Library. nt Bldgs., 501 Bellevi Victoria, B. C. vVBV 1X4 Y Pebi 28 BUSINESS DIRECTORY TELEPHONE 365-5210 *~ HERMAN” it for the Castl and News ber 29 for the month of October. d up to § p.m, CHANG’S Nursery & Florists Ltd. A complete nursery stock! y will be-oee Accounting The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 lottery draw were 3,7, 21, 24, 29, and 48. The bonus number was 28. The five winning numbers drawn Saturday night in Létto BC were 1, 9, 13, 31, 34. The bonus number wos 25. The winning numbers in Friday's $500,000 Provincial lottery are 1846894. The winning numbers for the Lotto West/The Pick drow Friday were 2, 13, 14, 27, 36, 38, 48 and 50. Selkirk soccer Selkirk College Saints soccer team kicked off the new season this weekend with two Roe ‘ogainst BCIT.. . 1 cable A touch of Silicon Valley has come to Castl with the firm Colu VideoTex ...A7 Rocky View Tax & Bookkeeping Services * Small Bus * Personal * Farm-Logging Refrigeration 24 HOUR SERVICE Technical & Design Specialists Travelling the World! § AigBiprstiong inc. PHONE (365-3388 OR 364-0343 CasNews reporter Marc Piche reviews the con- cert by Juneau nominee Frozen Ghost... A S Castlegar News 7 Vol. 40, No. 75 ROOFING * Guaranteed Work © Fair Prices © 30 Years in Business © Free Estimates JAMES SWANSON AND SONS Ph. 367-7680 8 & Contractors No. 06-1545 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, B.C. VIN 111 IRENE MORTIMER 365-2352 150 ATTEND Castlegar library officially opened By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer Castlegar’s new $445,000 library officially opened its doors Saturday with a guest list that included past librarians and an audience that was 150 strong. Jessie Donnan, the first librarian of the Castlegar library, with the help of Jean Turner and Glady Manahan — the first librarians of the Kinnaird library — cut the ribbon and led the crowd inside. On Fertilizers G arden Supplies & Equipment Four COMPLI RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL LANOSCAPING SERVICE “Will you get a move on — 365-7312 | got 200 sheep double-parked!”’ inet ont Fea 9.a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundoys |_ Auctions || Contractor 2601 - 9th Avenue, Castle; Hwy. 3A, Thrums paella tee TRANSFER aM _ 399-4793 Concrete Gravel £ LeRoy Road Gravel Drain Rock Bedding Sand Fill, Gravel or Sand [i ie 60 Cents CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlega Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc.C.A Resident Partner CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1987 2 Sections (A & B) Brian L. Brown NEW LIGHTS . . . City crews work on $11,000 first phase of traffic light upgrading for intersection at 3rd Street and Columbia Avenue. Work will inc clude laying new cables and induction groups. Lights will be triggered by amount of traffic in each direction rather than by time clocks, as they are presently. Second phase will be un- dertaken next year. B.S. 0.D. UCTION OPTOMETRIST SERVICE CosNews Photo by Ron Norman 1012 - 4th St Accounting firm sues over co-op losses VANCOUVER (CP) — The accounting firm acting as trustee of the estate and assets of the Teachers’ In- vestment and Housing Co- operation is suing for com. pensation and restitution in connection with more than $73 million advanced by the co-op to rezl-estate develop 8. A writ filed in B.C. Su preme Court seeks damages from 18 former directors of the coop, from J. Henry Thomas, the former superin tendent of credit unions and co-operatives and from Davis and Co. a Vancouver law firm, which acted as solicitors for the co-op. The trustee, Coopers and Lybrand, alleges the direc tors acted beyond their powers and improperly caused the co-op to enter into partnership or joint-venture arrangements for developing property without first ob- taining the written approval of the superintendent. The claim against Thomas alleges he “failed to properly investigate, review and mon. itor” the affairs of the co-op to protect the public interest. The 45,000-member co-op went into receivership 18 months ago with about $268 million in uninsured deposits. CHURCH DIRECTORY TF ST. PETER LUTHERAN 713 - 4th Street Office 365-3664 