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Board goes metric

By SIMON BIRCH
Staff Writer

Castlegar school board decided Mon.
day to follow “metric” dates and times
on its letters, reports and minutes.

But that doesn't mean the board has
somehow managed to invent the
100-hour day.

“Metric date is not metric,” said
schools superintendent Terry Wayling
amid the chuckles of the audience and
trustees at the meeting, held at the
Blueberry Creek elementary school
activity room.

“It's a convention.”

Wayling explained that it's Ministry
of Education policy to use numbers to
designate dates.

For example, today’s date — March
19, 1986 — is written 86.03.19.

But, he said, district secretary-
treasurer John Dascher is the only

person in the district “following the
rules.”

In fact, Wayling added, the Minister
of Education doesn’t even follow his
ministry's rules.

Wayling read the date from one of
the minister's letters which used “Feb-
ruary” followed by the day and year.

The board should “consider a resolu
tion to the minister to get his act
together,” said Wayling, who didn’t try
very hard to conceal his preference for
the old-style of expressing dates.

‘Trustee Rick Pongracz agreed.

“We should always try to keep the
provincial government in line,” he said.
“They're always out of line.”

But trustee Doreen Smecher said the
board is “being rather presumptuous
going beyond the board office” with its
recommendation.

“I don't think it’s a major problem.”

However, trustee Tony Guglielmi
said he feels the board should follow
national conventions.

“Since the directive came down from
the federal government that we use the
metric system of measurement and
these are now our standards in Canada,
we should fall in line and go along with
that.”

Pongracz also cited the recent math
assessment in the distriet which calls
for the increased use of metric.

But the board, which finally voted to
use the numerical designation for dates
in the district, may be all alone. ~

Along with the letter from the
provincial government, Wayling cited
letters from Kootenay West MP Bob
Brisco, the Association of School
Superintendents, and the B.C. School
Trustees Association that all used the
old-style date.

Councils voice concerns

By CasNews Staff
Trail and Warfield councils have
joined the Central Kootenay Regional
District board in voicing concerns
about Westar Timber’s appli for

Central Kootenay Medical Health Offi
cer Dr. Monty Arnott and health

inspector Mike Harnadek to discuss the
impact of the variance orders on the

variance orders allowing the company's
Celgar Pulp Operations to exceed its
pollution control permits.

“Couneil is concerned regarding the
level of pollutants Westar Timber Ltd.
discharges into the Columbia River at
their Celgar Pulp Operations and is
very interested in any actions being
taken by Westar Timber Ltd. and the
Ministry of Environment with respect
to variance of their waste management
permits,” writes Jamie Forbes, Trail
deputy clerk, in a letter to Castlegar
council.

Forbes says Trail council met with

‘Waste permits of the City

of Environment and has asked to be
kept informed on any action concerning
the effluent from the pulp mill.
tlegar council agreed to keep
Trail and Warfield councils notified of

of Trail and other water
users.

Forbes asked that Trail and Warfield
councils be notified of any meetings
between Westar, the Ministry of
Environment and Castlegar council to
discuss the variance orders “so that
representatives of the two municipal
councils may attend to advise the
meeting of their concerns regarding
the impact continued effluent dis-
charges into the river has on the down
stream water users.”

Forbes says Trail council has also
expressed its concerns to the Ministry

any and to invite them to
any meetings with Westar Timber or
the Ministry of Environment.

Mayor Audrey Moore pointed out
that the Minister of Environment will
appoint an independent professional! to
look into the application.

That professional will meet with
council before reporting to the mini
ister, Moore said.

The Central Kootenay regional
board has invited representatives from
Westar and the Environment Ministry
to a board meeting to discuss the
application for variance orders.

Trees to stay up

By CasNews Staff
Castlegar council and B.C.

on Columbia Avenue.

The problems arose when
residents near the ministry
Buildings Corp. have ironed property complained about
out problems over the new the proposal to remove a
Ministry of Forestry building number of large trees near
the rear of the lot.

Residents said the trees retain as many existing trees
provide a barrier to noise and elsewhere on the site as pos
dust from Columbia Avenue.

Couneil took up the com
plaint with BCBC, which is in plans to plant
charge of constructing the trees along the boundary
new Forest Ministry office,

sible.”
He added that the ministry
additional

near the laneway and will

FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT

Pact lacks benefits

By CasNews Staff

A joint use agreement between Castlegar school board,
Regional District of Central Kootenay and Selkirk College
does not provide any additional benefits to the school
district, school board trustee Rick Pongracz said at
Monday's board meeting.

