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PULP MILL

Continued from page Al

“the awkward position of having an 81-per-

cent shareholder that has to be concerning

itself with the shorter-term desires of the
minority shareholders," Watson said.

“They could take a much longer hold

position on something of a capital nature," he

said, “And it’s in the best interests of all the
and of the i

CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 30, 1980

GROWTH

BCRIC will probably issue its offer

notice to shareholders Thursday, he said, and

people of the pi
that they do so.”

Told of Mayor Audrey Moore's eager- ~
_ hess to meet with senior CanCel management
to discuss the potential impact of the ex-
pansion, the president said he was “looking
forward to getting together with the mayor
and the city officials at the first appropriate

date.”

But until BCRIC’s position is clarified,
“it's perhaps just a little bit premature for

that particular meeting.”

CanCel is required by law to call a board
meeting within 10 days to review the offer.
Monday is “logistically the only time we can
got tho board togother,” he said.

“If the CanCel board were to find it in
the bést interests of the shareholders and bed
were able to make a recommendation to the
then BCRIC still has to hold

the offer open for 21 days,” Watson said.

“So for 21 days we're in a very difficult

position until BCRIC's position is clarified.”

If the board does not recomment the

purchase or BCRIC fails to secure the 90 per

cent of publicly-owned shares it needs to win

100-per-cent ownership, the timing of the
mill

“would be

and CanCel would have to seek other means
of financing the project,

the company

president said.

REVIVED CHAMBER

Continued from page Al

highways and information
signs. i
Chamber vice-president
Larry Bosse has assumed the
chair of the 1980 Sunflower

an invaluable promotional
tool for Castlegar.”

In the meantime, the
city will be the subject of
articles in two other publi-
cations, Oglow said. He noted
stories on Castlegar are

Fest. it to
ate all related activities, he
hamber is

duled to appear in up-
coming issues of Trade and
C ‘i

said, and the

presently negotiating with
the highways ministry and
the Kootenay Boundary Vis-
itors’ Association to set up its
tourist information booth by
the weight scale on Highway
8 and has applied for funding
to hire two students to
operate it during the sum-
mer. Gi
Under preparation by
the chamber, he said, is a

i ub-

and
Pacific Western Airline’s in-
flight publication.

Oglow also defended the
chamber's membership fees
against apparent criticism
that they are too high. The
chamber executive "do not
fee] our membership feel is
high at all when you consider
that our members support all
facets of the chamber,” he
said.

lication which “will become

eo)

Concluding his address,
Oglow urged members to “be

ne

Bim Bem Boom show proved to be a crowd pleaser at
the West Kootenay Trade Fair 1980

MEETING NEEDED

Continued from page Al
side Dam, can accommo-
date the extra growth
which would result. from
the expansion.

“T'm glad we at least
got that on stream before
we have this kind of pres-
sure," Moore said.

Bob Thompson, the
planner whose firm Willis
Cunliffe Tait was com-
missioned by the city to
update the community
plan, agreed Castlegar’s
water system, along with

. its sewer system, appears
capable of accommodating
the expected growth.

“I haven't reviewed it
in depth, but I don’t think
the growth requirements
require any major changes
to those systems," he said.

Among the effects of
the expansion would be the
arrival of a large construc-
tion crew in the Castlegar
area “that’s going to have
to be accommodated some-
where," Thompson said.
The results of a household
survey launched Tuesday
as part of the updating
process will provide some
information on the type
and quantity of housing
presently available, he
said.

The planner said
benchland west of the CPR
track in North Castlegar

patient with your requests of
the chamber.” :

“It is young and is just
under way and has not quite
learned all the tricks of the
trade,” the id said.

At long last: a study of beds.

-One day after a refresh-
ing nap Mark Dittrick, u
wide-awake New Yorker, got
to figuring how much time
the average person spends in

Using the well-known
rule of thumb, eight hours
daily, he came up with more
than 8,000 days over a
‘70-year life span, 1,100 weeks
or 195,000-plus hours.

Reasoning that most
persons retired to beds, Dit-
trick discovered that, though
bards had sung of it and
poets rhymed it, no one had
produced a thorough study of
beds,

So now we have Dit-
trick's The Bed Book (Har-
vest-Harcourt Brace Jovanc-
vich, paperback, $8.95).

Like much else, the
Egyptians, whose civilization
dates back to 3200 B.C., got
there first. Dittrick descrihes
their beds as “surprisingly

“But we are trying and with
strong support. we will be
able to accomplish positive
growth.”

and west of the Inland
Natural Gas transmission
line in South Castlegar,
earmarked for residential
development, should sat-
* isfy the increased housing
demands “for a good period
of time.” He also pointed
out about 200 lots will be
freed under a replotting
program in South Castle-
gar. :
Thompson shared
Moore's eagerness to dis-

cuss with CanCel the ex-
tent of the expansion and
the work force the city will
be required to absorb.

