January 17, 1990 Board refuses to accept project cuts By CasNew: The Castlegar hospital board has decided to reinstate several items eliminated from the hospital expan- sion project to cut costs and will seek alternate sources of funds for the items. Hospital board chairman Bill Hor- vath has appointed former Castlegar aldétman Nick Oglow.to head a com- mittee for fundraising purposes during the expansion, The lowest bid on:the expansion Project came in at more than $5 million for the construction portion of the project which was budgeted at $3.7 million. had to come up with several cost- cutting measures. ‘tn the opinion of your hospital board, some of these deletions were a essential puyt of a cost-efficient and at- tractive facility," Oglow said Tuesday. Among the cost-cutting measures agreed’ on included a less-expensive roof, the deletion of an elevator to the lower level of the building and the deletion of writing desks in individual rooms. Qglow said the board felt none of the deletions wasacceptable. He said the, Castlegar Hospital Aunxiliary is prepared to underwrite the The provincie! government in costsofallthedesks, the eliminatian of December approved extra funding for which he called ‘‘a deprivation of some the project which boosted the total of the comforts of our longterm cost of the expansion to $6.6 million patients.’ He added that the board felt from $4.9 million. However, the was poor economy to accept: a hospital project building committee second-rate roof cover as opposed to a Local briefs first-rate product. Oglow said interest revenue from the Castlegar ‘Hospital Foundation Trust will be also used for part of the cost of reinstating the items. “Public participation will be invited either by contributions, to the Foun- dation Trust or va direct gift ‘to the project,’ Oglow said The expansion project includes a new 35-bed intermediate-care facility and a 25-bed extended-care fasility as well as anew dietary department to. serve the new beds and the existing hospital, Hospital 1 By CasNews Staff Castlegar Hospital has received a clean bill of health. The local hospital has been awarded the maximum three-year term of ac- creditation following a review of all aspects ofthe hospital's operation by Sexual assault charges laid A Nakusp man has been charged with three counts of sexual assault involving a minor | Charles Frederick Maxfield, 46, was arrested Jan. 11 in conhection with offences that allegedly occurred between Oct. I and Nov. 30, Nakusp RCMP said. The offences, all involving the same girl, allegedly occurred near Armstrong and Nakusp, police said Maxfield pleaded riot guilty to the charges in Nelson provincial court Jan.15 and was released on his own recognizance until he is to appear in courtin Nakusp Feb. 8, police said. Maxfield was on probation at the time of his arrest for a similar @ffence that occurred about three years ago, RCMP added . Car hits power pole A Castlegar ran was treated in Castlegar and Trail hospitals Sunday for cuts to his face after Castlegar RCMP picked him up along Highway 3 about 15 minutes after a car sheared off a power pole on Broadwater Road. Castlegar RCMP said they received a report of the accident about 4 a.m. Sunday but the occupant or occypants of the car had left the scene by the time police arrived. A few minutes later they located the man, who police would not iden- tify at this time, on Highway 3 Police said they believe the man was from the vehicle. No charges have been laid at this time. The accident is still under investigation. Electronic equipment stolen Between $10,000 and $12,000 of stereo, camera and other electronic equipment was stolen from Pete’s TV in Castlegar early Monday mor- ning, Castlegar RCMP reported. Police said the culprits gained entry by smashing the front window of the store with a two-by-four. No arrests had been made Tuesday and the crime is still under investigation. Substance abuse meeting set A special community information meeting will be held Jan. 18 at.7 p.m. at the Stanley Humphries secondary school library on the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse Guest speaker will be Marnie Cuthill, chairman of the Nakusp alcohol and drug abuse prevention committee for the last five years Cuthill, currently a consultant in education about preventirig alcohol and drug abuse, will present an overview of the progress made in Nakusp, a news release from Castlegar and District Community Services says The information will be of special interest to all parents, teachers and others supporting substance-free activities for young people, the release says. Everyone is welcome and admission to the event is free. The event is co-sponsored by the community task force on adolescent substance abuse and the Stanley Humphries secondary school grad parents committee. For more information, contact Sandy Hartman or Eleanor Elstone Rezoning hearings to be held Castlegar city