“We have not got any more for our school district than
we had before,” Pongracz said. “We've got exactly what
we've always had in the district but now we've got it on
paper.”

Pongracz is upset that the agreement does not give the
school district greater access to RDCK and Selkirk College
ities, particularly the gymnasium at the college.

“The cooperation between the college and school board
and regional recreation commission (under the RDCK) has
always been very good,” Pongracz said in an interview after
the meeting. “What needs to happen is for the board to make
more use of the facilities in the area.”

At Monday's meeting, held in the activity room of
Blueberry Creek elementary school, Pongracz cited the
renovations to Stanley Humphries secondary school
gymnasium which, he said, may put the gym “out of action
for several months.”

The school district needs “additional facilities for the
use of its high school students,” he said.

But other trustees did not share Pongracz’s feelings.

George Anutooshkin pointed out that the agreement
allows the school district to use regional district and Selkirk
College facilities “cost free.”

In the past, for example, the district had to pay for ice
time at Pioneer Arena or the Community Complex.

City backs

he distriet will
rict is foreed to
John Dascher

With the joint use agreement in place, t
pay only if Selkirk College or the regional dist
put on extra staff, secretary:treasurer
explained.

“The same goes for us.”

But Pongracz is also concerned

aggravate an existing overbooking problem at

that the agreement may
some of the

pats smaller schools.

“There was a coneern from t
schools that they were overbooked,”

‘The problem, he added, is the increased cost of
maintenance associated with increased use

“We don’t have the funds to expand that use,”

“There could have been more effort to talk about issues
like that in the agreement.”

However, trustee Doreen Smecher, chairman of the
board’s buildings, grounds and energy committee whieh
negotiated the joint use agreement, said the agreement
would not necessarily affect bookings.

he administrators of small
Pongracz said.

" he said.

“Overbooking we can address on our own without a
joint use agreement by simply not booking the facilities,”
she said. “Our gymnasiums are used by the public only when
our students have finished with them.”

But Smecher agreed to a suggestion from board
chairman Kay Johnson that Pongracz and others concerned
about the agreement be allowed additional input before the
agreement is finally signed.

In addition to athletic facilities, the joint use agreement
covers such things as the use of district sc hools by Selkirk
College for its continuing education courses.

waterslide

Ald. Terry Rogers called little too open and I'm not

By CasNews Staff
Castlegar council has given
its conditional support to a
$2 million recreation/
commercial complex on the
city’s outskirts.

CETAC Developments
Ltd. has a water-
slide park, 40-unit motel and

tion and a mini-golf park on
6.16 acres along Highway 3 in

The Central Kootenay re-
gional board has prepared a
bylaw to rezone the property
from rural two family to
commercial tourists to allow
for the

the development proposal
“an excellent tourist attrac
tion for this area.”
However, Rogers said
council is concerned that the
bylaw doesn't include a max
imum floor area for motel ac

The bylaw was forwarded

“There's no maximum size.
I found that a little worri

sure the regional district in-
tended that,” Rogers said.

Rogers stressed council is
“not against” the proposed
development. He added that
council will make a presen-
tation when the bylaw goes
to public hearing.

No date has yet been set

Coroner completes

Farkas

By CasNews Staff

Castlegar coroner Paul
Ogiow has completed his in-
quiry into the Nov. 2 death of
18-year-old John Frederick
Farkas of Castlegar but has
made no recommendations as
a result of the investigation.

Farkas and some of his
friends were

inquiry

struck by a southbound ve
hicle driven by Harold Cher

says in a news release.
Farkas received fatal injur

around a football between
the road and the yard of his
redidence in the 2800-block
5th Avenue when Farkas,
who was on the roadway, was

noff, 18, of Castlegar, Oglow

throwing ies asa result of the accident.

Police file

A twovehicle accident 4 on March 15 a 1960 Olds
p.m. Sunday on Highway 3A mobile driven by Janine

near Thrums left the vehicles
involved with $8,000 damage,
Castlegar RCMP report.
Police say a 1983 Chevrolet
driven by Harold Babcock of

MacAlpine of Castlegar left
the road and struck a power
pole at 6th Avenue and
Lareh, RCMP say

Again, no injuries were re

and BCBC agreed to leave all
but one of the trees standing.
“We accept your request to
retain the stand of trees in
the land area . . .and that no
development will take place
within (the lane area),” BCBC
project manager M. Jereb
said in a letter to council.
As well, Jereb pledged
that BCBC will “attempt to

construct a four-foot high
solid board fence between
the ministry lot and adjacent
homes.

