated from the tax will cOver costs of tax credits, home purchase rebates and a lower personal income tax rate “If we created a tax that doesn't do that|then we'd be increasing the deficit for ho good reason,”’ she said While Canadians’ Campbell view on the tax differ greatly said there's common agreement that the federal sales tax must go. The government estimates it loses about $2 billion an nually through loopholes in the tax she said Selling the new tax won't be easy Campbell added, because it's a com plex issue Teaching Canadians the basics of the tax will take time and the gover nment is allowing about 18 months for the process to work, she explained ‘I think when Canadians under stand the GST as part of the gover nment’s overall fiseal policy, they will see that it is a good tax and that it makes sense. Then I think they'll sup. portit.” New runway should pay for itself VANCOUVER (CP) A new $100-million runway at Vancouver In ternational Airport would pay for it self in a little more than five months, a private study concludes The study James I Hickling Ltd. puts the 30-year saving to carriers and their customers at $3.9 billion if a done by Management Consultants second main runway is built Beneficiaries of the savings will be the airlines and the people who fly into and out of Vancouver Approval for a second main runway was given in early November by federal Transport Minister Benoit Bouchard Federal Minister Lucien Bouchard then appointed a panel to conduct an environmental assessment of the project, expected to take 12 months or longer Statistics show Vancouver airport Environment handled nine million passengers in 1988 and this year’s count is expected to be close to 9.5 million The airport is trying to squeeze extra capacity from the existing main run way, a crosswind runway and a conver ted taxiway reserved for light aircraft GROWTH STIFLED Hickling predicts traffic growth at Vancouver will be stifled without a second main runway, running parallel to the existing 3,000-metre main run way The firm puts the pote the Vancouver area in al loss to terms of economic development at nearly $2.6 billion if runway construction does not proceed It says one consequence would be a lasting Canadian passenger and freight traffic to U.S airports. diversion of THE CASTLEGAR ROBSON BRANCH OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Request all member it possible, to quality Sticker Fraternal Atfiliote MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS CHAIRMAN INTERNATIONAL . K-9 CENTRE e Xmas Specials CALL CHRIS FOR APPT. 399-4121 Christmas Greetings Watch for it Dec. 231! WINDOW COVERINGS Pre-Xmas Sale!!! See our new line of Fall Colours 40% Off ( ; VERTICALS Open PLEATED SHADES 5:30 p.t Neu: « VENITIAN BLINDS Sunday Brunch ay Fe 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m a Mercena and Nation ‘367. 7841 Reservations 825-4466 Ready to Go When You Are! Take us into your home... FOR THE BEST CHICKEN IN TOWN, GO SOUTH TO SOUTH DIXIE LEE! CALL US TODAY 365-5304 2816 Columbia Ave., Costlegor Cominco & Westar Vouchers Accepted CHICKEN & SEAFOOO CasNews columnist John Charters takes a look at the latest work author Leonard Co.'s Sweeney New GM Jim Browne has taken over as general man ager of Celgar Pulp mill from Wilf who oversee the proposed expansion of the mill will D-sar- D DINING LOUNGE OPEN 4 P.M. TUES. THRU SUN. — CLOSED MONDAY — AIR CONDITIONED RESERVATIONS WESTAR & COMINCO FOR PRIVATE PARTIES VOUCHERS ACCEPTED 365-3294 Located | Mile South of Weigh Scale in Ootischenia —LICENCED DINING ROOM— Castlegar Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Christmas Decoration Contest ° Ist Prize Commer Ist Prize Residential — $75 Judging to take place Dec. 19 To enter call the Castlegar Chamber of Com- merce at 365-6313. NORDIC LODGE NO. 76 ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER & DANCE Sat., Dec. 16 nan Inn, Castlegar EVERYONE WELCOMET Call for tickets or information at these numbe: CASTLEGAR — 365-8213 or 365-65: ELSON 352. 9388, TRAIL — 368-6236 before December 9 deadline. We ore pleased to advise that our Nordic Lodge Hall is now being leased to Aosland Toxidermy with a view fo its eventual sale. This enables the Nordic Lodge to take advantage of rental facilities for bigger ond better socials as we will have copacity for many more people. Dinners will be catered but we will be serving many SCAN DINAVIAN SPECIALTIES — so come and join us for an EVENING OF FUN and GOOD FOOD! Get-Away to the Dogs $29.90 incivdes: * One nants deluxe accommodations for two, plus: Free continental breakfast Free cable TV with Showtime Indoor pool and,hot tub © Free admission for two and program to the new Coeur d'Alene Greyhound Park ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Be sure to ask