Page 2A The Castlegar Sun “~~ Wednesday, June 17, 1992 TO RDCK to decide where t the garbage will go JASON KEENAN Sun staff Unfortunately, garbage has to go 5 . The Regional District of Cen- tral Kootenay will be hosting an open house next week to discuss the stage two solid waste man- report. “The second phase is where we present options to the people, and try to decide which are the most favoured to recommend for the third stage,” said Peter Shand, senior engineer with Stanley Associates from Kamloops, the consultants who helped prepare the report. The plan looks at all of the solid waste management options for the area, including the regions targets of the five “R"s: reduce, reuse, recycle, recovery, and residual management (landfill sites). § Concern has been expressed dealing with the Ootishenia land- states only Ootishenia landfill site would remain open, and all the from the district would be a there. “I think [the] just Ootishenia [option] can be pretty much ruled out,” said Shand. “I don't see that other consid- erations would justify going down to one site,” added Shand. The single-landfill option was the most expensive of the five fill site options examined in the report. It would cost the district just under $2.5 million, while the two most likely options would both cost around $2 million. “We'll most likely recommend they go to four [landfill sites) first,” said Shand. Those four would be Ootishenia, Creston, Nakusp, and Salmo, with the last fill eventually being phased out. “The transfer costs are too high to go with just one,” added renafite are the final step in the plan, he explained. One of the main recommendations is that the Regional District invest in the other “Rs before the wastes reach the fills. This include look- ing at how Bibel brie can be expanded in the district. “A balanced management sys- tem reduces the waste going in to landfills.” The stage two report prepared by Shand's company has been directed by three committees from the district: the local solid waste citizen's advisory commit- tee; the political waste manage- ment i and a "s main opportunity = on input in the planning process. There will be a number of dis- play panels outlining the various options for the region, and repre- sentatives from Stanley Associ- ates and the RDCK will be on hand to answer questions and provide further information. In the evening, the public meeting will be a formal presentation of costs and information, followed by a question period. Harasym said that the province had told all regional districts that they have to propere a waste management plan. Stage two is a ion of the district's committee made up of local peo- ple who work in the waste man- agement field. “We really want, with the meeting, the public to try to take part and express with us their i on waste said Don Harasym, planning manager with the district. It will options, while the stage three report will be the consultants recommendation partially based upon the publics input from stage two. The open house will be held next Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., while the public meeting will begin at 7 p.m., both at the Fireside Inn. Courtroom walkout narrowly avoided Province's crown prosecuters opt for third party negotiation BRENDAN HALPER ‘Sun staff refer all | outstanding issues to a poroke party,” said British British Columbia's crown have decided to can- Corporal Al Brown of the Castlegar RCMP detachment accepts a School District No. 9 Certificate of Apprecia- tion and Community Award from School Board Trustee Gordon Turner. The school board presented the RCMP with the award for their outstanding community involvement and support of school programs. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper cel job action, opting for third party negotiation in their dispute with the provincial government, — “We dan ia Crown Council Asso- ciation Secretary Ralph Keefer. “As a result we have led with cases already in progress. “We are happy to have avoid- ed a disruption in the courts and look forward to resolving our dif- our plans for job action com- mencing June 15.” Last week BCCCA members with the government on n Friday to had p d to stop services on June 15 but continue fe with the gi fair and negotiated agreement,” he said. Keefer said the criminal jus- tice system in British Columbia is underfunded—the BCCCA is inay concerned about working condi- tions, pay, job evaluation and “The government has been made aware that we are under- paid,” stated Keefer, who expects an agreement will not be reached until early next fall. “It will take pons time to resolve our differ- Selkirk College honours its own during Merit Awards SUBMITTED Selkirk College honoured its own Tuesday, June 2, at the annu- al Merit Awards dinner held at the Fireside Inn in Castlegar. In , addition to recognizing meritori- ous service, the occasion honours those who are retiring as well as those who have reached long-ser- vice plateaus in their careers. Selkirk College President Leo Perra together with acting Board Chairman John Higginson pre- sented merit awards and seryice pins, while the evening's events were emceed by Barry Jackson, director of Personnel and Employee Relations. Twenty College employees received merit recognition. These included: John Adams, head of the Renewable R and tional Education department head, Ray Brock, Transitional Training instructor at the Nelson