CASILEGAR NEW: ctobor 24,1979 10 Free... Express tickets per week to MID-WEEK MIRROR and CASTLEGAR NEWS Readers! Congratulations to... Mrs. E, Oimler, Box 2050, Grand Forks, B.C. Dean Carmen, General Delivery, Meadow Creek, B.C. Paul Jones, Box 35, Christina Lake, B.C. Rita Matton, R.R.1, Box 11, Lardeau, B.C. S$. C. Niedzwiecki, Box 57, Proctor, B.C. . H. T. Woters, R.R. 2, Nelson, B.C. Mrs. Doug Warner, General Delivery, Genelle, 8.C. Marion Woodford, 3131 Highway Drive, Trail . Alma Boyo, Box 99, Midway, B.C. Bill & Marlene Kalesnikoff, Site 2, C10, SS 2, Castlegar, B.C. B.C. Investigating anti- noise bylaw with teeth Central Kootenay direc- tors instructed regional dis- trict staff Saturday to in- vestigate the possibility of enacting an anti-noise bylaw “that has teeth.” Area J director Martin Vanderpol's motion calling for the investigation won board support despite warn- ings from other directors that such a bylaw would be impossible to enforce. . Vanderpol explained he was not proposing setting up such a bylaw at that time, “but I definitely would like some proper investigation and see whether we can come up with something that has teeth.” He said he was con- cerned only with the possibil- ity of imposing such a bylaw in his area, “but it would be useful for everyone else as - well.” Minister of education in Nelson this Monday Dr. Patrick McGeer, pro- vincial minister of education, science and technology will be in Nelson Oct. 29 to inspect and open the oper- ations of the newly renovated David Th Universit will be Dr. Walter Hardwick, “the deputy minister of ed- ucation, science and’ technol- ogy, Dr. Howard Petch, President of the University of Victoria, sand. Mr. R. Centre. The official opening cer- emonies will take place at DTUC's Mary Hall at 2 p.m. and along with Dr. McGeer Buckley, Ch of the Selkirk College Council. The public are invited to attend the opening ceremon- ies. HATS INRING Continued from A1 Now recovered, he said he supports working with news media to give the public “the right to know more than they know’? and making coun- cil's rezoning hearing process more responsive to the views of affected residents. * . Leslie cited his involve- ment in the Kinnaird’ council committee which acquired the site’ for the Regional Rec- teation Complex and in secur- ing a well beside the Col- umbia River as a town water’ supply as experience relevant to the aldermanic seat to which is seeking election. An engineer and store- owner by occupation, Bonder- off served as a Town of Kinnaird alderman and may- or-elect before the amalgam- ation of the City of Castlegar in 1973, and after amalgam- - ation served on the city’s in- terim council. “T feel I've had the ex- perience in the past,"’ he told the Castlegar News when* asked about his decision to seek acity council seat. The city’s growing very quickly now and I think there’s' a chance to get some of the things done that I always felt shoutd be done around here."’ Gouk, who said he will not seek re-election but was. scheduled to speak at the meeting, said its intent is ‘‘to have a group that will actively seek out and promote can- didates for election running on a relatively common plat- form, and then’ work with those people throughout the ear.” . He said the meeting or- ganizers hope to form an association composed of a “‘cross-section of all different walks of life in town’? rather than a single interest group, of which members would “‘act as resource people for offi- cials who belong to the or- ganization.” ; “I went for two years on council feeling absolutely alone,"’ Gouk explained. “*When you want to do some- thing, when you've got’ a project and you want to do a real job on it, either you only do half a job on it or ydu abandon other areas that should have your attention too."” . ‘The proposed association would provide **more organ: ized public support and some- body to do the legwork for you," he sald, “ Various groups In the city “should be able" to coexist . Within the proposed non-par- tlsan Grganization, Gouk said. “We're trying to set it up in such a way that every: body's going to feel that they're ‘a part,’’ he said. The deadline for all mu- nicipal, schoo! board and re- gional nominations for the . Nov. 17 election is noon Mon- day. Also contacted Tuesday, returning officers for thi School District No. 9 elections told the Castlegar News they had received no nominations for the seats presently held by city trustees Pat Haley and Anne Jones or for the posl- tions of Area I trustee Lovette Nichvolodoff and Area J