“I don't think we can do
any more than that,” said
Ald. Albert Calderbank.

Ald. Terry Rogers added
that BCBC “is going out of its

a
vehicle park, a service sta-

SALMO CENTRE

continued trom front pege
years has been 11.9, 11.3 and 9.2, he

said.

Hallett notes that other small
centres have fared much better. In
Kaslo, figures for the past three years
are: 12.4, 16.6 and 16.6, in Nakusp 8.1,
12.1 and 15.0, Kettle Valley 6.2, 14.1
and 15.0, and Crescent Valley 10.4, 11.5
and 12.8.

Hallett said Crescent Valley is below
the limit of 15 students, but pointed out
that the trend is “in the right direc-
tion.”

“It would appear that the popula
tion of Salmo is too small to generate
the class sizes we need,” Hallett said.

lege has cut back in its use

lity leased in Salmo, other
groups have been permitted to use the
space. This includes the newspaper,
the arts council, the food co-op and the
day care.

The centre costs the college $500 a
month to rent.

Iris Bakken, a member of the dele-
gation, suggested starting a stone
masonry training course as a way to
increase student enrolment at the
Salmo centre.

Bakken, president of the Kootenay
Stone Centre and Area G director on
the Regional District of Central Koot-
enay board, has been promoting the
stone masonry training course for two
to three years.

Selkirk College has submitted the
course to the Ministry of Education
on three different occasions and each
time it was rejected.

Bunnie Klassen, an ABE student at
Salmo, told the board Tuesday that at
least a dozen more people would take
the ABE program if they ‘could

. het

u
Ci ission that ABE is valuable. She

way” to date nearby
residents.

Campbell named
to college board

Castlegar resi.
dent has been appointed to
the Selkirk College board.

Judy Campbell, 48, at
tended her first meeting as a
board member Tuesday night
in Castlegar.

Campbell joins vice-chair.
man Elizabeth Fleet as the
second board member from
Castlegar.

volved in many community
activities, including as a
member of the Kootenay So-
ciety for the Handicapped
board. She is a past chairman
of the United Way fund.
raising campaign, a member
of the Castlegar Economic
Development committee and
coordinator of certain aspects
of SunFest celebrations.
Campbell has also held
numerous positions on com

noted there are people waiting for their
UI benefits to run out before they can
take the course.

But college principal Leo Perra said
Canada Manpower doesn’t buy spaces
in part-time training. And he said
Manpower plans to reduce the amount
of total training purchased by 15 per
cent this year and 30 per cent over the
next two years.

Dave Lang, chairman of the Salmo
Recreation Commission, told the board
the Salmo centre has been a “bright
spot” in a gloomy economic situation in
Salmo.

He said the closure will destroy the
social and cultural life of Salmo.

. It just seemed a for the hearing.

IRIS BAKKEN
: training course

ministry that it is a valid request, he
added.

He said even if the centre is closed, it
doesn't mean it will not be reopened.

But Bakken pleaded, “Give us one
month. Tell us which ones (courses)
might be feasible.”

Board member Elizabeth Fleet said
she sympathized with the Salmo resi-
dents, but pointed out that funding is
“critical.”

Perra said college funds are expec-
ted to fall over the next year. In
addition, the college must also take into
consideration inflationary costs of
three to five per cent, he said

But Lang told the board the
declining enrolment in Salmo is a
reflection of the way the program is set
up, rather than a lack of interest.

“It's not tailored to the interests of
the people there,” he said

Board chairman Jack Colbert told
the delegation that if it can indicate
there is a serious and sufficient in.
terest, the board will be “very recep-
tive” to its ideas.

“We cannot promise funding for any
specific program,” Colbert said. “If an
honest request is made, I am sure the
board will respond.”

FILL "ER UP. . . Acting mayor Ald. Len Embree was'
the first in Castlegar to fill up his cor with the new
EM unleaded fuel from Mohawk — a blend of

stlégar

TREET “TALK

A FIRST was recorded in Castlegar Tuesday when
acting mayor Ald. Len Embree filled a car with the first
EM unleaded fuel to be offered to Castlegar motorists.