Campus, Ginny Brownlie, Library clerk at the Castlegar Campus, Barb Cavalier, Library Clerk at the Nelson Campus, Marg Dolan, Nelson Campus admissions officer, Dak Giles, instructional assistant for the Forestry and Wildland Recreation programs, Don Gillingham, Fine Woodwork and Carpentry instructor, Len Grayson, comput- er technician, Annie Holtby, Con- tinuing Education coordinator in Grand Forks, Pat Jacklin, Castle- gar Campus manager, Mickey Kinakin, freight handler, Judy Laret, library clerk in Castlegar, Merle Maerz, cooking instructor, Elan Morris, secretary, Peter Environmental Science depart- ments, John Armstrong, Interna- = Festival Or Biology instructor, Melanie Plotnikoff, Student Ser- vices receptionist, Natalie Veri- gin, buyer, Ron Welwood, assis- tant librarian, and Judy Wray, Trail Campus manager. Also recognized at the dinner were the 1992 recipients of the peer- recognition SCOPE award. This year’s successful nominees are George Westinghouse, Aviation were awarded to Ab Dunn, coun- sellor, Dwayne Hamilton, Physics/Math instructor, Peter Om d: Biology i Mac Sinclair, Math instructor, Ron Smithers and Bill Susuat, Electronics instructors, and David Williams, head of the Biolo- gy instructional assistant, George Mclvor, and instructor in the Busi- ness Administration program. Five College employees reteived 20-year service Pins. These included: Len D 5 depart- ment. Acknowledged for their ser- vice to the College upon their retirement wee Ken Price, custo- dian, Roy Crutchley, head of the an instructor in the Wildland Recreation program, Ross Klatte, Student Services receptionist at the Nelson Campus, Willy Konkin, maintenance supervisor, Dick Schultz, welding instructor, and Walter Ursulak, a member of the grounds-keeping staff. Gold pins, recognizing 25 years of service to the College, Millwright and Weld- ing programs, and Anna Jenkins, Practical Nursing instructor. The evening was well attended by a full compliment of newly- appointed Selkirk College Board members — their first official function. Former Board Chair- man Elizabeth Fleet delivered a moving f2rewell address to close the evening. Continued from 1A race for more than 10 months now, had received written per- mission from Celgar officials to use the parking lot for such pur- poses earlier in the year. Accord- ing to Jackman, ins, liability insurance was very expensive, and to apply for another pit site would take about 45 days to com- plete, while the festival is only nine days away. The result is the elimination of a race which would have involved more than 45 hydroplane boats, along with drivers, their crews and their fam- ilies. Some were from as far Away as Illinois, California and Florida. “We were expecting between seven and 10 thousand people to be watching these races,” said Jackman, who says that up until City council rallies SHARLENE IMHOFF —_ Sun Editor office closures across the country. "We're working in a partner- Castlegar City Council sent a strong message to Canada Post representative Ilona Beiks, who was invited to yesterday's council meeting to discuss the future operations of the Castlegar Post Office. Beiks, who insisted that no plans are being made to change operations in Castlegar at this time, she refused to use the word ‘privatize’ when describing post ship with to allow for greater services to our cus- tomers," Beiks said. Mayor Audrey Moore, Coun- cillors Kirk Duff , Jim and Marilyn Mathieson all said that the post office in Castlegar is highly valued, as are the people who work there. “I'm saying to you now, that we would appreciate being informed and and consulted before any changes to our post RCMP building plans leading up to referendum City plans to ensure local residents know the facts SHARLENE IMHOFF During the presen- Sun Editor The RCMP Building Commit- tee, in charge of leading the way to a fall referendum on the new RCMP building, reported to city council that the first in a series of public meetings will begin June 22. Councillor Kirk Duff, who is on the committee, said the meet- ing will take place in council chambers beginning with an open house from 7 p.m. to 8 P.m., followed by an hour-long P tation, an architect from Dalla- Lana/Griffin will handout plans and explain various features. As well, city staff will provide a handout of costs, financing method and the financial impacts. “This will all be followed by a question period where members of the public will be invited to voice any concerns,” said Duff, who is adamant that Castlegar id fully und d the Other plans to explain the pro- ject include tours of the current existing RCMP building each on June 25. "Anyone wanting to see why we think we need a new facility ‘Anyone wanting to see why we think we need a new facility is welcome to visit .. .' — KIRK DUFF Councillor Thursday following a council facts before voting at a later date. ng from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.. The first of these tours will begin is welcome to visit the RCMP building on the evening of June 25," finished Duff. this point, the Festival Society, H.A. Simons and the PPWC had been working together. Jackman said other events will ; hroughout the as planned, such as the Lion's Club Family Days, ball tourna- ments, Pete's Power Punch, the fireworks and the parade, but the festival has been marred with the cancellation of the races. “What bothers me the most is the dedication