Rev. Glen Backus Worship Service 9. a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Youth Group, Sunday, 6:30 p.m Bible Study, Wed., 8 p.m Jodi CKOR ANGLICAN CHURCH 1401 Columbia Avenue Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10.a.m. Rev. Charles Balfour 365-2271 Porish Purpose: To know Christ and make Him known’ CALVARY BAPTIST iL W94 809 Merry Ta Road Past Fireside Motel Sunday School 10:00 a.m Morning Worship 11:00 a Evening Service 6:30 p.m TUES. 6:00 P.M. AWANA — Children’s Program Kindergarten to Grade 8 WEONESDAY NIGHT Study & Prayer 8 p.m Church 365-3430 5-7368 Robert C. Lively, Pastor CHURCH OF GOD 2404 Columbia Avenue Church School 9:45.a.m. Morning Worship ll a.m. Pastor Ira Johnson Phone 365-6762 PENTECOSTAL NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY 602 - 7th St. © Ph. 365-5212 Near High Schoo! SUNDAY SERVICES 9.15.a.m. Sunday School (ali Ages 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship 6:30 p.m. Evening Service WEDNESDAY 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Crosstire for Youth Prayer FRIDAY 7.00 p.m. Youth Meeting WEE COLLEGE — WOMEN S Mnisiaits” YOUNG MARRIEDS pant Fouth Bunting “trenct Anmospnore Pastor. Ken Smith Assistant: Morley Soltys TOR: Stuart Laurie Ph. 365-3278 Sunday School — 9:45 a.m Sunday Morning Worship a.m. Prayer & Bible Study Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Satellite Video Seminars Accredited Home Bible Study Courses A Non-Denominational Family Church, Preaching the Word of Faith FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP (A.C.0.P.) EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 914 Columbia Ave. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m Family Worship Service 00 a.m Bible Study-Prayer Tuesday, 7:00 p.m Ladies Bible Study Friday, 9:30a.m Youth Ministries PASTOR: Ed Neufeld Phone: 365-6675 ROBSON COMMUNITY MEMORIAL CHURCH 1st Sunday, 7:00 p.m 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays, 10a.m No service 5th Sunday GRACE PRESBYTERIAN 2605 Columbia Ave Rev. J. Ferrier Phone 365-3182 Morning Worship 11:00 a.m Sunday School 11:00 a.m UNITED CHURCH © ~~ SEVENTH-DAY Below Castleaird Plaza Phone 365-6317 Pastor: Barry Werner Phone 365-2374 SUNDAY SERVICES — Sunday School 9:30 a.m. ‘Morning Worship 10:30 Evening Fellowship 6:30 lednesday: Home Meetings 7:00 p.m. Friday Youth Ministries 7:00 p.m. HOME OF CASTLEGAR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 365-7818 OF CANADA (604) 365-5051 CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar = Ph. 365-7287 For Professional Advertising Design Service, advice and Promotions for YOUR Business, Call Gary or Dienne at Castlegar News 197. Columbia Ave. 365-5210 TRAIL APPLIANCE REPAIR SHOP LTD. Parts & Service FOR ALL MAJOR BRANDS. 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SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank Pumping PHONE 365-5013 3400 - 4th Avenue Castlegar Typesetti TYPE SETTING Your newsletters. bull Comere-ready type’ for your photocopier CASTLEGAR NEWS 365-7266 ~ THE COLANDER SPAGHETTI HOUSE Specializing in Malian Cuisine Tradition” Dinner uy ‘. 9 every day. Lunch 11:30 to 2, weekdays. For Reservations Phone 364-1816 1475 Cedar Avenue Trail, B.C. 693-5493 Want to make a little money .goalong way? Try Business Directory Advertising PRIZE PUMPKINS .. . Heather Switzer of Robson and David Gallo of Pass Creek show off their prizewinning pumpkins at the Robson Fall Fair Saturday in the Rob- son Hall. Story and photo on page A2. CasNewsPhoto by Chery! Calderbank CASTLEGAR FORGING ITS OWN FUTURE By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer Driving down into the city from the summit at night, Castlegar looks huge and impressive sitting high on the banks of the Columbia, its city lights winding along with the same bends and curves as the slow moving river. But Castlegar is deceiving. At night it looks like an exciting metropolis, but in the glaring light of day, Castlegar is dauntingly ordinary. A city of once well over 7,000, Castlegar has now fallen to some 6,300. Cominco layoffs, cutting back their forces from a high in the 1970s of almost 5,000 to about 2,700 today, shook