council will hold public hearings Jan. 23 on two rezoning proposals One proposal calls for council to rezone two vacant lots immediately tothe south of the Sandman Inn to highway commercial from residential The second proposal is a request that council rezone property at 825 Merry Creek Road near the Fireside Inn to multi-family residential from single-family residential The public hearings will start at 6:30 p.m. in Castlegar council cham bers Housing By CasNews Staff Student housing at Selkirk college is a step closer to becoming a reality as the college has entered into discussions with a developer for the project The housing, which would be built on campus and accommodate 60 to 100 students, will be built and operated by the developer, according to college vice president of administration Dale Schatz Lottery numbers The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw were 12, 18, 22, 33, 35 and 44. The bonus number was 2 There was no winner of the jackpot prize of $2,214,986. 10. The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia were 25, 39, 52 and 53 The winning numbers in Lotto BC were 1,7, 11,25, 28 and 33 The winning numbers in Saturday's B.C. Keno lottery were 2, 17, 22, 27, 34,47, S2and 54. These numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial Our Action Ad Phone. Number is 365-2212! Teachers continued from front poge the consortium, static’’ said he is “ec with the new program which he and other trustees advocated some time ago when Selkirk College was at tempting to establish a program to train teachers in the district 10 cope with the changes being made to the Curriculum in B.C © Woolco Not all flyers receive full distribution. it you did not rec flyers end woutd lik phone our Circulation Department 365-7266. The trustees expressed reservations over the original idea which called for a financial commitment from the board for a program that wastorun for only a few years the Canadian Council on Health Facilities Accreditation The council's ‘executive director, Ambrose Hearn, tiotified Castlegar Hospital administrator. Ken Talarico of the accreditation in aNetter earH€r this month. “*The, Castlegar and District Hospital has an excellent history with the Canadian Council on Health Facilities Accreditation and has again demonstrated an active and informed board with a competent ad- ministration,"’ a summary of the ac- creditation report says. ‘All services reviewed have either achieved or sur- passed compliance to the standards of accreditation Cc continued from front page should have some input on commit- tees.”" Cady, who told the Castlegar News Tuesday he has written to Castlegar council explaining his reasons for not incuding a Castlegar representative on the committees, defended shutting out Moore from the committees saying she is too busy to take on the additional work Cady also referred to his remarks at the inaugural meeting of the RDCK board in December when he said: ‘‘We have a number of directors who, because of other commitments and obligations, are not able to share as much of their time with the board as they would wish."" However, Mathieson said Cady did not give Moore the opportunity to ap- point someone to sit on the committees ‘inher place. ‘*We didn’t have the option of put- ting someone else on (the commit- tees),”’ she said For the record The Castlegar News in Sunday’s edition reported that John William Vigue of Castlegar pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking. In fact, Vigue pleaded not guilty to the charge The Castlegar News regrets the error planned Schatz, in a radio ifiterview after the college board meeting last night, said the college is currently working with a developer and hopes student housing will be the result, but added that the talks are in preliminary stages only. However, if discussions run smoothly, Schatz said the college hopes to begin the project by the start of the next school year in September. Kinakin said Tuesday he would not be opposed to the board contributing money for the new program since it will be run for a long time and will directly benefit the district.as well as provide a centre for research and study into education which will become “part of the learning environment” of the area. Kinakin added he is pleased young people in the area will have the option of staying in the Kootenays if they want to train as teachers rather than being forced to move to Vancouver to attend auniversity. OPEN FOR BUSINESS . . : The Celgar information office is now open and ready to provide residents with information ‘about the mill's operations and expansion plans. The office, located in the mini-mall downtown, will be staffed by retired mill employees (left to right) Merv Rush, Jack Dunn, Ed Flynn and Herb Woods. cosews photo continued from front page As Celgar’s plans proceed, the office, whichis staf- fed by retired pulp mill workers, will be a place to get updates