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confortable.”
Not so the “pillows.” As
they still are in parts of the
world today, Egyptian heads

with
‘peight-
powl.

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were supported in sleep by
hard, stool-like head rests of
wood or ivory. In King Tut-
ankhamen’s tomb, a beauti-
fully. carved pillow of glass
was found, along with many
beds,

Coming to Roman times,
men of affairs did a lot of
feasting on beds or couches,
The beds came in sizes for
one, two or three sleepers,
Show-offs favored sleeping
counches of bronze, carved
ivory and solid silver.

Sheets or blankets were |

unneeded by lots of Romans,
male and female, who slept in
their clothing. Morning baths
also were superfluous since
public baths in the afternoon
were the thing. :

By the 12th century,
every decent bed was sur-
rounded by. curtains which
were closed at night, and
people took to sleeping in the
raw. In the 15th century, the
nobles were rather nervous
and the: truckle bed was
invented. Male’ and female
quality had a guard (or

truckle which rolled under.

the protected's bed at night.

One thing was rather
constant through ‘the cen-
turies, however. The poor,
lowly and servant classes
mado do, Rushes were a
luxury as sleeping’ material
and sharing with farm ani-
mals was common,

One style was constantly

changing for another in the
bed department (and in all
furniture). Baroque was re-
placed by Regency, which
gave way to Queen Anne to

be superseded by Georgian.

Around 1880, Dittrick
reports, “a sensuous new

style". Art Nouveau, took :

over. “Its beds wore wrapped.
in a lush undergrowth : o!
curvilinear plant life. It was a
dream-like fairy tale in which
Mother Nature went erotical.
ly’ bersork and it last
through the 20th century,
when the Firat World War.
caused it to shrivel up and
expire.”

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; ‘MIRROR EDITOR

The region's hydroelectric power: needs
were the focal point of two resolutions endor-
sed Saturday by Abers of the A iation
of Kootenay Boundary Municipalities.

Delegates to the AKBM annual conven-
tion supported the City of Nelson's plans to
seek increased water intake ‘frdm the
Kootenay River for its municipal power
generation facilities as well as the Regional
District of Central Kootenay request that B.C.
Hydro’s proposed Murphy Creek dam be built
and operated by West Kootenay Power ‘and
Light rather than by Hydro.

The Nelson resolution, a late addition to the convention

« agenda, was aimed at the Kootenay Canal agreement in the

late 1970s between B.C. Hydro, Cominco and West Kootenay
Power which established terms for operation of the three
companies’ generation facilities on the river but omitted the
city-run utility's needs.

The motion said the city “has been generating and
distributing low-cost electrical power én the Kootenay River
since 1905” but the of the i in

_ Power facilities
| restricted — Mowatt:

Sladen also challenged the statement in the motion that
the city d utility could power more ical
ly than it can purchase it from other sources.

Defending Nelson's motion, Mayor Tex Mowatt sald
power could be produced more economically by the city
because its generating facilities dre already in place and
require no further contruction or expansion. The extra water _
sought by the city is almed only at full use of its generating
facilities, he said,

Mowatt also pointed out the city's generation of power on
the Kootenay River precedes the present land agreement
between Hydro, Cominco and West Kootenay Power.

“We feel we have entitlement to that water," he said.
“We're asking for something we already have, not something

Interviewed after passage of the Nelson resolution, the
mayor told the News/Mirror the city, licensed for 1,428 cubic
feet per second, would seek additional water from B.C. Hydro,
which is licensed for 30,000.

Also interviewed by the, News/Mirror, Nelson city

i restrictions on the use of water in the river has made it

longer able to generate power to the full rate of capacity of its
generating plant facilities.” i

It called for AKBM member municipalities’ support
Nelson's application for'an additional firm water licence for
use in power generating facilities for “the continued efficient
operation of the power plant to the benefit of the community
and consumers it serves.” 4

Speaking against the motion, Ald. Les Sladen of Creston
pointed out the Kootenay River “is fully licensed by the
companies that are operating on it.’

“Therefore, if the City of Nelson gets more water it will
have to take it from somebody else's licence, either Weat
Kootenay Power's or B.C. Hydro’s.”

Doug Ormond said the power presently
generated by the plant amounts to 6.5 megawatts. Engineers
have recommended the additional water licence sought by the
city provide for an extra water intake equal to the flow for
which the city is licensed in order to boost power generation
to 15 megawatts.

The RDCK lution, appi April 19 for
for AKBM endorsement, asked Premier Bill Bennett ‘and
Energy Minister Bob McClelland reconsider the provincial
energy policy snd approve West Kootenay Power as the
builder and operator of the proposed 400-megawatt dam two
kilometres north of Trail on the Columbia River. d

The resolution stressed the importance of retainiilg “the

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NEWS

April 30, 1980

THE REGION=
_ UBCM head happy with legislation,
~ but sworn to secrecy on contents:

Trail's Mayor Chuck Lakes told Kootenay
municipal and regional district representa-
tives Friday he and other Union - of B.C.
Municipalities officers are pleased: with the
province's yet-to-be-unveiled planning act.