Castlegar almost as much as the single-industry town of Trail. But what Castlegar and Trail share in common quickly ends there. Trail is renown for housing the largest lead/zine smelter in the world. A copy/of the Guinness Book of World Records once sat in the lunchroom of the old Zinc Melting plant to silenee any. doubters. But Castlegar on the other hand is subject toa rather self-effacing sort of infamy. If known for anything locally, it is for the prevailing stench of the Celgar pulp mill, whose chemical odor drifts with the river's flow into'the city’s core. Provincially it is known for a white- knuekle plane ride that has 787 jets turning tight circles between mountain peaks. But Castlegar must also begin to recognize an unknown community strength and a surprising re- siliency. Compared to both Nelson and Trail, whose population drops were so drastic that houses on the market could be bought at prices almost half of what the owner originally paid, Castlegar seems to have weathered an economic storm with a strength that even long-time residents never knew it had. That's not to say that people here have merely put on rose-colored giasses and hoped that a cheerful outlook would somehow mask the economic reality. Instead, the town seemed to sense that there was no “big fix” to an economic future that was becoming uncomfortably uncertain. “In the heydays, it was very easy to be in municipal politics,” says Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore, who has held the mayor's seat now for the past 10 years. “You had an unlimited growth pattern and a continually growing tax base. “None of us had to really manage, but suddenly, when the sky fell in, we had to learn to manage.” Moore said not only municipal mayors had few worries, but presidents of large corporations led companies through times with few pitfalls. Debra Chmara, chairperson of the Castlegar and District Public Library Board, applauded the efforts of all those who worked together to build the new library. “This community has worked tre- mendously hard for this building,” she said. “I think this is fantastic. the contributions, be they in- divid: group, or financial . and moral Support and encouragement, goes ‘#long way to making something like this successful,” she said. € Chmara thanked everyone for ir delpand-ogmpared-work-op-«.big: project to Funning-a ‘race. “Well today we won that race,” istic said. Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore, a former librarian herself, called the opening a proud moment for the community. “It's really a proud moment for all of us," she said. “I think it’s cause for great celebration.” Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy said the library should be of enormous use to everyone. “Not only did you have faith and your library board have faith,” he said, OFFICIAL CUT. . . Jessi ribbon day to offi Donne’ er cork psec. sa ist librarian, cuts the “but the taxpayer was prepared to support this library. “Patience has its virtue,” he said. “Use the books, read them . . . and return them.” Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks later unveiled the library plaque BY LOCAL COMPANIES library. —LostiewsPhote and Chmara unveiled the donor's scroll. Chmara summed up the speeches by saying that a, library has “a tremendous amount to offer a com- munity” and she promised immediate amnesty to anyone who still has an overdue book. ~ Forest policy welcomed By MARC PICHE Staff Writer Local forest companies have gen- erally greeted the B.C. government's major changes in forest policy with open arms. “The dust hasn't settled on the specifics,” said Ike Barber of Slecan Forest Products, but he added that he supports the general direction of the government's new program. Forests and Lands Minister Dave Parker announced the changes Tues- day, which include a new pricing system for timber, full responsibility by the forest industry for basic silvi- culture, Jogging roads and bridges, and a more competitive open market for smaller operators. Stumpage fee changes are the biggest worry for B.C. forest comp- anies. Until the details of the imple- ion of the new fees ‘We lived in a gold-plated