on the progress of the expansion, Browne said. He said the staff at the informatien office will also collect a list of the public’s concerns and questions about the expansion so that Celgar in its next release of dn answer those ions and concerns. Browne noted that Celgar has already agreed to ex- tend the time allowed for public comment on the en- vironmental impact assessment to Feb. 3 and indicated the company may be willing to extend the deadline fur- ther. “*We would not be unprepared to extend that further if there is real concern there’s not enough time to review (the report),"’ he said. Browne said Celgar has so far received two sub- missions on the environmental report, including one from a resident of the Slocan Valley which he called ‘‘an excellent review’’ of the environmental impact of the mill’: sliquid effluent. “rm with the of the analysis," said Browne, who deliced to say who submit- ted the analysis, saying he'd prefer it if the author made the submission public. Browne said transportation issues — primarily the anticipated three-fold increase in truck traffic expected * as a result of the mill expansion — are among the top concerns raised by the public so far “We realize that’s going to create some problems,”’ he said. However, Browne said Celgar can't force its sup- pliers to ship wood chips by train instead of trucking the chips to the mill as some people have suggested. He said Celgar in most cases negotiates a flat rate for the chips and it’s up to the suppliers how they ship them. “We can’t dictate to people how they deliver (the chips) to us,’’ Browne said. ‘‘It’s unfair of me to go to one of our suppliers-to say they have to ship a certain way.’ Browne said Celgar continues to support the city of Castlegar in its attempts to convince the provincial government to buildia bridge across the Co. nbia\River between Robson and Castlegar to divert the chip trucks from Columbia Avenue. And Browne pointed out to local residents who complain their tax dollars may be spent building a bridge and improving local highways for the benefit of Celgar that the company will also pay more local and provincial taxes as well as generate local jobs as a result of the mill expansion. As‘well, the spin-off employment and business generated by the expansion will benefit the local economy, he said. Browne said all the workers on the project will be union members hired first through local hiring halls and then from other areas. He said workers hired from out- side the area will be paid an extra $65 aday “We would like to minimize that ‘if possible,”’ Browne said, adding that it makes sense ‘‘logistically and politically”’ to hire local workers for the project However, because of the size of the project, ap- proximately 1,100 of the 1,450 workers Celgar expects to hire will be from outside the West Kootenay, he said. They will be housed in a work camp containing full kitchen, sanitary and recreational facilities, Browne said Celgar continued from front page crease to 959 tonnes a year from 26 tonnes a year and nitrogen oxides will double to 922 tonnes a year from 463 tonnesa year. The amount of moisture the new mill will release will triple to 1,947 tonnes a year from 638 tonnes a year. But Browne said most of the water vapor the mill will release will be invisible and won't create fog that will im- pede operations at the Castlegar Airport However, moisture from the secondary treatment ponds will probably cause local fog. " “*That’saconcern,’’ Browne said. At the press conference, Celgar officials distributed to the media summaries of information on the proposed ex- pansion Included was a list of environmental improvements at the new mill. Among the improvements © The expanded mill will be more efficient at cooking the wood chips used in making pulp; isolating the fibres and recovering the chemicals used in cooking, thereby reducing waste. © Particulates — that is, dust — will be removed by highly efficient electrostatic precipitators in the stacks of the newTécovery boiler, lime kiln and power boiler. © Anew waste water treatment system consisting of a primary clarifier, a one-day cooling pond, a two-day aeration pond and secondary clarifiers will ensure discharges into the Columbia River meet the strictest government standards © Two new steps will be introduced in the pulp production process — extefided cooking of the pulp and oxygen delignification — which will result in greater removal of lignin, the natural substance that binds wood fibres together. More waste organic material will be burned in the recovery boiler and less waste will end up-in the bleaching stage. © Improved washing of the pulp will minimize chemical usage in the bleach plapt-and minimize the loss of cooking ‘‘liquor’’ to the dischafge sewer © The expanded mill will include a spill recovery system designed to ensure that material spills will be retur- ned to the process, resulting in less