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25 CENTS:

City Counci

, By RYON GUEDES
CasNews Editor $
City council approved
Tuesday a $4,198,599 budget
which will mean a 2.767-mill
rate decrease for Castlegar
taxpayers this year.
The rate for the city's 1978
‘budget is 98,219, despite an

‘Increase of $959,502 over the
{1977 budget, <6 *

And on a $22,208,000 as.
sessment base—adjusted by
the B.C. Assessment Authority
late last year—a tax mill will
generate $2,829 more than in
1977. ¥

Ald, Gerald Rust, finance
committee chairman, said the

Regional Hospital Board and
,020 to .018 for the Municipal
Financing Authority.

The rate for the Regional
District of Central Kootenay
increased from 8,238 to 8,307
and the B.C, Assessment Au-
thority rate rose from 1.445
mails to 1.619. *

Rust said council and staff
had managed to keep the mill

rate low “and at the same time.

continue ‘a good standard of
sorvice to the community at
large.”
He told council the effect of
the 2.757-mill cut on the indi-
vidual taxpayer will depend on
recent assessment changes,
“All

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1978

Assessment Base Increased By $2.8 Million

sequently some ratepayers will
experience slight increases and
others slight decreases.”

He noted that the pro-
vincial government had in-

creased its home owner grant.

for senior citizens by $50 to
$480 te help offset taxes.

He said the budget is made
up of $1,766,005 for the city,
which represents 42 per cent,
$2,233,144 for other govern-
ment, agencies, representing 53
per cent and - $199,450 for
Castlegar Airport,.which repre-
sents five per cent.

“The city's portion repre-
sents $1,345,020 for operating
expenditures, $323,955 for capi-
tal and $97,030 for debt ser-
vices," Rust said. “The other
governments portion repre-
sents $1,762,072 for schouls,
$315,737 for regional district,
$99,265 for regional hospital,
$55,380 for B.C. Assessment
Authority and $690 for the
Municipal Finance Authority."

The $199,450 airport por-
tion, fully subsidized by the
federal transport ministry,

does not affect the local mill
rate, he said.

The $4,198,599 budget
amounts to $667,633 more than
the actual expenditures of 1977,
the finance chairman said.

He said transportation
services costs of $644,060
showed the largest increase,
chiefly because of higher snow
removal costs and major fund-
ing for retaining wall improve-
ments. Police costs, for which
the provincial government has
renewed full subsidization, in-
creased for 1978 because in

Also listed were expen-
ditures totalling $420,000 for
fiscal services and $2,239,144
for dit to

Approves 2.7 Mill Cut in Taxes

Rust said the $349,589
figure represented an increase
of about $40,000 over the pro-

1977 the city was H
for only nine months operation,
he said.

A total $149,480 in rec-
reation and cultural service
costs reflected increases in
parks costs because of in-
creased manpower require-
ments and in libraries because
of a funding change in 1977,
Rust said. He said public health
and welfare. service costs of
$105,570 represented the only
decrease, brought about
_ through a reduction in the per
‘capita cost of social assistance.

new. rate included
from 40.515 to 39,952 for the
city portion, 47.621 to 45,976 for
School District No. 9, 3.380 to
2.590 for Central Kootenay

and com-
mercial properties were re-
assessed by the B.C. Assess-
ment Authority in 1976 and
1977," Rust said. “And con-

- PWAto

Pacific Western Air-
lines plans to start sched-
uling’ flights back into
Castlegar Airport by May
19, airport committee chair-
-man, Ald. Gerald Rust told
city council Tuesday.

Rust said Barry Ehman,
manager of PWA's Castle-
gar Terminal, told him this
week the airline had decided
to reschedule its flights—
currently being diverted to
Trail and Nelson—after
hearing runway resurfacing
atthe local ‘airport was
expected to be completed
more than a month ahead of
_ late June deadline.’

Describing the an-
‘Rouncement as “very good
news!for the city" Rust
gained support for his mo-
tion. to advise,,the airport. , .

To City May 19

* J.8. Westover, acting man-

Return

manager to notify. sub-les-
sees of the airport terminal
of.PWA plans.

Council also received,
official federal transport
ministry confirmation that
the runway ‘project was
“ahead of schedule.”

