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GRAPEFRUIT 8 .‘1 35° : wl 9 : FARM FRESH _ 5 $1 ECCS one tem an 99% © PRICES EFFECTIVE: Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday 00D MART ER'S OPEN DAILY til 10 p.m. INCLUDING SUNDAYS : 7th AVENUE SOUTH Legislative Library, ’ Parliament Bldgs., 50 Victoria, B. C. V8V 1X4) CAS R Published Every Thursday Moming | at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” 5 ” Merry Christenas! VOL, 29, No, 61 : bes Sad CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1976 ASB 25 CENTS (HOME DELIVERY 22 CENTS) Moore Resigns Seat To Seek the Mayoralty | RDCK Position is Open By Burt Campbell and Lols Hughes A> mayoralty election on Jan. 29 is now a certainty. Ald.’Audrey Moore has re- signed from council to seek the city's top poat, joining Ald, ¢ Mike Livingatone who did the same thing earlier last week. ‘Mrs. Moore handed in her aldermanic resignation on Fri- day, enabling her to be a smayoralty cantiidate, At the same’ time she resigned her * position as city representative on the Regional District of . Central. Kootenay, Mrs.) Moore's ‘resignation © eausea byelections for both her aldermanic seat and her RDCK directorship to be held at the same time as. the mayoralty election. Mr. Livingstone’s action did not cause a byelection since he . had is. re- expected mayoralty byelection is now being held, the alder- manic post unfilled when nomi- nations closed in November must be done by appointment. Council has decided that it is better to make a council ap- pointment at the - inaugural meeting on Jan, 3 then, leave the appointment to the cabinet, In.a public statement fol- lowing her resignation as alder- man, Mrs. Moore stated: her. decision to resign from council and seek the office of mayor. was arrived: at after “much thought and consideration.” She commented: “We all missed our annual election this fall; now one is assured for the office of mayor. No doubt this will make the month of January more interesting.” Ald. Moore remarked that council has initiated some very tirement from council last fall when his term was ending, Mrs. Moore still had another year to serve at the time of her res- ignation. With regard to the RDCK’ directorship, ‘papers: may be pal ; filed for this position but the and poli. eles and projects this year. “I believe that I could be instrumental in. the’ successful completion of these. policies,” she said, “We must determine now our direction and priorities for the future of our city. The most important of these is a ic must ‘serve on council. This means that both Mrs. E Moore and Mr, Livingstone and any aldermanic: candidates ‘could file for this position, but the “successful candidate will ‘also have to be successful in his or her council aspirations. Iso, any. mémber, of: the. S incoming council’: (Ald. Dave Ferguson,‘Ald. Andy Shutek, ‘AldG.'S.'Rust,’Ald.-elect Len’ Embree or.the new alderman: * appointed on Jan. 3) oa. ‘The appointment, ote a new | ‘Ahe ‘néw- council's water supply.” While Mrs. Moore spoke of the necessity of drilling another well, which she said she hoped would be’ the last one, she ‘stated there was no doubt in her mind that‘a’ more assured. walee ey must be ex- ‘tion with the: provincial federal: government bodies,”, ‘she ad ata Moore. ais spoke oe will only. be ace. complished through | coopera: very few drastic changes are incorporated in the city’s new zoning bylaw said Ald. Mike Livingstone Thursday as he chaired the proceeding which: saw. several recom- mendations made. however, Radio Range Facilities May Be Removed Plane Landings Affected — foot “residential: lot feaene which is a requirement ofthe present zoning bylaw. i Mr. Edblad, called the : frontage requirement “a very " expensive ' regulation : for, the citizens: of Castlegar.” pointed out‘no bylaw as com- prehensive as this could please everyone and asked those present not to: look at the zoning as being carved in sane “It can be changed,” said.? : Realtor Bjorn Edblad, who said/he spoke as an individual, who" is in’ the land business, called attention to;the amount’ of land Yezoned fo a3 of the com munity Air Pollution and ‘Watershed — Protection is Discussed Here .. Air. pollution, preventive planning forthe protection of water. sheds and. dental -pro- grams, were all: discussed during the last regular meeting of the West Kootenay Union Board of Health hosted by the City of Castlegar on Wednes- day of last week. In a letter from Environ- mental Minister.J.