waste and further reducing discharges to the environment © New @quipment and processes will ensure a high rate of recovery and recycling of chemicals used in pulp produc- tion. Trustees backing protest a By CasNews Staff The Castlegar school board Monday voted to send a letter to federal Minister of Employment and Im migration Barbara McDougall that will add the board's voice to those op- Nelson.in April The Canada Employment and Im migration Union, which represents the workers in both offices, staged a four. day sit-in last week to protest the move. The sit-in ended Friday night when the union members were served with court injunctions posed to the government's plan to move jobs from the Trail Canada Em- ployment Centre to the Nelson office. The motion was proposed by trustee Ed Conroy who said the planned move In memory will amount to ‘‘cruel and unusual punishment” for unemployed people who will have to travel to Nelson from Trail and Castlegar for the processing of their UI claims. Trustee Doreen Smecher argued against the motion, saying sending such a letter is ‘far outside the man- date of the board."" But Conroy said the board represen. ts taxpayers and working people affec ted by UI are the ones expected to pay St “the lion’s share of education tax."" Chairman Gordon Turner closed the debate by saying the board is a public body and occasionally sending a letter expressing a view can help a cause while not interfering with the board’s League Castlegar, dchildren Helen Olga Jankola of Castlegar passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 1990 in Trail Regional Hospital at age 67 Mrs. Jankola was born Sept. 17, 1922, at Leziachovo, Ture, SV Mar- tin, Slovakia and came with her family to the Crow's Nest P, Alberta in 1938. She attended cooking school in Calgary and worked there for a time before moving to Creston. On Sept. 20, 1948, she married Steve Jankola at Creston and after the wedding returned to Steve's home in Castlegar where she has lived for the past 42 years. She was a member of Rita’s Catholic Church and the St She. is survived by her husband Steve of Castlegar; Kathy Jankola of Beeton, Ont., and Albert and wife Rita of Vancouver; Helen Jankola ‘ass area of Joseph's Catholic Women’s one daughter, two sons, William and wife Barbara of and five gran Big names dot new B.C. board | ROAST VANCOUVER (CP) — Industrial labor relations consultant Charles (Chuck) Connaghan, former member of the Economic Council of Canada, was named Tuesday by Premier Bill Vander Zalm as the chairman of a new 31-member body to advise the provin= cial government on environmertreand economic matters. Members of what the premier called the B.C. Round Table on Environ ment and Economy include many well- known names in the province On the list are former Greenpeace international director Patrick Moore, now a fish farm operator on Van couver Island, and B.C. Federation of Labor's Ken Georgetti. “*Never has there been a greater need to bring together such a prestigious group of individuals whg can apply their diverse skills and knowledge to providing this province with a clear strategy for achieving and promoting sustainable developments’? Vander Zalm told a Vancouver news conferen. ce He defined sustainable development as using resources and the environment today in a way that does not damage them for future generations Round table chairman Connaghan is former president of the Construction Labor Relations Association of B.C. Other members of the advisory body are, in alphabetical order: David Ainsworth, president of Ain: sworth Lumber Co. of 100 Mile House; Gerry Asp, western bolifd member of-the Canadian Aboriginal Econon Development Strategy; Edgar Birch, commercial fisherman and former Qhairman of the United Fishermen. Allied Workers Union énvironment committee; Renie D'Aqulia, executive director, Delta Recycling Society; Stan Dixon, former chief of the Sechelt Indian band; lan Donald,.chief executive officer of B.C. Forest Products. Ltd.; Anthony Dorcey, associate professor at the University of B.C. school of community and regional planning and Westwater Research Centre; Leonard Fox, Van. derhoof mayor and chairman of the Northern Development Council; Gerry Furney, Port McNeil mayor and founding director of the B,C. En vironmental Information Institute; Mike Halleran, journalist film maker and television producer; Paul Hansen, president, Highland Valley Copper; Cr. Juergen Hansen, plant pathologist with the Agriculture Canada Research Station, Summerland; Vicky Husband, director, Sierra Club of “Western Canada; Bob Jamieson, East Kootenay rancher and first president of the Wilderness Tourism Counci Bob Kadlec, president and chief executive officer of B.C. Gas Inc.; Graham Lea, secretary-treasurer and manager, Truck Loggers Association; James Lornie, marine manager and secretary, Walcan Seafood Ltd.; Joseph Lotzkar, businessman_and past President of the Federation