But, he added, he was unable to say why.

In a report to the Association of Kootenay Boundary
Municipalities convention Lakes, who is president of the
UBCM, said he has examined a draft of Municipal Affairs
Minister Bill Vander Zalm’s new legislation — expected to be
tabled in the B.C. legislature as early as this week — but has
been sworn to secrecy on_its contents.

Lakes noted that last year in discussions throughout the
province on regional districts the minister named planning
and land use as the major problem areas -for that: level of
governnient. Since then, he said, Vander Zalm has indicated
the new ‘ing act, scheduled for it ion in the spring
session of the k would be d with future
legislation dealing with regional districts.

The Trail mayor said the municipal affairs minister also
indicated he planned to seek the help of elected and
professional officials in “developing what he said would be the
most outstanding planning Act in North America,” and as he
promised met with UBCM table officers March 25 for a
two-day di: of the proposed legislati

Although required to take an oath under the Canada
Secrecies Act, the UBCM representatives were allowed.to
review the legi: among th before p: ii
their position on its contents to Vander Zalm later, he said.

Lakes reported the minister said during the discussions
the legislation was scheduled for tabling in the House “in a
month.”

“We're looking forward to seeing the legislation and

the minister and his. staff appeared to accept “most of our
position.”

“However I think you have to realize it now has to go to
the caucus, and‘to the cabinet,” Lakes added. “We're looking
with great interest to see what this planning act will contain
when it is tabled in the House. I hope if, doesn't change too
much.” :

| Rumor now fact: .
Anderson named
Cominco chairman

The election
last Thursday of
Cominco’s new
board of directors
chairman confirmed
speculation early
this month that the
post would go to
president Norman
Anderson.

At a board meeting
following Cominco’s annual
meeting in Vancouver,
company directors named
Anderson as chairman and

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we're hopeful that it will’be pretty well as he di: with
us,” Lakes told AKBM delegates. “We.were very happy with
the contents of that planning act.” .
Interviewed later, Lakes told the News/Mirror he and
the other UBCM table officers who attended the discussion of
the planned legislation with Vander Zalm were pleased with

the opportunity to discuss its contents among
before presenting their position. They were also pleased that

chief officer and
W.G. Wilson to replace him
as president.

Although later dis-
missed by a Cominco
spokesman interviewed by

Fair attendance
down this year

Attendance at

“the fourth annual

“slightly less” than last
year's and named two factors
ibuting to the drop.

West K nay Trade
Fair Friday and Satur-
day showed signs of a
slight drop from last
year’s crowd of about
15,000, a Castlegar
Selkirk Lions spokes-
man reported this
week.

_ Although official totals
are not yet available Frank
Stasila, publicity chairman
for this year's fair at the
Castlegar Regional Recre-
ation Complex, said he be-
lieved the attendance was

“I have to concede the
fact that perhaps one of the
elements could have been the
weather,” Stasila said. “And
I think perhaps our adver-
tising wasn't all that great.
We should be spending a

little more on advertising.” .

Asked whether this
year's admission prices in-
crease had’ ibuted to the

the News/Mi ‘as “en:
tirely speculation” and
“premature” an April 5 re-
port in the Vancouver Sun
named Anderson, 49, as
the apparent choice of Ian
Sinclair — chairman of
Canadian Pacific Ltd., the
I-based

company's U.S. subsidiary
Cominco American Incor-
porated in 1965. He left
CAI in 1970, returning
three years later to be-
come vice-president.

He was appointed
president and chief execu-
tive officer of Fording Coal
Ltd. and CanPac Minerals
Ltd., both at Calgary, in
1974 and the following year
became Cominco's group
vice-president at Calgary.
He was jinted Com-

pany
controlling Cominco — as a
replacement for the job to
be vacated by Gerald H.D.
Hobbs:

According to the re-
port, Anderson “has had a
meteoric career" at Com-
inco since rejoining the
company six years ago.

Born in Flin Flon,
Man. Anderson joined
Cominco at the Sullivan
mine in Kimberley in 1953
after graduating with his
bachelor of science degree
in sce oa ary

inco's vice-president and
assistant chief operating
officer at Vancouver in
1976.

Anderson was ap-
pointed. executive vice-
president and chief oper-
ating officer in 1977, In
April, 1978 he was elected
a director, president and
chief operating officer of
Cominco.

The new company
chairman is a director of
the Toronto Dominion

nd several Cominco

attendance drop, the Lions
spokesman said he "heard
some people talk that way"
but pointed out the price is
comparable to that of other
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from the lL of
Manitoba.

Following engineering
and supervisory positions
at various Cominco mine

ies and it
companies including Pine-
wood Mines Ltd., Fording
Coal Ltd., West Kootenay

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