°A. Nielsen, in response to a request by the board for pollution control in- formation,'\the minister said that, the. Trail Smelter is generally meeting the require- ments of the pollution contro! board—about 50 per cent of the lime. He . indicated, that the problem specifically stack emis- sions, seems due in part to the company's reallocation of con- struction priorities and the ex- ‘ceeding of the pollution require- ments cama to light during the monitoring of emissions, mainly in the area of the lead refinery. ’ Cominco is: currently pay- ing a $30,000 a month fine to _ workman's ‘compensation, In ‘answering ‘an inquiry about the. CanCel. operations here, the. minister. said there were! no emission permits is- ‘sued to CanCel when its scrub- bers. were ‘down earlier (his year, but the company is now * meeting PCB standards. He said both Cominco and CanCel ‘will continue to be ‘;monitored and: appropriate ‘action will be taken if standards are not;mel. oy The delegate representing . Area Jin’ Central Kootenay Regional. District, Martin Van- derpol, asked, what Cominco * was doing “the other 50 per cent of the time.” He asked “why should people rather than production suffer whenever * there is an equipment break- down." The West Kootenay Union Board ‘of Health has asked the ‘minister to. provide. binding legislation covering. pollution objectives, rather than the present guidelines.’ “The board has also asked > that regional dental consultant Dr. Donald E.° Marquis. be asked to request’ ‘additional © staffing for the West Koolenay. Al-present the provincial dental program, ‘which: places dentists in’ und viced The move came because of: lack of funding. A full report on the need for ing was given | areas of the province, has been pulled out \ of: Greenwood, . leaving that city without any dentists. by chief public health inspector. Mike Harnadek. Its text will be carried in next week's Castle- gar News, Professional Librarian Gives Her Resignation Castlegar and. District Public Library's. first profes- sional librarian has resigned. Library: board chairman Don Jones said the resignation of Joan Wenman was accepted at the regular board meeting held on: Wednesday of; last week, Her position will be filled by the temporary appointment of Judy Wearmouth.. ° Mr, Jones told the Castle- gar News the appointment. of another librarian will be con- sidered after council has given approval to the library budget. When asked. if the Hbrary could again have a fully ual fied librarian he stated that the board is on record that the job requires someone with pro- fessional library. training. At present the librarian's salary is paid for through a special grant which Mr. Jones said the library could no longer’ accept without its professional librarian. « Miss Wenman, whose res- ignation is effective Dec. 31, will take up duties at the Van- ‘eouver Public Library) as branch librarian. Commercial Pilots - _React With: Anger Castlegar, Airport, | at which flights have been known to be cancelled because of a low ceiling, will be facing “even ‘ greater ‘limits, should the federal Ministry of Transport remove radio range facilities at Crescent Valley: Commercial pilots who fly. into Castlegar Airport have re- “acted angrily to the plan stating this ‘equipment is needed to” ’ make’ approaches during’ bad weather into the difficult val- ley. .. Two senior pilots with Ar- row Aviation have written to Kootenay Weat MP Bob Bi demanding - that the . facility. either be kept in service or re- + \ placed with more modern nagi- gation alds. Brisco, himself a pilot, has met with at least one Castlegar area pilot and. will question Transport Minister Otto Lang about the shutdown of the ser- vice. The pilots claim - that’ Castlegar is one of the most difficult airports in the world, with’ high’ mountains on