The new fuel was unveiled at a special introductory
ceremony at Mohawk's Castlegar station and was
attended by about 25 civic and business leaders.

Other Mohawk stations throughout the province
were simultaneously introducing the fuel to the motoring

public.

EM unleaded is a blend of ethanol and methanol
combined with Mohawk’s unleaded gasoline. The blend is
similar to Mohawk’s Gasohol and EM Gasohol which
have proved popular in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

The methanol in EM unleaded is produced in Kitimat
from B.C. natural gas.

“This particular year-round fuel offers the driving
public many advantages, as well as decreasing our
dependence on foreign oil,” Gary Cartwright, Mohawk's
vice-president of marketing operations, said at the
ceremony in Castlegar

“Research and practical experience in the other
provinces as well as in the United States show that the
higher octane enhanced blends like EM unleaded have
many popular features over normal gasolines,” Cart
wright said.

“It burns more efficiently, with the higher: octane
providing more useful energy. It is better efviron-
mentally as it burns cooler and cleaner, producing less
harmful emissions.”

THE “JEWEL of the Columbia” that's how the

ethanol “and meth
unleaded gasoline fuel.

Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce's soon-to-
be-published 1986-87 Visitor's Guide~deseribes Zucker-
berg Island.

The Visitor's Guide, the first of its kind for Castle-
gar, is the joint efforts of Marilyn Streng, graphic
designer Leni Normington and writer Kathy Armstrong.

The purpose of the guide is to entice people living
outside the West Kootenay to visit the area. The
brochure will be distributed to all Tourist Information
Centres and throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The guide will place special emphasis on the free
recreational facilities in the area available to families.
Focusing on this theme, the cover features a graphic
representation of wind surfing fun and the Arrow Lakes.

Color photographs of the fishing spots, recreational
opportunities and local special festivals are well placed
throughout the text. Other highlights included are the
Doukhobor Museum, historical Zuckerberg Island, and
the National Exhibition Centre.

A portion of the guide will be devoted to local shops
and services and the facilities of the City of Castlegar. On
the same page visitors will find a map of the city and a
unique section entitled the “Eatery.”

Strong says she’s anticipating excellent support from
the local business community

The next brochure will not be published until 1988.

CASTLEGAR council recently honored Jessie
Donnan for her nomination as the 1985 B.C. senior citizen
of the year.

Donan lost out to a Vancouver philanthropist in the
award sponsored by the Brock House Society.

“We feel we submitted an excellent delegate,” said
Mary Wade Anderson, who spoke on behalf of the
committee which put forward Donnan’s name.

Mayor Audrey Moore told Donnan: “When we honor
you, we honor all the senior citizens of Castlegar.”

Bakken urged the college to sit down

“anicewrmsmecine oa exe PWA STRIKE

continued from front pege
$15 an hour, was an improvement over

kind of programs are needed to
increase student enrolment.

contracts. Biggar said some will likely

Castlegar was struck in the \

rear by a 1981 Toyota driven . 28 @

by Aaron Webb, also of Castlegar RCMP are also

Castlegar. investigating the theft from
No injuries were reported, Scotties Marina sometime

RCMP say. over the weekend of a 14-foot

. aluminum boat with plywood
seats.

At approximately 2:10 a.m.

Campbell is employed by mittees within the teaching
the Castlegar School District profession, and has been a
as a Grade 1 teacher at campaign worker for Koot
Robson elementary school. enay West MP Bob Brisco for
She has 15 years of teaching several years.

‘ Campbell becomes the
ninth member of the college
board.

But Perra said the reason the centre
was originally kept open for another
year was to see if more enrolment
could be generated.

“People haven't come forward re
questing courses,” Perra noted.

In order to put on a new course, the
college has to demonstrate to the

a proposal rejected Feb. 6.

In addition to a $500 signing bonus,
the machinists will receive increases of
three per cent Aug. 1, four per cent
Aug. 1, 1987, and five per cent Aug. 1,
1988.

However, 118 machinists will be laid
off because of a” of service

be hired by Canadian Pacifie Air Lines.

The machinists are scheduled to
return to work within 72 hours, Biggar
said, but Douglas said the flight at
tendants won't be back until April 2
because the company, which kept
flying throughout the dispute, wanted
to give two weeks notice to attendants
hired during the strike.

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