B4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, June 14, 1981 Local residents complain: ing about trains blocking level railway crossings have prompted the city to pass the message to the CPR. ‘The city council decided to write the railway, reminding it there is an agreement stating the crossings are not supposed to be blocked for more than five minutes at a time, and that trains are sup- posed to be broken at the crossing. The move was recom- mended by the council's works and services commit- tee, after the city received a petition signed by residents of the Oglow Subdivision complaining about the situ- ation. A number of people have complained directly to the city, Ald. Len Embree, chairman of the works- and services committee, told the measting. He said the problem exists at both railway crossings in Castlegar. TAX HIKE QUESTIONED The Castlegar Savings Credit Union is upset about its municipal taxes being raised,“ but. the city says thereis nothing it can do. A letter from the credit union asked why its property taxes are being raised 23 per cent compared to the taxes it paid last year, and noted this is the second year in a row it has been hit with a 20 per cent plus increase. Residential property ass- esament rates have been cut by’ the ‘provincial govern- ment, but the same decrease was not given to commercial properties. The taxes’ on dof“ Cstlegai seein this spring from BCIT in civil engineering. Townsend |: attended Stanley Humphries Secon- dard Schoo! and Selkirk College before completing his studies at BCIT. He is now employed by Cominco at Trail. commerical properties were raised dlspropertionstely to make up the balance, ex- plained Ald. Jim Gouk, a member of the city's adraine istration and finance com- mittee. SYSTEM FINISHED Castlegar’s new water sys- tem is fully operational. Ald. Jim Gouk to question where apartment buildings can be built in Castlegar. ‘The community plan may. being considered by council includes several areas doa- ignated for high density de- velopment, and the council will be able to rezone land in areas designated for single ‘Council briefs JUNE 9, 1981 All deficiencies have been corrected, the pump operates in accordance with the spec- ifications, and the work has béen accepted by the city’s consulting engineers. \UEST DENIED The city’s planning com- mittee has reaffirmed its re- jection of a proposed multi- family development on Merry Creek Road. G.F.. Bondaroff asked the “elity to reconsider the re- jection of his rezoning appli- . cation, saying the develop- ment would’ be a four or six-plex unit, it is well situ- ated, services are available and there is a shortage of housing here, ‘The planning comittee de- cided services, especially roads, will have to be up- graded at considerable cost before it would consider re- zoning the: property, said Ald. Charlie Cohoe, commit- tee chairman. The decision prompted CBC reporters, editors ruled ‘back to jobs “VANCOUVER (CP) — The Canada Labor Relations Board ruled that all CBC re- porters and editors are to re- port to work across the striking technicians’ picket oe are all going back to work on Monday,” said Neil Trainer, secretary treasurer of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and. Technicians Local “Some are not too. happy. We a reicate their support’ far, but! this kind of gota” them off the hook if they are being forced back.” Half of the province's 40 members of the Canadian Wire Service Guild have re- fused to work in Vancouver, Victoria and Prince Rupert for two weeks in support of striking CBC technicians. Wedding Bells Congratulations and best wishes are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sookorukoff, whose marriage took place May 29 in Nelson. The bride, Tammy, is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Friedrich of Castlegar, and the groom is the son of Mrs. Mayda Sookorukoff of Glade. . * «© Congratulations ta Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sommerfeld, who were married May 30 in the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Creston. The bride, Maureen, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Taylor of Nelson and the groom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sommerfeld of Creston. s 8 8 family development to higher density (up to four-plexes), Cohoe replied. PAVING REQUESTED A request made by St, Peter's lutheran Church for paying a portion of roadway in front of the church could be expensive. Because the project would involve a storm sewer as well as paving, the city will re- view the costs before making a decision. The: church will be in- ‘formed of the city's inten- sions after the costs are as- sessed. GRANTS APPROVED Two area groups’ requests for granta were approved by the council. The Nelson Strokers Club is getting a $350 grant, and the Castlegar Arts Council is getting $200. The atrokers’ club assists atroke victims ‘by offering them: therapies and moral support, Ald. Jim Gouk ex- plained. He said it is helping three people in the Castlegar area and includes two others as associate members. The arts’ council is using ita grant to help pay ex- penses of paying to send to two members to“the As- sembly of B.C, Arts Councils Conference in Vernon. The group's efforts are worthwhile and the group receives little support from the city, Gouk said. ‘Two groups are receiving letters of support from the elty. ‘The Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Society has applied for a $7,000 provincial gov- ernment grant towards the cost of producing a film fea- turing the Doukhobor Village Museum, and it will be ap- plying for an operating grant. It asked the city to support its requests. ‘The