and hard work by everyone on the Festival Com- mittee, which has been planning this event. I feel especially bad for Craig Burton, who worked hard in establishing the Hydroplane ‘s Officials from the Festival Society say they are hoping the event can be rescheduled for a later date in September. around post office office are made,” Moore said. Duff echoed these remarks, adding that Castlegar cannot consult with us before taking any actions.” Canada Post employees from afford to lose any more Cc ded the council “We're not just talking about a post office, we're talking about people and their lives. I recommend that Canada Post and readily showed their disagreements with the state- ments made by the Canada Post representative. By Leigh Rubin juan wre) 26619 ‘Duy "aRONpUAS SO}BO) — Wednesday, June 17, 1992 The Castlegar Sun Support building for local carpenters' union Group ) lobbying Castlegar Savings Credit Union Carpenters bying the Castlegar Savings Union Board of Directors for a guarantee that the proposed new Credit Union Building will be built with union labor. Members have been stationed outside the Credit Union since June 4 to inform the Credit Union board and members of their concerns. Last Thursday, the number of members and supporters sudden- ly grew to over 60 when mem- bers of Local 480 United Steelworkers, CUPE, PPWC Local 1, IWA and Pipe Fitters came to show their solidarity. “We've directly contacted, from three vastly irritated non- union people, everyone was agree- able. We have had a resp Later that evening Arnold had a chance to express the union's concerns to the Credit Union board members. Amold said he asked the board to consider meeting the provin- cial government's new Fair Wages Policy so that the people who work on the job get a fair wage even if they're not union. “Although they're obviously not compelled to,” Amold said. Castlegar Savings Credit Union General Manager Lome Myrtha said, “It's not a decision I make, it’s up to the people who bid on the document. “I couldn't tell you if the con- tractor would pay employees to the fair wages policy.” The Fair Wages Policy applies only to provincial government building construction projects cost- ing $1.5 million or more. The process was closed on June 10. “I don’t know if the contract has been awarded, I°ll find out today, I hope,” Myrha said, at the time of press at The Sun. Union will from the board, but it was not encouraging for the union.” to distribute leaflets at the Credit Union Building. Government to announce new effluent standards Plans to eliminate effluent by 2002 SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Environment Minister John Cashore confirmed that the government will announce new chlorinated organic compounds (AOX) effluent standards by July 1. In January, the government required all mills to submit plans, by June 30, to reduce AOX produced in the bleaching process to less than 1.5 kilograms per air-dried tonne by 1995, and to virtually eliminate AQX by the year 2002. ;Celgar Pulp Mill General Manager Jim Browne says that the Castlegar mill submitted the ired data to the gov: but feels its expectations to eliminate all AOX is unreason- able and at this time, unattain- able for all pulp mills in the province. “At the current time, and even after the modernization project is completed, there is no way we could meet those standards,” said Browne. “They're unrealistic.” Browne thinks the standards should be further revi JOHN CASHORE B.C.’s AOX standards compare with key pulp-exporting coun- tries. The study is being carried out throughout this month, and Cashore says results will be made public later on this summer. see SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper Union members walked along the front steps of the Castlegar Savings Credit Union to guarantee that the new building will be constructed by union labour. = Strike Continued from 1A see who cracks fifst due to eco- nomic pressure. “I really have no idea what's going to happen,” he said. “Or how long this strike will last.” Reed said the latest offer to the unions also included a $5 increase to pension benefits. “The unions don’t understand that there just isn’t any money.” Megs 14 di “When you think the industry has suffered severely in the last two years, that's tough to take.” Reed says he has already heard Tumors of government interven- tion into the situation. “If the situation continues, the government will be getting ner- vous due to the shortage in money, and they would likely intervene,” said Reed. The strike companies, running 19 mills, which involve 25 locals from the two unions. While officials say that employees are losing approxi- mately $2 million a day in lost wages, the pulp and paper indus- try itself is losing $16 million a day. Shewaga on the other hand, is not looking forward to govern- ment intervention—if it comes at all. Saying he \s annoyed with the NDP government for reneging on promises to remove Bill 19 (anti- labour legislation). “We're certainly not going to be happy with government inter- vention,” he finished. Locals amazed over increasing water levels JASON KEENAN “I guess we have until 2002 to ‘At the current time, amd even after the modemization project ts completed, there Is no way we could meet those standards.’ — JIM BROWNE Celgar general manager figure out a way to meet the stan- dards, because currently we don’t have a solution.” Subsequent the January process was initiated with key keholder groups, includi industry and environmental orga- nizations, to focus on the plans to be developed by i “We recognize that because of evolving technology, the plans submitted this month to meet the 2002 goal will need to be refined as the process contin- ues,” said Cashore. “There is still a great deal of research to be done on the technological aspects of AOX reduction. It will be an ongoing process until we achieve our final goals.” Cashore also announced that a study is being initiated to determine: the potential costs involved for representative mills to meet the standards; the estimated operating costs after converting to new technology, key factors affecting B.C.'s kraft pulp industry, such as fibre supply, foreign exchange rates and markets; and how Sun staff If you have a heart condition, please don’t go to Zuckerberg Island. And please leave your matches at home. John Coyle, president of the Castlegar and District Heritage Society, which manages the island, said the loss of the cause- way link is a major danger to the island. “We built-up the causeway to the island last year so that in an emergency like a heart attack or a fire, we could get on and off the island quickly,” said Coyle. With two feet of Columbia River water cascading over the top of the road-link to the island, any serious problems on the island would be difficuk to deal with. “I wouldn't want to take some- one on a stretcher over the sus- pension bridge,” Coyle added. A hand-written sign posted above the suspension bridge lead- ing to the island warns that people use the island at their own risk. submerged, the island could be a dangerous place for small children. Left unsupervised, a child could end up in the icy Columbia waters. The river is moving so fast right now, the child could easily be swept away. “I just can’t believe the water, how much it has risen,” said Jim Kabatoff, who works at the Chapel House on Zuckerberg Island. He said that on Saturday, when he came in to work at 9 am., the water sitters contemplate whether to call for life jackets. 4 was about one-and-a-half to two feet below the top of the cause- way leading on to the island. By 1 p.m. it was over the top,” continued Kabatoff. “It had easily risen three feet.” He said that the water rose another foot by the time he finished work at 4 p-m., and that it rose another six inches on Sunday. “Those rocks used to be about a foot underneath the level of the road,” he said. The tops of the rocks that formed the sides of the cause- way are now about a foot above what used to be the causeways road bed, and there is about two feet of water over the top. “It took off about two feet of top gravel,” he said. He guessed that the errs to the causeway Sitting on the bench of what used to be a five feet drop to the water, these three silent SUN PHOTO / DORRIS SWEENEY OUTLOOK: The forecast for 26 degrees. For thursday and day, sunny and warm. 29.3/8 Precipitation: Rain 32.0 0 Number of Hours 39.0 REMARKS: What started out as Kootenay and Arrow Lakes. Rainfall was well above the previous record ARROW LAKE RES June 13 - 1418.5 WEATHER _ Wednesday; Sunny with cloudy periods in the afternoon. Highs of fri 9.8/14 Snow Forecast provided by The South - at Castlegar, B.C. ALOOK | LOOK BACK aT THE PAST WEEK: Temperature: Max/Date Min/Date Mean 18.2 Total 32.0 Normal Number of Hours 49.9 a very warm and dry week was reversed by Friday as a surge of cool moisture laden air moved in from the South. The lightning display Friday evening was spectacu- lar with close to 3800 strikes across the southem portion of overnight Friday at 24.8 mm of 9.1 mm recorded in 1991. East Interior Weather Office Date: June Total number of fires to date: Number of fires still burning Area burned to date: ARROW FOREST DISTRICT DISTRICT FIRE INFORMATION 17,1992 DANGER CLASS/FIRE HAZARD - Low Number of new fires today: Cloudy with scattered showers Weather Outlook (related to fire suppression/prevention activity} Fire Action: Manpower: (1) Unit Crew (1) Initial Attack Crew Comments: (4) Forest officers and Initial Attack Crews on standby. 3000 lightning strikes over the weekend - REPORT FIRES TO ZENITH 5555. = Flood Continued from 1A could, and now they are releasing it,” Geissler added. For mayor Audrey Moore, it’s not a question of total quantity. It’s a question of current volume. “Tt is an engineered flood.” She complained that Hugh Keenley- side Dam was built to control flood levels, and prevent bank ero- sion. “We can give it to them more gradually,” she said. Since Saturday, the Columbia River has risen over four feet from its normal level. On low-lying parts of the island, especially the southern end, the current shoreline is approximately 20 feet further in from the normal shoreline, and some trees have been washed away. The causeway leading to the island has also been severely dam- aged. “It's intolerable, and someone has to make reparations,” said Moore. This is not the first time that the causeway has been swept away by high waters, Geissler said. This time, though, he said the solutions have to be long term rather than quick fix. “We [as a community] have to “What has to be done is we have to sit down as a group and find a SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jason Keenan This path used to lead 15 feet down to the shoreline on the south shore of Zuckerburg Island.