world for the past 15 said Moore. “Suddenly, the gold's not in your We had to learn to years,” pocket, the gold’s not in my pocket . . . sit and talk to each other.” The Castlegar and District Economic Development Board is one example of a city managing its future. Originally called the Castlegar Industrial Com. mission, the board was created to assist the city in developing the industrial park. ‘The park, a barren area near Blueberry Creek, has had only limited success, but the board has taken on the more diverse role of working to attract businesses to Castlegar. Richard Maddocks and Harry Stan, who started as volunteers with the board, can both rattle off an impressive list of businesses that are “this close” to setting up in Castlegar. The construction of an indoor mall that has been on and off the guaranteed list for years now, is once again postponed. The Winnipeg-based developer who owns the land continued on page AS are worked out, it is too soon to react, Barber said in a telephone interview from his Richmond office. “They want to raise $650 million, so they may keep playing around with it.” The government aims to increase public revenues taken out of the forest industry from $580 million to $680 million by raising stumpage fees around the provinee. Prices will be ad- justed to account for quality of wood, so that Kootenay loggers who fight steep terrain for lower quality wood will be able to compete with northern and Interior B.C. loggers who harvest good timber off flat ground. Bob Korda, woods manager for Westar Timber's Southern Wood Pro- ducts sawmill, the new paying the full costs for seed collection, seedling production and replacing the harvested forests. “We now have a clearly defined level of responsibility for industry in reforestation, There are no more grey areas,” said Korda. Both Korda and Barber also em- braced what seems to be a further burden on the industry. “Starting a new crop ia the east of logging it,” said Korda. “Industry will do a better job re- establishing second erep than the present farmed-out system.” Barber said. Mario Fehrenberg, owner of Sel- kirk Cedar Lumber in Brilliant, said the new policy will not particularly 4 affect him, though he will have to raise the price of his remanufactured lumber to local consumers. However, he looks forward ine the chance that changes in will bring about the end of the aoa cent federal softwood lumber export tax. This tax was added to satisfy U.S. lumber producers who felt that low stumpage rates were a form of govern- ment subsidy making Canadian com- petition with U.S. seem unfair. With the higher stumpage rates, indepen- dent sawmill operators like Fehren- berg hope the tax will be dropped. Rossland-Trail MLA ‘Chris D*Arcy said he supports a forest. policy that Continued on poge A} College forestry centre rejected Perra explained that the specialty centre was devised as one of the By CasNews Staff Selkirk College will not be able to begin a proposed Specialty Centre for Applied Forestry this year due to lack of funding. The college needed $140,000 to develop the Forestry Training Pro- gram's woodlot license near) Nancy Greene Lake into a demonstration forest for experimental silviculture. Stan Hagen, Minister of Advanced Edueation and Job Training, said the province doesn’t have the funds. “We have placed as much funding as Possible into direct instruction and policy. Korda said the new method of pricing Crown timber reflects regional differences in logging. He was espec- ially positive about forest companies ” Hagen said in a letter to the college board. “This has left us with virtually no discretionary funda” “Selkirk College president Leo “gentres of excellence,” a ministry ag suggested three years ago. “There has not been one Centre of Excellence implemented anywhere to date,” said Perra. The new forestry policy an- nounced this week by the provincial government states that “the province will support initiatives to achieve the enhancement of existing wood pro - ducts research facilities.” Perra noted that Selkirk'’s For- estry Training Mie tse and the pro centre are more oriented to this | kind of research than ucher B.C. forestry schools.