of B.C. Naturalists; Ben Marr, regional manager, Greater Vancouver regional district; Rozlynne Mitchell, president, Save Howe Sound Society; Robert Peart, executive director, Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C Roger Stanyer, vice-president, IWA-Canada; Allan Toop, president and chairman, East Chilliwack Agricultural Co-operatives; Gillian Trumper, Port Alberni mayor and chairman, Provincial Transportation Task Force for Vancouver Island; Paul West, director, environmental studies and associate chemistry professor, University. of Victoria; and Bryan Williams, lawyer, and chairman of the former Wilderness Advisory Commiit- tee Formation of a group to advise the government on land-use conflicts was recommended last summer by Univers sity of B.C. president David Strangway, chairman of a committee on the environment and the economy Environment Minister. John Reynolds said the names were selected after assessment of nearly 300 written submissions to the government One of the first jtems on the round table’s agenda will be pulp mill emission standards, he added Forestry under fire VANCOUVER (CP) — An over- whelming number of British Colum: bians support the call for a royal com- mission,or public inquiry into forestry Practices in the province, a B.C. en: vironmental group says The Sierra Club of Western Canada says 15 of 29 regional district councils in British Columbia support the idea They are joined by councils represen- ting 36 villages, towns or cities in the province Members of the Sierra Club, the Valhalla Wilderness Society, Indians and regional district representatives released the findings at a news con: ference Monday Regional districts calling for an in. dependent inquiry represent more than 900,000 people, while the individual towns supporting the same call have a combined population of more than 2.1 million people, the Sierra Club said B.C.’s current population is about 3.4million These same groups. also do not believe that a forest resources com mission has enough of an-arms-length relationship from government to tackle the fundamental issues now facing.B.C.’s big forest companies and provincial policy makers, the en vironmental group said Former forests minister Dave 5 Location Winlaw Etementary School Parker announced the commission last June. It is led by Saridy Peel, a former deputy education minister. Peggy Carswell, a director with the Comox-Strathcona regional district, said there are fears the Commission is not truly independent since gover- nment decides who sits on it and which issues are referred toit “Independent. That's the word everybody seems to be balking over,”” Carswell said During Monday’s news conference, a petition, similar to that supported by the regional districts, was presented by” the Valhalla Wilderness Society~ The petition was endorsed by 67 groups in- cluding labor unions, conservation associations and Indian groups representing another 93,000 British Columbians. Breathalyser is valid says judge PENTICTON (CP) — A Penticton provincial court judge has dismissed an attempt by two lawyers to-challenge the constitutional validity of breathalyser machines Lawyers Mike Smith and Jeff Thomas were representing a 38-year- old man charged with driving with more than .08 per cent blood alcohol on April 1, 1989 The lawyers claimed during a four day hearing in November and Decem- ber that Hans Klumpner’s rights were violated because Canada's 1969 You are invited to attend a seminar'in Winlaw on the Columbia River Treaty. Last month, B-C.Hydro presented a seminar on the Columbia River Treaty in several communities in the lower Columbia Valley Now the seminar is being presented in Winlaw to give residents of the Slocan Valley an opportunity to attend Key presenters at the seminar will be B.C.Hydro staff, members Tim Newton, who is Chairman of the ¢ To register, call Shelley Hancock at 359-7564. Registration is free. Date Mon., Jan. 29 (Hwy. 6 north to Winlaw, left at the intersection) For more détails, call Al Geissler, Community Relations Coordinator for B.C. Hydro at 549-8531 (collect). anadian Operating Committee for the Treaty, and Al Geissler, Community Relations Coordinator for Hydro. This is an opportunity to increase your knowledge of the Columbia River Treaty. Please plan to attend. breathalyser laws state that impaired driving suspects should be given sam- ples of their breath Smith said the intent was that suspects could take the samples to an independent laboratory to have them checkedagainst the police’s results However, he said the section was never proclaimed into law because the federal cabinet felt that the technology didn’t exist at that time to provide con- tainers that would hold breath sam ples Central Beef Sale PORK LEG. LEAN .... eeaeeaeararal CHEESE: CROSS RIB BONELESS. ,. CA’ INADA GRADE ad ld SIRLOIN STEAKS 1, BONELESS. CANADA GRADE A . 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