Aletter to the city from

ager of ministry airport
operations, said a ministry
construction engineer had
estimated a May 20 comple-
tion date for the resurfacing,
depending on weather con-
ditions and “reliability of
construction equipment.”
Official confirmation of
the completion date will be
given this week, the trans-
port ministry letter said.
Runway repairs at the

airport, began.in early April.

CasNews Staff

Complaints about an as-
phalt plant and rock crusher at
Castlegar Airport resulted
Saturday in a Regional District
of Central Kootenay board
request to both the provincial
and federal governments to
obey zoning regulations.

The board approved a
motion that senior govern-
ments be asked to ensure
Crown land surrounded by or-
ganized communities is used
according to the local land use
restrictions,

Area J director Martin
Vanderpol, who made the mo-
tion, complained to the board
that the rock crusher and
asphalt plant servicing runway

: Governments Asked
To Heed Local Zoning ©

repsirs at the airport were
“going full blast” while dis-
regarding the land use and
zoning restrictions of nearby
Qotischenia, which was in-
eluded in the provincial Agri-
cultural Land Reserve.

Mayor Audrey Moore, rep-
resenting Castlegar on the
board,.said the asphalt plant
was operating under the te?ms
of a Pollution Control ranch

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RDCK Ey

CasNews Stall

Central Kootenay voters
may get the chance to oppose or
support B.C, Hydro's planned
Kootenay Diversion in Novem-
ber.

The regional district board
of directors Saturday unani-
mously supported Area J rep-

permit earlier app by the
b

ard,

RDCK planning director
Floyd Dykeman noted that the
provincial government had
‘granted permission to the fed-
eral transport ministry to oper-
ate the equipment in the area

{Con’t. Pg. A2, Col. 5)

Martin V:

motion to put administrator
Reid Henderson “on the alert”
that the proposed diversion of
the Kootenay River into the
Columbia may be the subject of
a public referendum held dur-
ing fall RDCK elections.

Directors also instructed

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A Castlegar boy will be the
first official Canadian entry in
the May 18 to 21 North

America Frog Jumping Compe-
titions to beheld at Angels

ocal Champ!
To Attend

Camp in Calaveras- County,
Calif.

-Seven-year-old Travis
Green will be accompanied to
the event by his parents and
Jim Chapman, chairman of the
Castl *s Canadian Frog

‘Lions Club
“Still Has:
~ Bills to Pay

} Bills are atill trickling in
forthe Selkirk Lions Club's
séeond anoual West Kootenay
Trade Fair at the Regional
Recreation Complex April 21
asd 22, a club spokesman said
this week.

=: Alex Cheveldave, this
year's ‘Trade Fair chairman,
said Lions’ net revenue from

_ the event was not yet available”

Because collection and payment
of. bills bad not yet been
completed.

+ He said he was confident
the club's revenue from the
Trade Fair—most of which will
be spent on the Lions’ planned
$300,000 grading of Kinnaird
Park—would be 25 to 30 per
cent higher than last year's net
figure of $11,000. _

: Thjs year’s net figure will
be: available “within anbther
week,” Cheveldave said.

=

Jumping Competition since its
conception several years ago.

Travis is the winner of last
year's competition, held here in
conjunction with Castlegar
Sunflower Fest,

Chapman told the Castle-
gar News Tuesday it has been

- his dream each year to see the ©

local winner take part in the
championship, but he had never
had the financial backing until
the Selkirk Lions Club agreed
to underwrite the trip.

A letter from the Lions to
city council this week said
Provincial Secretary Grace Mc-
Carthy had promised them a
$250 grant for the trip on the
condition the club match the
sum with donations from other
sources. The. letter, which
requested council's participa-
tion, was referred to the ad-
ministrative services and. fi-
nance committee for study.

The Calaveras County

competition, immortalized in a .

short story by Mark Twain, is
held on fairgrounds equipped
with proper jumping facilities.
valued at $4 million.

the to inform the
provincial government of the
board's decision and ask the
East Kootenay, Kootenay
Boundary and Columbia-Shus-
wap regional districts to con-
sider holding similar referen-
dums.

