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Plumbing © Heating ¢ Gas Fitting ( © Sheet Metal ¢ Air Conditioning Appliances SALES ¢ SERVICE ¢ INSTALLATIONS Servicing Castlegar & area for over 30 years. Ph: 365-3388 1008 Columbia Ave, Castlegar SPUKI>D BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1995 WEDNESDAY August 9, 1995 time—poisoning the elderty/B1 The Castiegar Su CLOUDY Weather; Vol. 5 - No. 38 i ‘The weekly newspaper with a dally commitment’ 84 Conte + G5... Delegation petitions council Late-night industrial noise angers residents DEREK ZEISMAN _ Sun Editor life in the area.” The neighborhood delegation Noise annoys. That's the message that a group of fed-up south Castlegar residents are sending to city council, as they continue their efforts to petition councillors to enforce the city’s noise bylaw against trucking companies locat- ed near their homes. Marinus Waterberg of Forest Road, Harry Killough of Fern- wood Drive and Robert Dickie of 14th Ave. were among nearly a dozen area residents who attend- ed council's last regular meeting, hoping to convince their elected officials to get tough with law- breaking proprietors located in the vicinity of their houses - mainly in the area of Grosvenor Place, Forest Drive and 14th Ave. d a petition with approxi- mately 40 signatures to council, appealing for assistance in com- batting late-night noise and dust problems caused by truck opera- tions currently. running as late as 3:00 am., according to Dickie - contrary to city bylaw 622 “Some of our residents have been there since 1935. We're all very concemed about what’s hap- pening to our nice little neighbor- hood,” said Dickie Mayor Mike O'Connor said he sympathized with the delega- tion’s complaints, but stressed that under the current noise bylaw, “actual prosecution of offending businesses is very dif- ficult to attain.” O'Connor said the situation may change in the fall, when the “We're prep asa nity to prepare all necessary channels,” said Dickie, represent- ing his fellow area residents at the meeting. “We want to abide by the law, but we just want the businesses in our neighborhood to do the same thing.” Dickie said the extreme and ongoing noisé infractions of heavy trucking businesses sur- rounding the neighborhood are having a negativeyeffect on land values and “the overall quality of will most likely implement a municipal ticketing scheme allowing city inspectors to directly issue tickets to offending busine: payable directly to the court “In the meantime, we should really be meeting with residents and businesses jointly to look for some kind of consensus on this.” O'Connor acknowledged that city bylaw enforcement officers have already determined certain {businesses in the residents® neighborhood are operating “way beyond” the current 7 a.m.-7 p.m. bylaw restriction for industrial operations. “There's a danger that a few bad ones could let the horse out of the barn. Double shifts are probably causing the problems.” But Dickie said the problems would have no chance of being solved until the city and the Castlegar RCMP figure out who is responsible for actually enforc- ing noise infractions locally. “We really need some clarifi- cation here. Right now we're absolutely in the dark.” Following the residents’ pre~ sentation, Dennis Stach of Columbia Truck Repair on.14th Ave. spoke to council about the noise and dust complaints from local homeowners. He acknowl- edged that there are business own- ers in the neighborhood which are guilty of late-night noise. “We've got some guys there who are doing infractions again and again and again,” said Stach. “But as for us. we're in shieiping for the long haul. We want ( get it resolved.” 1 Although he was sympaflietic, to residents® after-hours noise complaints. Stach said he had no apologies for dust and noise creat- See NOISE A2 Police investigate assault about 7:30 p.m. July 17 “The assailant was on him before he knew it. He KAREN KERKHOFF ae Sun Staff Local RCMP are investigating the reported assault of 42-year-old Michael Leslie of Castlegar. Police ‘say that Leslie claims that-he was attacked by an and his p cation, a narcotic, was stolen while in a local park at medi- was unable to supply a description of his attacker.” Although Leslie wasn’t treated at hospital, he did receive a black eye and bruise to one cheek. Leslie reapers the incident to police at around 11:50 am. ng day.Police are investigating the inci- yooh but have no suspects at this time. Morrie Zaitlin and son Max enjoy the fruits of their labor eating cherries from a tree at their Deer Park summer home on the Arrow Lakes. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Martyn Strong Riding high- a a ee Conroy slams B.C. Liberal Gordon Campell’s plan DEREK ZEISMAN Sun Editor The Liberals’ community charter is the latest in a long line B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Campbell has released a new of “d ization” plans put forward in recent years by both ay Credit and the NDP. ity charter” Pp that he says will shrink the tole of the provincial government and put more responsibilities and resources in the hands of local communities like Castlegar. g the draft charter, Compan said he is following up on a commitment made to dele- gates at last year’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. “The community charter City and B.C. Lands fish for investors KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff The City of Castlegar and B.C. Lands are on a fishing expedition of sorts. The two are trying to deter- mine if there is any serious interest in the expansion of the existing commercial park on Hwy. 22 south of Castlegar. City Administrator Jim Gustafson said all the lots in the current industrial park on the west side of Hwy. 22, except for one, have been sold. This leaves the city with little to in which to locate. But an adjacent chunk of crown land on the east side, estimated at some 20 acres, could be the answer. A recent ad in The Castlegar Sun by B.C. Lands invites com- ments on the development of the property for expansion of the existing commercial park. After comments are received B.C. Lands will discuss with the city the preferred use for the property, which is currently zoned rural residential. Consulting engineers Kerr, Wood and Leidel hired by B.C. offer to would-be looking at a Castlegar See PARK B83 means less time wasted in mak- ing local decisions, less resources spent and better government,” said Campbell. “Tt means government in B.C. will be more accessible, account- able and affordable.” But Ed Cofiroy, New Demo- crat MLA for Rossland-Trail, dis- puted the legitimacy of Campbell's plan. He said the charter was designed more as a tactic to win seats in the B.C. interior than out of any underly- we've got a really fat provincial government, when the fattest province is still Ralph Klein’s Alberta by a big margin. The leanest by far is B.C.” The giganto charter, which quate seers to offset any added for the Liberals to latch on to issues like these, and try to make the province look bad. It looks great for them in the headlines and from B. c 'S present pi local government relationship, calls for Crown corporations to pay full property taxes to B.C. municipalities, and the creation of authorities ends up people's think- ing, but it’s just not the truth.” Conroy said the New Democrats have already shown their commitment to B.C. com- to allow regions to set their own ing pro< “I agree with the principle, but it’s being abused for political pur- poses,” said Conroy. He pointed out that on a per capita basis, British Columb port policies. The plan also promises the return of 75 per cent of all traffic violation fines to local govern- ments for funding community i and already has the cheapest govern- ment “bar none” in Canada, at a cost of $7.71 per person. “One of the big myths is that g and youth prog! > the creation of new rules to restrict Victoria from dumping new burdens on to local govern- ments, without providing ade- in numerous policies, including health care reform and the Columbia Basin Accord. “What the Liberals are talking about is what's already happen- ing now. We want to see things like health run regionally by peo- ple who know about specific regional needs.” Conroy said he doubted See PLAN A2 RCMP warn residents about scam SUN STAFF Castlegar RCMP are warming the general public promotion” in which resi- dents are told they have won a fabulous prize. Police say that they have recently received a com- plaint from a local resident about a company which offers the victim a choice of great prizes if they will to be of a telephone purchase one of their products In the past, said Const. M. Toma of the Castlegar RCMP, the prizes received haven't measured up to what was promised don't know. “[The victim was] promised a 1995 truck, and received a toy truck.” Police remind residents that if you receive an offer which is too good to be true—it probably is. Residents are also advised to not give out their credit card number over the phone to someone they Local man collapses while playing slo-pitch A ball game came to an | abrupt end last Monday after a 42-year-old player col- lapsed while playing slo- itch at the Kinnaird Middle School ball field. Police received a call around 8 p.m. that the man was enroute to hospital by ambulance. The man, who police declined to name at the request of the family, was pronounced dead on arrival. RCMP say it’s believed the man died of a heart attack.