A OS Postal councils set up Office / Retail Space Street-level air-conditioned office or small retail space. for. rent in Castlegar News Only well-founded complaints will response to the com- pe Vo : LOTTERY Green Will hear gripes from customers OTTAWA (CP) — Nine postal ser vice councils are being set up agross the country to hear complaints from customers upset with Canada Post The councils, based in Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Owawa, Toronto, London, Ont., Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver, will be supervised by the Postal Services Review Board The board was established by the government last year to hear customet complaints, review rate increases, give advice on major service changes and hold hearings on matters referred to it by the government Although the agency has an annual budget of $3.5 million, the councils will be made up mainly of voluntéets representing the post office's major groups businesses, professionals and the general public The board is chaired by Toronto customer businessman Alan Marchment, who in 1985 compiled a wide-ranging report on the post office at the request of the Conservative government The report formed the basis for many of the changes in Canada Post's five-year corporate plan, announced in 1986 and since updated on an annual basis The plan includes proposals for more postal outlets in urban and rural areas, privatization of all retail outlets over a 10-year périod, modernization of sorting plants, reduced labor requirements, group mail boxes in place of home delivery in’ new sub- divisions and closure of some rural post offices The latest update in the plan, along with the agency’s annual report, is due out later this week Canada Post Donald Lander has already said the agency will declare its first profit in 30 years and that it will be larger than the $26 million figure he forecast a year ago. To avoid being swamped with com: plaints, councils will not deal with complaints from customers unless they have taken them first to Canada Post, Marchment said. president Professionals sign contract VICTORIA The B.C. gover nment and the Professional Em Association have agreed on a Government ployees new contract, Management Services Minister Clift Michael said The association than 1,000 government employees who work as represents more foresters, agrologists, engineers, pharmacists, psychologists and in other classifications professional The three-year contract provides-a general wage increase of $87 bi-weekly in the first year which is equivalent to 5.5 per cent, then five per cent in the second year and 5.5 per cent in the ployees provides vital services to the people of British Columbia," Michael said. ‘1 am pleased that negotiators for the association and the government concluded their negotiations within reasonable limits. 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The New York Islanders made Castlegor's Travis Green the team's sec- and pick, 23rd overall, in Saturday's National Hockey League draft. ports repor- ter Guy Bertrand talked to Green atter he wos Sunday I Vol. 41, No. 49 EGISLATIVE | PARLIAMENT BLD¢ I BRAF B.C 60 Cents WEATHERCAST Today and Monday: Cloudy with sunny periods. Chance of an af- ternoon shower or thunder shower hs 18°-20°. Probability of precipitation is 50 per cent today and 60 per cent Monday 3 Sections (A, B& C) ridge gets high marks By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Solving the problem of a route across the Columbia River between Castlegar and Robson has been given high priority in a draft report drawn up by the Kootnay Region Transportation Task Force but a spokesman for the Rob- son-Raspberry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee said she is “afraid to feel positive’ about the recommendations. “Based on what I’ve read, I just can’t get excited,”” Fern Allam told the Castlegar News after reviewing the report. 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As well, the ferry is a non-essential service because there are alternative routes between Robson and Castlegar, the report says. The ferry could be reinstated, however, until an alter- native such as a bypass or a bridge is constructed, the report notes Truck traffic through downtown has increased 81 per cent in the last four years, the report says, and Celgar predicts a further increase of 180 per cent by 1992 if the proposed mill expansion takes place. That increase, coupled with the possible abandonment of rail lines and a general slowdown of branch-line traffic by CP Rail, could produce a major trucking problem in the future, the report says. It notes a CP shutdown could lead to 350 trucks passing through Castlegar each week The proposed bypass would extend north, west of Castlegar, off Highway 3 and join a municipal road west of Columbia Avenue before rejoining Celgar Road north of Safety blitz The RCMP's Highway Patrol was out in full force Thursday and Friday at the , Sgt. Larry Wagner said. town, thereby bypassing the downtown core The bypass, listed at $7 million, and the bridge, listed at $10 million, are given the same suggested rating of 42 in the report. The ratings are arrived at by scoring the proposals out of 10in six categories: congestion, safety, number of public submissions, traffic counts, socio/economic impact and environmental impact Total scores of 20 or more were put in the top zero- to five-year bracket The bypass and bridge each scored 10 in the categories of congestion, safety, public submissions and socio/economic