In introducing his motion
Vanderpol noted the failure of
Premier Bill Bennett—who has
final say on the project—to
meet with the board to, discuss
the proposed diversion and the
strong opposition of RDCK,
RDEK, RDKB and RDCS resi-
dents to the plan. He also noted
Kootenay West MP Bob Bris-
co's charge that the Crown-
owned power corporation had
already assured U.S. power
authorities construction of the
diversion would begin “as early
as possible.” (See story on Page

“We wouldn't be commit-
ting ourselves to a referendum,

just considering holding one,”

Vanderpol explained to the

ard,
“I think if this motion is
made today it will create some

activity in the beehive in Vic-
toria.”

Scheduling the referendum
for November regional elec-
tions would keep the cost of the
vote to a minimum, he said.

The motion arose from dis:

eing Diversion Poll

cussion following Brisco's re-
port on the diversion plans.
Asked whether the board
should take a more active role
in opposing the project, Brisco
said the opposition of.an official
(Con't. Pg. A2, Col. 3)

Anti-Vandal Regulations Needed

Park Bylaw Requested

The Regional District of
Central Kootenay will draft an
anti-vandal regulatory bylaw
for Pass Creek Park, the board
of di decided

facilities, littering, unautho-

rized peddling, unauthorized

use of fire and firearms, un-

authorized meetings and -dem-
pars

In response to a request
from Pat Metge, recreation
director for Regional Recrea-
tion. Commission No. 1; the
board instructed RDCK ad-
ministrator Reid Henderson to
Prepare a bylaw which could be
enforced. effectively by local

Metge, in a letter, to. the
RDCK board, said the regional
park was “experiencing a high
degree of vandalism and unruly
conduct” and local RCMP had
stated “that:their powers are
limited until a proper bylaw for
the park has been passed.”

The letter included a pro-
posed bylaw combining points
from Nelson, Elkford, Surrey
and Coquitlam park bylaws.

The proposed bylaw pro-
hibited park use between 10
p.m. and 8 a.m., damage to park

of un-
leashed animals, disorderly or
violent conduct, unauthorized
construction.

According to the bylaw,
penalties for littering “shall be
of the same magnitude and
severity as for littering any

provincial highway.” Persons
committing other offences
would be liable toa fine of up to
500.

Asked by board chairman

Art Sutcliffe why police would

require a bylaw to protect the

park from vandals, Mayor

Audrey Moore said it would be

easier for RCMP to prevent
vandalism if they were able to

quote sections of the bylaw,

other governments,

Revenues listed were
$919,996 from taxation, $15,950
from grants in lieu of taxes,
$37,660 from ‘sales of service,
$142,110 from other miscel-
laneous revenue, $191,700 from
conditional transfers from oth-

er governments, $2,233,144 |

from collection for other gov-
ernments, $343,589 from a pro-
vincial government operating
grant, $25,000 for surplus ap-
propriated, $90,000 from capital
reserve and $199,450 for the
airport.

vineial go 's grant last

year,
Allocations under the elty’s
$1,795,827 capital budget in-
cluded $293,700 for road trans-
portation, $6,400 for: general
government, $3,600 for pro-
tection services, $19,255 for
parks, $2,000 for planning,
$9,590 for miscellaneous Castle-
gar North sewer system costs,
$26,795 for miscellaneous
Castlegar South sewer system
costs, $99,937 for major Castle-
gar South sewer system costs,
$355,550 for miscellaneous
{Con't. Pg. A2, Col. 3)

City Court Confirms
Frontage Tax Figures -

The city court of revision
Monday confirmed an antici-
pated increase of $7,609 in
water and sewer frontage tax
revenue,

After considering one re-
vision to the frontage tax roll
the court confirmed anticipated
frontage tax revenues of
$7,948, up by $50 from 1977, for
Castlegar North water, $28,-
492, up by $369.90, for Castle-
gar South water, $27,290, up by
$175, for Castlegar North sew-

Hospital Funds
Bylaw Frozen
By the CKRHD

The bylaw which would
fund expansion of Castlegar
and District Hospital will re-
main unadopted until B.C.
health ministry officials clarify

* their. policy on “one-shot” fi-

nancing.
_ The, Central.Kootenay Re=.

9°.’ gional Hospital District board

Saturday left Capital Expense
Proposal Bylaw. No. -41—pro-
viding for $573,289.in improve-
ments to the Castlegar, Creston
Valley and Kootenay Lake Dis-
trict hospitals—at its second.