for the "Getaway" Package! Call Toll Free: 1-800-888-6630 USA 1-800-421-1144 Canada SUNTREE INN Post Falls, idaho Just across the highway from Coeur d'Alene Greyhound Pork 22 miles East of Spokane on 1-90 COMMUNITY Bulletin Board PUBLIC NOTICE The Kootenay Society For the Handicapped wishe solicit donations through door to door advise the public that it nvassing. Please beware of Society this holiday season does not imposters. If you wish to support the work of th you can do so by participating in our annual Christmas Card Campaign Donation boxes ore located throughout the City CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S CLUB Thursday, December 14, 9:30 a.m., Fireside Motor Inn. Ari Olde Country Christmas” featuring Jannis Snook, former Mrs. Washington as speaker Reservations 365-8025 2 98 ROBSON /TARRYS BROWNIE TEA Saturday, December 9, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Tea and Craft Fair, Robson Com. munity Hall 3 9% JACKRABBITS Register your child tor X-country lessons at the Castlegar Rec. Otfice Deadline Dec. 8 29 SENIOR CITIZENS Business meeting, December 7, 2:00 p.m. Last time for Dinner Tickets STOCKINGS AND STUFF A selection of fine crafts and culinary delights inspired by the spirit of Christ mas through December 23. Ph. 365-3337 ; AQUANAUTS CHRISTMAS BINGO Saturday, December 9 at Arena Complex. $1,000 Jackpot. $500 Mini Pot, $500 Bononta. Eorly Bird 6 p.m. Regular? p.m. See you There! 2 97 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed are $4 and additional words are 20¢ each. Bold taced Minimum Deadlines are 5 p.m halt price ond the fourth’ consecutive insertion Is else holt:price charge is $4 (whether ad is for one Thursdays for Sundays paper and 5 p.m. Mondays for Wednesdays Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News at 197 Columbia Ave two or three times poper COMMUNITY Bulletin Board LOTTERY NUMBERS The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw were 10, 16, 31, 42, 47 and 49. The bonus number was 48, The $1,000,000 winning The winning numbers drawn Friday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 3, 13, 21, 30, 33, 36, 39 and 40, number in Friday's Provincial lottery draw is 3244628. Hoop sports Stanley Humphries secondary school’s basketball season is underway. CasNews Sports writer Ed Mills reports on the season openers... BI Vol. 41, No. 99 60 Cents aN Yo, — aa ar News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1989 WEATHERCAST Today: Cloudy with sunny periods. Slight chance of flurries. Highs near 0. Monday: Cloudy with sunny periods. Highs near -2, Probability of precipitation is 40 per cent today and 20 per cent Monday 3 Sections (A, B & C) Hydro takes plans to public RIGHT ABOUT HERE . house Thursday at the Community Gonsjinn to look at plans for power development on the lower Columbia River. By CLAUDETTESANDECKI Staff Writer B.C. Hydro will apply for a cer provincial government next year that, allow the Crown utility to install generators in the Hugh Keenleyside dam near Castlegar and run a transmission line from the dam to the Selkirk substation, the project a River development manager for Hydro’s lower Columb’ team says. The energy project certificate, issued by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, acknowledges that all provincial requirements for such a project have been met, Peter\Calder said Saturday from Vancouver on the economic benefits of the project to the province and the project's environmental impact, as well as public consultation, are all required before the certificate is Studies issued, he said As part of the consultation process, B.C ted open houses in Trail and Castlegar last week on the seven major dam projects planned for the area. Members of the project team were on hand to discuss the plans and maps of the proposed changes were displayed, More open houses may be held in January and February, said Anna Walkey, wha is with a private firm B.C. Hydro has hired to conduct the Public c comenene The draft £ if approved, will Upgrading existing facilities such as Keenleyside to create or expand generating capacity is more economical than building new dams and has less environmental impact, Gruber said B,C. Hydro officials concluded As a result, Keenleyside has been put at the top of the list, followed by the upgrading of the Waneta, Seven Mile, Brilliant and Duncan dams. The proposed Border dam, downstream from Trail, and the Murphy Creek project are last on the list, Gruber said Negotiations are ongoing over plans for the Waneta and Brilliant dams which are owned by Cominco, he added. And work is being done on plans for all the projects, including the new dams at the end of the list, Gruber said. Calder said a study will be conducted in the spring at the request of area residents