hy, Castlégar News September 14, 1988 Women's club meets tonight The Trail-and District University Women's Club will hold its first meeting of the new season tonight at 7 p.m, at the newly renovated Greater Trail Community Centre (the former Trail Junior secondary school), Room 306. Two staff members will conduct the tour of the new Selkirk College campus, followed by a special recep tion for new and prospective mem bers. President Jean Cormack and other executive members will initiate plans for the year. Special tribute must be paid to last year's program committee members, Susan Green, Leslie Tenta and Dor- een Newman, for excellent meetings: Stress Management with Gloria Smee from Castlegar; the notable Beaver Valley quilters, Jean Birt and Lorie Nelson; vintner Dick Baril of Trail; a tour of the Children's De velopment Centre with Lillian Mich allik last December; the role of the Santa Rosa Juvenile Camp for Delin. quent Teenagers by Carlton Scott; Susan D'Andrea who in February reported on the findings of the reent study she and Pat Bingley conducted on employment opportunities for women in the West Kootenay; Muriel Griffiths who explained the role of the district arts council; Jean Downie who described life in the old Gold Coast region of West Africa (modern Ghana) with her mining engineer husband, Guy Downie; the annual meeting; and a barbecue at the home of Susan Green. On April 14, 1988, president Cor. mack, assisted by Doreen Newman, Marilyn Mathieson and the whole membership, held a free-trade forum at the Uplander Hotel in Rossland. Participants in the debate were Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco’s special assistant Tim Barry, repre- senting the federal Conservative party; Dr. Garry Jenkins, repre- senting the federal Liberal party; Joe Irving, representing the federal New Democratic Part; Larry Brown, economies lecturer at Sel. kirk College, Wade Zammi repre. senting Westar Timber in Castlegar; Gordon Thompson, Cominco's senior advisor, government rela ions, and Ron Schmidt, representing the United Steelworkers of America, locals 9705 and 480. Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore was moderator. Last April 29-30, Cormack | and secretary Margaret Nickle attended at Hycroft — homg of the Vancouver University Wome®'s Club — the in- augural meeting of the provincial council of the Canadian Federation of University Women. The new presi- dent is Victoria's Peggy Matheson. Unable to attend was by-laws committee member, Brenda Balaam. The new national president of the federation is Tammy Irwin of Ed- monton who took office in August at the Ottawa general meeting. The Oct. 5, 1988 meeting, a pot luck, will be held at the new Castle. gar home of program convener Marilyn Mathieson, ; Comprehensive woah ub Bachan ty saws cou MBIA SAW & SERVICE range trom light- ae Ave. in the CasN. Bidg. 365-2710 Lezistative Library, Parliament Bldgs., 502 Bellevitis Victoria, B, vev ix4 Cc. Feb. 29 st BUSINESS DIRECTORY TELEPHONE 365-5210 New insertions, copy changes and cancellati ‘accepted up to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Septem ions for the Costlegar News Business Directory will be ber 28 tor the month of October Recreation news Have you seen it? Our fall recrea tion program brochure is in this edition of the Castlegar News. We have lots of new activities in store for the whole family. Some of our new programs include Afterschool Acti vities, Musical Carousel, Poultry Cutting, Preschool Activity Time and many others. So take a good look and be sure to read the write-ups because many of the class times, days and formats have changed. Registration starts Monday from 6-7 p.m. in the complex hall and continues until programs are full or start. So get a new lease on fall, register in a rec reation program. Terry Fox Run The eighth annual Terry Fox Fun Run is Sunday. This year we would like to put a challenge out to you to get involved. Last year we had a turn out of only 66 participants. We know the citizens of Castlegar can do better. So pick up a pledge form today at the Recreation Office or around town and challenge your friends, family, or fellow employees. Castlegar's run starts at 11 a.m. at the Community Complex and will include a fitness class, 3 km, 5 km and 10 km route for rollerskating, Walk. ing, jogging, cycling, walking .the dog, pushing the stroller, refresh ments, videos and lots of fun. So let's join together and keep the flame burning. See you there Sunday. Leadership Workshop A Preschool Recreation Leader ship Workshop is happening ° in Castlegar Sept. 24‘and 25. Sessions will include puppetry, play, infant CPR, self esteem, programming for under threes and many others. This is\sure to be a very dynamic and innovative workshop. Registration fee is $35. 