* reading stage until represen-

tatives of the ministry's hos-
pital programs section answer
directors’ previous queries on
the possibility of using short-
term borrowing to pay off the,
sum, z

Told by RDCK, deputy
treasurer Vera Kalmikoff they
still had a year to decide on the
means by which the capital
works program would be fi-
nanced, directors decided to
discuss with the officials at
their June 3 meeting the
board's resolution in March to
pay off the sum with a one- or
two-year levy rather than a
20-year one,

The improvements pro-
gram which would be funded
under the bylaw includes the
addition of 10 extra beds, an
elevator and extra storage area
to Castlegar and District, ex-
pansion of Creston Valley's
emergency facilities and instal-
lation of new ceilings, lighting
and call systems at Kootenay
Lake District.

Portuguese ‘Language Courses.
Taught in District No. 9 in Fall

Schoo! District No. 9 will
offer Portuguese language in-
Al

courses in Portuguese will be
available after hours at Twin

struction. in Id.
Bud Godderis said Tuesday.
Godderis, city council's
health and welfare committee
chairman, said the school board
indicated this week that

City staff will investi-
gate the possibility of
Castlegar holding its own

City to Consider Holding .
Own Referendum on Project

a vote, similar to the one

being considered by the -

Regional District of Central
Koot board, into fall

on

Kootenay Diversion.

City clerk Barry Baldi-
gara was directed Tuesday
by Ald. Len Embree to
determine whether the city
would be allowed under the
Municipal Act to.incorporate

B.C. Hydro's proposed ,

municipal elections.

Mayor Audrey Moore
told Embree she believed
the Act did not prohibit a
referendum on the planned

‘diversion of the Kootenay
River into the Columbia,
although the vote would

have no legal standing and
would amount to an opinion
poll.
Embree said an investi-
gation of the possibility of
holding the referendum
would be “worthwhile.”

“I don't think anything
other than a measured opin-
ion poll is going to affect
B.C. Hydro whatsoever,”
Embree said.

Rivers Ek 'y School.
He said the board was
unable to pay the teachers of

In Stable
Condition
After Shooting

A 14-year-old boy was
reported in stable condition
Monday morning following an
accidental shooting Saturday
which eccurred in the north
section of the city.

In a prepared news re-
lease, local RCMP state as a
result. of ‘the shooting, the
youth was hospitalized and
operated on to remove a .22
calibre projectile.

Since those persons in-
volved are juveniles no names
have been released. Police
described the weapon as “a
revolver.”

the course, but members of the

er, $117,779, up by $7,014.10,
for Castlegar South sewer.

The court also confirmed
actual and taxable footage in-
creases for city water and
sewer. Actual sewer footage
was, 59,658.15, up 10,988.65
from 1977, for Castlegar South
and 91,640.78, up 425, for
Castlegar North. Taxable sew-
er footage was 99,080, up 9,759,
for Castlegar South and 77,896,
up 425, for Castlegar North.

Actual water footage was
115,922.31, up 4,173.81, for
Castlegar South and 91,437.98,
up 500, for Castlegar North,
Taxable water footage was 97,-
477, up 3,699, for Castlegar
South and 79,477, up 500, for
Castlegar North.

Council's finance chairman
Ald. Gerald Rust said Tuesday
the frontage tax, incorporated
into the city's 1978 budget,
would cover debenture debts
on the water. and sewer. sys-
tems while user. rates cover
standard operating costs,’ . -

e DIVERSION: Is B.C. Hy-
dro talking out of both
sides of its mouth?

Page B1

¢ BLUFF: Will the provin-
cial government fall for it?
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@ INQUEST: What ’ really:
happened at Cranbrook
Airport Feb. 11?

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evening. The weekend will
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CanCel, City Scheduled
To Give Briefs to PCB

Both CanCel and the city are scheduled to present briefs at
next week's public hearing on the company’s appeal against the
terms of the Pollution Control Board air discharge permit for its
local pulp operation, city council's health and welfare committee

chairman said Tuesday.

Ald. Bud Godderis told council the PCB had notified the city
that at the hearing, scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Hi Arrow
Arms Motor Hotel, CanCel as the appellant will submit its brief
first. The city will then present its brief to the board and CanCel
will be given an opportunity to reply, he said.

“Both are subject to questions by the board during the
meeting and the board may decide to accept questions fram the

public,” he said.

The city brief, presented to council in a closed session
Tuesday, has not been released.