to determine if construction ficate from the D'Arcy comments, page A6 Hydro conduc noise from work on a dam at Murphy Creek would be tolerable to residents of nearby Rivervale and Oasis, Calder said Heavy equipment will be brought in to simulate con- struction and blasting may be done while the noise levels are technically assessed, Calder said Hydro will also consult with residents during the study m je and residents may be asked to fill out a questionnaire or coficerns raised by the public during the open houses and those concerns could lead to changes in the construction plans, said Harold Gruber, external relations consultant with the project team. For instance, if there are concerns over where a tran smission line is to be installed, changes can be made to the line’s route to alleviate those concerns, Gruber said The Keenleyside project is just one of seven the project team is working on for the area, he said, and B.C has established a construction sequence for the projects Originally, Keenleyside and a proposed new dam at Murphy Creek, about eight kilometres upstream from Trail, were linked and planned for construction first, he said However, the utility has reassessed proposals for new projects in light of its Resource Smart program, Gruber said. submit their opinions in some way, he said A similar study was conducted before 1985 but B.C Hydro wants to update its information, Calder added At the same time as the noise level is being assessed, Hydro will conduct engineering studies to consider other possible sites for the project that are further from the com- munities, he said. A site about one kilometre upstream will be looked at, he said Hydro Hydro is also promising residents who rely on water from wells that if construction activities such as blasting appear to cause disturbances in their water supply the utility will provide tHem with another constant water sour- ce, he said If the problem is temporary, tanker trucks may be brought in to haul water, he said. But if the problem calls for a permanent solution, B.C. Hydro will consult with the regionatdistrict, he said Parents worry about intersection By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI taff Writer Recent changes at the intersection of Columbia Avenue and 24th Street in south Castlegar will make the area safer for pedestrians but more changes are needed to prevent.a child from being hurt, members of the Kinnaird Elementary Parent Group say parents have received help and cooperation from the city, the Ministry of Transportation and Highways and the school board in bringing changes to the area, parent-group spokesman Chris Blackman said But the parents feel a signal stop light at the intersection is needed to make the area safer for children who must walk to school, she added An increase in residents in the area, combined with more traffic to and Photo, page A2 from Kinnaird Hall, Kinnaird Park and expected traffic to and from the new aquatic centre, is making the in. tersection more dangerous for pedestrians, Blackman said Most parents with children at Kin naird elementary school feel the danger is too great, she said, and choose to drive their children to school One frightening incident occurred in late October when a northbound truck was unprepared to stop for a child walking across Columbia Avenue at the crosswalk, Blackman said The child was almost struck and the truck lost its load across the highway, she said Blackman said Saturday the parents can substantiate their claims of in Lawyer not discouraged Highways Minister Rita Johnston's assertion Friday that the provincial government will restart the Castlegar-Robson ferry is disappoin- ting but not discouraging, the lawyer for the Robson-Raspberry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee said Saturday Terry Dalton, who shows no signs of losing his tenaciousness in pursuit of the ferry service’s resumption, said he’s disappointed Johnston chose to make her statements publicly in a radio interview before responding to three letters the committee has sent her con: cerning the Social Credit government's shutdown of the ferry service in April 1988. Johnston made the comments during a visit to Trail for a ground breaking ceremony for the West Trail approach But, Dalton said, the government's never continuing refusal to restart the ferry only strengthens the committee’s resolve “The tougher they get, the tougher we get,’’ Dalton told the Castlegar News He added that the committee still has the option of pursuing its lawsuit against the government in an attempt to get the ferry restarted And, always on the lookout for help in the committee’s cause, Dalton said he received some encouragement during discussions last week with a B.C. Hydro official who indicated the utility may be