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Brisco pleased Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco is pleased with this week's Conser- vative cabinet shuffle . .A3 Sunday Vol. 41, No. 75 WS », Castlégar News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1988 WEATHERCAST Sunny with cloudy periods todoy highs near 17° Chence of tion is 30 per cent today cent on Monday 2 Sections (A & B) Bartle & Gibson & Heating Centre by edit Standard * Valley Fibrebath Jacuzzi * Crane Duro Pumps & Softeners 2317-6th Avenue, Castlegar Phone 365-7702 Power Wash ~ Free Estimates ALL TYPES OF COMMERCIAL PRINTING * Letterheads * Envelopes * Brochures ® Raffle Tickets Castlegar News - 197 Columbia Ave. — 365-7266 NITED WA AMPAICN KICKOFI KICKO Interest shown in By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer B.C. Hydro says a number of pri- vate companies have expressed interest in the $345 million Keenley side dam generating project. How. ever, the Crown corporation says it is not considering formal proposals yet. “We have not yet called for any proposals,” Hydro spokesman, Peter McMullan told the Castlegar News Friday in a telephone interview from his Vancouver office. “We have had a number of approaches from the private sector about putting generators in the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. But, nobody has come up with a proposal we have said nual Castlegar and District Uni lennifer Plotnikoff (left) and Michele Letnick dig into pancake breakfast that helped kick off the an- ited Way fundraising campaign Saturday in the Community Complex. Kickoff activities also in- cluded a book sale, face painting, bingo and display booths manned by United Way members yes to.” McMullan said Hydro is not at the negotiating stage yet. CosNews Photo by Bonne Morgon g ‘ There's a world of difference Roofing ROOFING * Guaranteed Work © Fair Pi * 30 Years in Business Free Estimates AMES SWANSON AND SONS Ph. 367-7680 CALLED 'PROPAGANDA' WKP ads criticized By CasNews Staff “I would be interested to see how they arrive at project between somebody phoning for public information about the location of the site . . . and so on and actually sitting around the negotiating table and discussing it,” said McMullan. B.C. Hydro chairman Larry Bell indicated last month that Hydro will consider contracting private compan- ies to build its major generation projects if that method proves to be cheaper than a Hydro development. Bell said Hydro had already studied three such proposals for the Keen. leyside Dam. Bell pointed out at a local meeting that there are a number of other op- tions being considered. which could delay a major power project. Until after the turn of the century, Hydro plans to meet new demand for electricity through coordination of generation with other utilities. In a strongly-worded letter to the B.C. Utilities ission the Kootenay-Ok Electric Consum- ers Association has accused West Kootenay Power of “manipulating” its customers and “spreading mislead- ing information.” “WKP has been conducting an extensive publie relations campaign, directed at residents of a few Ok Valley to circumvent opposi- WICKLI UM —_ Feofing Government Certified Box-525, Nelson RRAP PROGRAM FREE ESTIMATES — 18 Years Certified Roofing Phone Lorne 352-2917 tion to its planned oil/gas turbine generator,” the consumers’ association charges. “The campaign has included full-page newspaper ads, ‘open houses,’ pres releases, secret negotiations with municipal govern- ments and — recently — flying five members of the Oliver municipal council on a free junket to Austin, Texas and Tampa, Florida via commercial and corporate jet,” the association says in a prepapred release. ““WKP's propoganda for .the oil/gas turbine is ding the public because it’s based on some of the numbers they are giving out to the press,” said Bill Strongman, supervisor of resource system planning in Trail. Strongman believes WKP’s current figures in its advertising are correct. “We indicate it could save consumers $21 million over the life of the project,” he said, adding: “That is reasonably accurate.” But Strongman said he isn't sure what percentage that $21 million will translate into savings for power consumers. But