all ‘sides. The. airport ‘has’ the highest record of “missed: ap- proaches” in Canada due to bad weather and tough approaches, “The effect of: the) sub- sequent decrease in regular air- line: service’ will: undoubtedly: result in an adverse economic’ impact to the communities of! Castlegar, Nelson and \ Trail” Arrow pilots B. = Helmer. mar fad Gsignal inthe ety 's hevdphones } allowing him to fly’a‘ straight > course down to the runway be- /{ tween’ the mountains. This is # the system’ the MoT, plans to remove, Radio ranges were the major» navigation device on Canadian airways for several decades and have been slowly phased out in recent years for more advanced systems. . But the pilots claim the newer Instrument Landing System (ILS) could not be in- stalled. for Castlegar Airport until about 1980. The remaining navigation aid, two non-directional radio beacons are not: accurate enough for'a safe bad’ weather approach, the pilots claim. One said the beacons can leave a plane as much as 50 degrees off course, & i “ megotiat ‘The removal of the radio range for Castlegar. Airport is expected to boost the already high 4,826 foot minimum by another 600 feet.-This would mean more missed approaches -* by the airline planes, the pilots say. There are four radio ranges still operating in B.C. and spare parts are becomin; scarce, Al Laing, a veteran pilot from ‘Castlegar claims, But. parts are available from a radio range being deconimissioned now at Comox. “We should keep that radio range operational somehow for the four years'or so until the newer instrument landing sys- tem can be installed.” Mr. Laing: has explained the situation in detail in a letter to the editor which appears in this issue on page 11A. Also carried in this issue is the com- plete \text of: captains Helmer and Borodula’s letter: to. Mr. Brisco. Teachers Salary Arbitration Gets Going Monday — ‘The first meeting to. be held. in, the‘ salary. dispute -- between School’ District No. 9 ° ‘and its 166 teachers takes place ‘Arrow - hia Monday at th Hi ers represonted by Brian Pren- tice, a’ coast lawyer.) - ‘The teachers’ advocate is. c ‘Dino Zahet-: The: board will :be\ Dacian ‘of haat arbitration ite board must be handed down by 2 Dec.’81. If the board. fails to make.an award the’ chairman . alone shall make the award on or before Jan. 5. 1977. eon Gets $26,000 Cheque for Villa ~" City of Castlegar has’ re-’ ceived a $26,000 cheque from’: Central Mortgage and Housing.: representing .a-municipal in- centive grant for the: 26-unit’.: extension to Castlegar’ Senior. .- Citizen's Rota Villa, Receipt of the cheque was acknowledged at the last regu- lar council meeting.’ A Year ‘Ago : situation near Castlegar. “More important than the economics .. involved” Helmer‘ and» Bodorula claim,» “flight safety will be sacrificed with the proposed change.” Airports equipped with in- strument approach. systems have what is known: as’ a “minimum descent “altitude”. Pilots must pull up and miss-the approach if they do not have visual contact with the runway when they reach the minimum altitude. Headlines from the front page of the Castlegar News of Dee. 18, 1975: eee Chris D'Arcy Victorious Must Now Sit in Opposition ee aie 3 Leslic Says Men of Layoff Are Waiting for Some Word . eee ‘New Classroom Being Sought for Ootischenia eee Local Firemen Respond To Sat. Cail at Arena Ty INTERESTED RESIDENTS turaed out Thureday evening to attend the ‘public meeting on the -city’s. new: zoning bylaw. Individuals’ and groups alike expressed views for) council's consideration. Here is just'a segment of the many interested Persons attending who took time out to study the zoning maps which were lined on either side of the activity room of Twin Rivers Elementary, School. The complete council was in attendance as y don the of zoning with apartment zanog v ve. Sperm zoning, safety in (areas of dense of ¥ buildings and parking. one aoeting shes out varied feelings * including those of one landowner who finds her side of the street zoned as residential facing a street zoned as agriculture resulting in being aroused at 4 a.m, by the braying of donkies. —Castlegar News Photo by Lois Hughes