Kootenay Society for” the Handicapped also asked for a letter of support. The city council reaffirmed its withdrawal from the Crowsnest Highway 3 Asso- + elation, but it has suggested the local chamber of com- merce might be interested in becoming a member. Two letters asking the city to reconsider withdrawing were forwarded to the cham- ber. —_ ‘Women’s Dress Psychologists say that the old idea that women dress to impress other women is not truc. Women dress to please their own unconscious images of themselves, say experts. KELOWNA’ (CP), — "The provinelal environment min- intry has turned down an application by Dave Smith of Kelowna to teat the use of a coment ‘slurry to kill. Bure aslan aquatic milfoil weed. Smith, applied In April for permission to inject the, mix- ture, which he calls Safetox, into the sediment bottom of ' Greon Bay, a nearly enclosed body of water;on the west side of Okanagan Lake op- posite Kelowna, ' Safetox is a inixture ‘of Portland cement to water, i ratios’ varying ..1-200 1.1,000 by: weight, Resales concrete ratios aré about 1-6, Smith believes the release of aluminum fons by the slow hydration ‘of calclum com- pounds in Safetox kills mil- foil. Ho said Friday he was told by Ron Kobylnck, manager of the ministry's pesticide branch, that the application was turned down because Quake hits Iran; TEHRAN (REUTER( — Survivors of the massive earthquake which hit the southeaster Iranian town of Golbaf were pulling apart rubble with their bare hands Saturday in'a desperate at- tempt to find survivors, State radio reported that about 1,400 casualties were buried in mass and individual graves Friday as rescuers picked through the ruins of the .mud-built town, which had housed about 10,000 peo- ple. The full extent of the cat- astrophe was not known and the official Pars news agency, which estimated the death toll at 9,000 early Friday, issued a second report which did not give a figure. seek survivors Further tremors were re- ported Friday as more than 1,000 injured were moved to Kerman, 80 kilometres away, in helicopters and by road. The shock, which regis- tered 6.8 on ‘the Richter scale, was Iran's worst earth- quake since 15,000 people died in the eastern town of ‘Tabas in September, 1978. Revolutionary leader Aya- tollah Ruhollah Khmeini sald in a ‘message to the nation that the quake was‘a divine visitation to test the people of Iran, “It is also a divine ordeal for the afflicted people throughout the country whereby they prove how much they deem themselves as sharing the plight which has struck their dear breth- ren and sisters,” he said. Rejects gov't proposal on insulation MONTREAL (CP) — A group of Montreal home- owners has rejected as “total- ly unacceptable” a federal government proposal for a $5-million program to test homes with dangerous foam insulation, ‘The program was to be the first step in determining the extent of health problems .»caused by.urea formaldehyde “Actually, it’s surprising how many people seem to be interested in volunteering today .. .' p.m. at the tegion Hall. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Randall * Eccles, whose marriage took place June 18 in East Trail United Church. The bride, Deborah Ann, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Arnold Waite and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs, George Eccles, both families of Tri : . 8 8 * Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Mike Deniger, who were married June 18 at the Full Gospel Assembly in Fruitvale. The bride, Patrice, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Al Moisson of Fruitvale and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Deniger. wit AT THE LOSiy,, 25 POUNDS IN “The Natural Way To Lose weight” ; NOW YOU CAN LOSE. 17 TO AND: WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, : WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO KEEP IT OFF! No shots, no drugs, no contracts JUST 6. WEEKS! OPENING JUNE 22 in Castlegar * (@onors ore welcome ON Wednesday from 2 to 8 Cel cH e ne ossiston" er on cont act JONS ee foam ‘insulation in ‘between 76,000 and 100,000 homes across Canada. Len Cocolicchio, a spokes- man for a Montreal-based association, says his group refuses to accept “anything that falls short of removing the insulation — at the ex- pense of the federal govern- ment.” The association represents about 200 homeowners across Quebec and is expand- ing across Canada, nothing is known about ‘the toxielty of Portland cement in water and its effect on fish -and wildlife. He. said Kobylnck aug: geated testing Safetox in a eal enclosed pond on pri- vate ‘property which is not” used as a source of drinking water br, has a milfoil week infestatio: Smith sald he told Koby- Inck there is no auch place in the Okanagan, and was told to try:areas in’ Alberta or Washington. “It's obvious the ministry is not interested in testing it out," Smith safd; “But it is - COHOE INSURANCE AGENCY LTD. bia Ave. 269Colum! eget ange that Portland cement is used Jn the construction of water pipes. reservoirs, just ‘ about everything for ‘the storage and ‘transporting of drinking water’ yet officials say ‘nothing is known al ut its toxicity.” 4 n advisory committee of yes the control of milfofl in’ the 418 Gore St., Nelson % driveways gil « Backchoe Work ® Excavatin ° ete « Snow Removal ABCO FIRE: & nope a FIRE EXTINGUISHER AFETY ALES ERVICE © Hydrostatic Testing N. 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Cottage Studies Family Night: ~ ‘Rev. ‘ed Wegnersé Pastor D. NIGHT bibles ‘Sod & nae Service 7 p.m. B Church Office 365-3430 pec at id 10.0. ST. MARIA GORETTI. Genella — ]2Noon REMEMBER FATHER’ S DAY. su JUNE a