Scarlett says the project will simply mean increased profits for WKP’s parent company UtiliCorp United Inc. of Missouri. “When the American company UtiliCorp took over West Kootenay Power last year, we warned that it would use heavy-handed Missouri-style tactics to force Septic Service COLEMAN COUNTRY BOY SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank Pumping Phone 365-5013 3400-4th Avenue Castlegar Serving Castlegar for 20 Yeors Travel TOTEM TRADEL Let Us Plan Your Trip... Call 365-6616 Castlegar * 605-18th Street Below CSCU Office Trail © 1560 Bay Ave. Zenith 1-800-224-8647 information and arguments that the BCUC found fault with months ago,” association spokesperson Don Scarlett says in the release. “The utility is continuing to claim the |oil/gas turbine would save its customers five per cent on electric rates over 20 years, when by its own admission, the project cost increased by 10 per cent when WKP had to move the planned installation from Kelowna to Oliver due to public and municipal opposition. More- over, the BCUC has not publicly accepted WKP's response to numerous deficiencies it found in the utility's application to build the oil/gas turbine plant.” But West Kootenay Power says the Electric Consumer's Association's claims are invalid. s to line its shareholders’ pockets,” said Scarlett. “WKP won't admit to the public that it wants to burn nonrenewable and d polluting oil and gas in the i so UtiliCorp can siphon off more than $2 milion per year in extra profit. If WKP to buy h icity from B.C. Hydro, there will be no pollution and the money will benefit British Columbians instead.” The ECA charges WKP has a “divide and conquer” strategy which has left “most of its customers in the dark about the utility's oil/gas turbine plans while blitzing those in the target area.” “All WKP customers will be stuck with the bill for this unnecessary and ill-conceived scheme if it goes continued on poge A3 Restrictions removed By RON NORMAN Editor The new Castlegar official com- munity plan will make it easier for new businesses to locate near the highway interchange says the chair- man of council's planning and de- velopment committee. “We're removing restrictions and I guess the idea is that we wouldn't turn somebody away if they came with a proposal,” Ald. Terry Rogers told the Castlegar News in an inter: view. The community plan went to a public hearing this week, where only four residents showed up. Council has given the plan two readings and the plan has been reviewed by the city’s advisory planning commission. Council now will consider the APC’s recommendations and the comments made at the public hearing when it makes its amendments. It will then present the plan for third reading and final adoption. The last commanity plan, which was approved in 1980, contained more restrictive wording about busi- ness development. The plan advised that multi-level, high-density commercial businesses be directed downtown. That's chan- ged in the new plan which says all Proposals should be reviewed on their merit to the city as a whole and “encouragement” given to locate in the downtown. “We encourage the development in the downtoWn core, but the reality is that other people may want to de- velop in Castlegar, but not be res- The plan is a general statement of continued on page Ad WALKING THE LINE . . . If you hadn't stocked up on liquor before Saturday morning, you were 1 By CasNews Staff Castlegar liquor store employ # @0s joined counterparts across the province in walking off the job Saturday. Pickets were erected in front of the 4th Street location early Saturday morning after local members of the B.C. Government Employees’ Union were informed that contract talks had broken down. out of luck as Castlegar liquor store ploy The liquor store was the only government worksite picketed Saturday. However, other sites will likely be picketed Monday morning when government em ployees are normally scheduled to be at work. As well, four inland ferries in the Kootenay region were be- hind picket lines Saturday. The Galena Bay-Shelter Bay ferry “Sane teal \ 4 joined a province-wide walkout by members of the B.C. Government Employees’ Union CosNews Photo by Ron Norman Gov't workers strike north of Nakusp, the Needles- Fauquier Ferry and the Arrow Parks ferry, both on Arrow Lake south of Nakusp, and the Kootenay Lake ferry were all down. Motorists were advised to take alternate routes. The Procter, Harrop and Glade ferries will continue to operate as essential services.