trus- tee George Anutooshkin. Meanwhile, Area J direc- tor Martin Vanderpol this week confirmed his plans to seek re-election to the posi- tion he has held’ on the Regional District of Central - Kootenay board for six years. Vanderpol, a teacher at Stanley Humphries: Second- ary School, said he decided to tun again because of his de- sire to work toward com- pletion of such projects as the establishment of a fire de- partment in the Robson-Blue- berry area, ensuring public participation in the provincial environment and land use committee's Lower Arrow Lake development plan, and the RDCK settlement plan for the Arrow Lakes subregion. “I still believe that re- gional districts are in a pro- cess of change and I think as I've served on our regional district‘now for six yeats as area director I have a rough idea what regional districts are about,”’ he said. : “And in this time of change I think ‘what I have to offer in terms of direction and help in coming to a better local government is - worth- while.’” PRACTISE . Continued from A1 essity to have service and regulations delivered by the ‘level or unit of government closest to the recipient,’ " he said. : COUNCIL SUPPORT — Continued from At to be very sorlously considered by the works and services . committee, Ald. Jim Gouk disagrood with Rust’s statement that increased traffic would result from the completion of the. proposed shopping centre, aiSlieve\ ade tas “It's my personal feeling that the new shopping centre won't actually generate any significant amount of new traffic,” Gouk said. “It will simply redistribute the collection point of the traffic that already exists.” ‘Although he did not oppose the bylaw’s approval, Ald. Bud Godderis questioned the need for another shopping centre in Castlegar and said developers. in the city are ignoring the need to retain the natural beauty of the area in favor of covering sites with blacktop. “Coming into the city of Castlegar from Trail we have a very beautiful area, but as we come more into the city we lose that beauty,” Godderis said. . “I would like to see developers, rather than 8 50 members required if Eagles to form * local aerie Castlegar area residents Interested In forming a local aerle of the Fraternal Order of Eagles are invited to a special meeting at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall on 248 Columbia Ave. 7:30 p.m. Monday. Lloyd Tanner, a membor of Trail’s FOE Aerle No. 2888, said a local aerie was started in Castlegar several years ago but was unsuccess- ful. Tanner said the FOE that beauty in this area, and try and use it along with th development.” i He cited as an example a “beautiful forested area” near the proposed shopping centre which he said should be retained as a “walking area." ding to Gedderis' on the need for anotherShopping centre, Gouk suggested a developer “who is going .to ‘put out that kind of money would analyze the heisa 1 builder, ‘given the number of projects he has built before, I would have to accept that he-sees a for building a shi centre,” he said of Mendel. : ; ‘ i‘ Gouk added that he agreed with Godderis' statements on retaining natural beauty in city developments. i “It's always a shame to have trees plowed down and have them replaced with blacktop,” he said. “However I would suggest that the city requirements for parking are the situation which causes (the developer) to do that.” “Most any developer would much sooner leave the trees that are there and the grass and doa little landscaping that go to the cost of bringing in non-organic material and fill and putting in fill and blacktop.” About 40 residents attended the public hearing’ last Thursday. Asked by Kokanee Street resident Polly Chernoff at the hearing about the role of her residential street after construction of the proposed centre, Mendel said it would function as the main entrance to the complex because city staff felt the Kok would be the best and safest for the community. & E Columbia Avenue resident Clarence Ackerman voiced concern about the number of cars which would feed out of Kokanee onto Columbia as well as from the left turn off Columbia onto Kokanee, and said the area was a potential hazard. . Mendel replied that the p d lighted at bers are "always' trying to expand ourselves like any other service club.” He said a number of Castlegar residents belong to Aerie No. 2838, but at least 50 new members are re- quired to start a new aerie here. £ Give the United Way. CASTLEGAR NEWS NOW SHOWING! (THU) [ERI)SA1 The story continues... SYLVESTER STALLONE TALIA SHIRE - |