impact. Allam said the high rating means little, however, since continued on poge A2 RDCK won't ind Hig! ge in . The police were looking for any and all traffic violations and safety defects in vehicl CasNews Photo by Claudette Sendeck: EL ey ’ GRAND FORKS © w ighwoy Steering committee set up By CLAUDETTESANDECKI A primary steering committee has been set up in Castlegar to oversee the gradual implementation of ungraded primary classes and dual-entry kin- dergarten in the school district, com- mittee member and Castlegar Primary school principal Paul Phipps says. The committee, consisting of superintendent of schools Terry Wayling, two administrators and four teachers, was established after a three- day conference in Vancouver at the end of May, Phipps said. The conference gave school district representatives an overview of the philosophy and goals of the new programs, recommended by the Sullivan Report on Education released in January, he said However, not-many “hows'' were explained, Phipps said, such as how children will be evaluated when they are moving through classes~at—their ‘own paces TERRY WAYLING ++. On committee The government seems to be leaving such decisions up to the districts, he said, and the Castlegar committee will help to determine the ‘hows’ and “prepare the community for change.”” Castlegar will probably implement the new primary program slowly, Phipps said The government’s plan allows for piloting the program in the 1989-1990 school year, working out the bugs in 1990-1991 and full implementation in 1991-1992, he said Castlegar will likely take the full three years, he said, and then it will be another three years for the program to be working in all the primary grades continued on page A2 oppose road project By SIMON BIRCH Editor The Regional District of Central Kootenay board of directors Saturday voted to support construction of a road and bridge between Passmore and Vallican near an ancient native In- dian burial ground despite pleas from the Vallican Archaeologi¢al Park Society for help to stop the project The board, with directors John An- derson (Silverton) and Earl Hamilton (Area F) opposed, voted to send a let- ter to Highways Minister Neil Vant supporting the project but asking that the ministry pave the entire length of the road, create a “‘buffer zone” of trees between the burial site and the road and to erect a fence along the property line of the heritage site. The heritage site is ancestral native land of the Arrow Lakes Bank dating back more than 3,000 years. Numerous artifacts and human remains have been uncovered at the site and are currently being held at the B.C. Provincial Museum in Victoria. Among the Vallican Archaeological Park Society’s plans for the site in- clude a reburial ceremony in July Area H director Bob Barkley, the director for the area in which the heritage site is located, introduced the motion of support for the construction project but said the decision ‘‘weighed heavily” on him. But he said the current road and bridge are dangerous, especially in winter, and the safety of those travelling the road must take priority. He said a safe road and bridge are particularly important for school buses and fire protection continued on poge A2 Board says waste management not its job | By SIMON BIRCH Editor Regional District of Central Kootenay directors say the respon- sibility of building“and maintaining facilities to handle hazardous waste lies with the provincial government. At the RDCK board meeting Satur- day, directors voted to advise En- vironment Minister Bruce Strachan that the regional. district is nm prepared to consider establishing a facility to handle hazardous waste at the Ootischenia refuse site but will reconsider the decision when the provincial government establishes a facility for receiving and treating hazardous wastes from decentralized storage depots throughout the provin: ce. | The board also voted to notify the ministry's Waste Management Branch in Nelson that it is not prepared to en- ter into an agreement to establish subregional depots in Castlegar, Nelson, Creston and Nakusp to handle hazardous wastes or to establish a cen- tral storage facility for such material in the Castlegar-Nelson area The ministry made the request last month following a meeting with the RDCK board continued on page A2 Red Mountain goes private By GUY BERTRAND Staff Writer While the snow has long since gone, Red Mountain ski hill in Rossiand is still making headlines. On Thursday morning, high atop the T-Bar slope, a brief ceremony signaled a start of a new era for the ski resort 7 Eric Skat Peterson, president of Red Mountain Resorts Inc. (RMIC), and Brian O’Flanagan, president of the Red Mountain Ski Club, staged a signing ceremony for local media to usher in the change of ownership of the ski hill RMRI purchased the ski hill from the ski club for an estimated $1.1 million. Skat Peterson heads the in- corporated B.C. company with shareholdefs from B.C. and Ontario. He was formerly a partner in the ownership of Hemlock Valley Ski Area in the Fraser Valley and has been in volved in the ski industry for over 25 years Other personnel additions coming to Red Mountain are Mike Robbins, vice-president of RMRI and Debbie Nelson as marketing director. Bob Steckle will carry on his managerial role with the ski hill This was the first time that Red Mountain, the oldest ski area in Western Canada, has changed owner ship since it was founded. O" Flanagan’ reflected upon the storied past of the ski hill continued on page AZ