receptive toa proposal to share the cost of operating the ferry with the provincial government Dalton said the Hydro official told him it will cost some $1 million to keep the road across the Hugh Keenleyside open during the approximately five years while Hydro installs generators in the dam — if and when that project receives government ap proval and proceeds. Dalton, who noted that $1 million would operate the ferry for four years while a bridge could be built across the Columbia River between Robson and Castlegar, said he pointed out to the Hydro official that the ferry crossing is considered safer than the dam road and would be useful to Hydro in case of an emergency during the construc tion project if an injured worker needed to be brought across the river to Castlegar Hospital He said the Hydro official ‘‘seemed very interested” in considering closing the dam road and using the savings to help the provincial government with the cost of operating the ferry. Dalton said he was told to pitch the idea in a letter to Peter Calder, Hydro’s project manager for the Keenleyside project creased traffic with a study they con ducted Thursday in which members of the parent group monitored traffic and pedestrians going through the intersec tion from 8 a.m, to 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. toS p.m The figures show 10 to 15 per cent more traffic in the area than was found by the Highways Ministry during a study last June, she said However, the figures were an average taken after counting traffic from 7:30a.m. to 5:30 p.m., she pointed out But she also noted that the ministry study was conducted in June when the schools and Selkirk College were not in ministry's session Minjstry officials, at a meeting with the parents, said another study was planned for November but recent Opening of the parents haven't seen the results, Blackman said A signal stop light that would-stop traffic on Columbia pedestrians and flash red for drive coming down 24th Street would help Avenue for the problema great deal, she said However, the parents that safety measures are only part of he extradi ial for a former the solution, Blackma facing sex-related “It boils > begin Jan. 15 pedestrians putting safety first,"’ she in a Florida superior court, Nelson said Thursday while watching a car Dana Urban said pass to the right of a stopped vehicle and speed through an crosswalk Wes! Despite their lingerin, parents are pleased the city has acted warra on their request that the hill below detain Meunier for up to Kinnaird Hall be cut back continued on page A2 also realize down to drivers and charg Nelson is set senior ¢ Friday Father Lucien Meunier was arrested Palm Beach Nov. 30 and is adian provisional S. officials to 45 days on empty concerns, being held on a Ca t which allows L giving s f, Urban said Nelson Crown cou Meunier extradited to stand trial on wants cight counts of indecent assault and gross indecency The charges involve boys aged sever, ars between 1967 and 1971 in to Sy b | U ff Ss d e | a ed Trail, Prince Rupert and New Denver where Meunier was priest at St. An By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Loose rock high on a vertical rock face kept the Ministry of Transpor tation and Highways from reopening the upgraded Slocan Bluffs area of Highway 6 between Slocan and Silver ton on Saturday but the road will likely open Tuesday or Wednesday, ministry project manager Dick Matthews said Work crews had been monitoring the loose rock for some time and in the interests of safety it will be blasted down before traffic is allowed through the area, Matthews said The road has been closed between Slocan and Silverton since early Sep- thony’s Church tember to allow the Highways Ministry to complete the largest portion of a council believes it has a $16-million project to widen the one- strong case, Urban said, but the Crown lane bluffs section of the road to two must prove the crimes the priest is charged with are in fact crimes in Canada, that they are still crimes, and that the man being held in Florida is ac Crown lanes. The project is currently on budget and should remain so, Matthews said There will be no fanfare when the road is reopened next week since work will continue on the road until next Oc tober, he said The continuing work will mean t road will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to noon, Monday to Friday, work is completed, Matthews said until the The closures will allow blasting to continued on page A2 tually the man who allegedly commit ted those crimes in B.C If the Crown wins Meunier's ex. tradition, he will have the right to ap peal, Urban added Saskatchewan authorities also want to lay charges against Meunier, Urban said. Meunier was parish priest in Mar sden, Sask., from 1957 to 1965