A4 April 17, 1988 ESTABLISHED AUG. 7, 1947 LV. CAMPBELL ‘belongs to Costie ment prepared News Lid., provi Si Casi N INCORPORATING THE MID. WEEK MIRROR PUBLISHED SEPT 12, 1978-AUG. 27, 1900 PUBLISHER AUG. 7. 1947-FR8 19, 1979 PUBLISHER — Burt Campbel! ADVERTISING MANAGER — Gary Fleming CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hodiey WONICE OF COPYRIGHT: Full, complete ond sole copyright in any printed moter produced by C lo tded. owever that par trom repre proots, engravings, etc. provided by the advertiser shall rem News TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4. 1980 copyright 10 that part Impossible request Castlegar council's decision this week not to option 10 city-owned Properties in the downtown area to a group of local businessmen in- terested in developing a mall isn't as negative as it may appear. Council is often criticized in cer- tain circles as being anti-growth. But no one could argue that coun- cil rejected the Downtown Devel- opment Group request because it doesn't want to see a mall go ahead. In fact, council is on record in support of the downtown mall and has said it would consider a mall Proposal if asked. In addition, council has agreed to investigate relocating its works yard, which is presently situated adjacent to city hall. But the Downtown Develop- ment Group's request was impos- sible to fulfill: In the first place, council can't, under the provincial Municipal Act, sell options on city Property. Any sales must go to public tender where everyone is allowed a chance to purchase them. Secondly, the Downtown Development Group wanted the lots available at their assessed value. But if council is to be responsible with taxpayer money, it should sell the properties at their market value. An associated problem is that Property assessments are made every two years. Who is to say that the lands won't increase in value in the year or 18 months before the next assessment? Those problems aside, the mall proposal is a good one and de- serves support. While small, it would nevertheless provide a much-needed anchor for the down- town core, and in the process clean up the rundown buildings along 13th Avenue. But before it can go ahead, it needs a developer. And so far there just isn't one in sight. The Downtown Development Group isn’t interested in actually building the mall as much as acting as the 4 - whi itt ll Kh Ny Will you marry me. . . subject, of course, to my achieving passing marks in the government al sT} Ye vsti Md, (\" i van ll ra marriage preparation cour: Ls \ iy MT {| | i ( tH) } “inh | | Fil Nt UI Letters to the Editor Firemen saved home I want to express my deep grat- itude to the Robson Fire Department and its chief, Bob Taylor, who stopped the chimney fire which could easily have destroyed my home several days ago. Thinking back over the events of place inserts that they may be unaware of potential hazards as I was. Firstly, I was ignorant of the need for a chimney liner and the fact that I didn’t even have one when I had my insert installed six years ago. The building permit issued by the mall's promoter. R that night I especially app: their teamwork, thoughtful approach to handling a potentially explosive situ- ation, conscientiousness in checking the attic so many times to make sure there was no further danger, and their bravery in tackling an especially haz- ardous fire which blazed more than two 1 District of Central Kootenay mentions nothing about a liner; algo the ’ company which sold and installed the insert did not mention the need for a liner. Even more ironic is the fact that although the chimney cleaners (same company which sold and installed the unit) came regularly to clean my chimney, the fire department had to remove over two feet of compacted burning creosote above the firebox. The consumer should be fully informed by chimney cleaners of the need to remove the insert completely to thoroughly clean out the insert. I had to learn the hard way. Sandra Lee Groepler Robson ’ Remember When? 40 YEARS AGO From the April 22, 1948 Castlegar News The 8th Annual General meeting of the Castlegar Co-operative Trans- portation Society was held on Monday night, April 12th in the Parish Hall with President J. Thiel in the chai The financial statement for 1947 was presented and accepted. _ © « "The regular weekly meeting of the Cormmissioners was held in the Village offize on Monday night, April 19th. A motion was introduced asking leave to introduce the Water Works Purchase By-Law and give it first reading. eee The Women's Auxiliary to the Castlegar Robson Branch of the Can- adian Legion held a very successful tea and sale last Saturday afternoon in the Memorial Hall. * «© © First showing in the Kootenays .. . Joan Crawford in Daisy Kenyon with Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda and Peggy Ann Garner. You've never known such tense excitement. 25 YEARS AGO From the April 18, 1963 Castlegar News A preliminary investigation with the land office in Nelson will be made to find out the feasibility of developing the Lion's Head rock area at Robson. * The possibility of purchasing 16,000 gallons of oil for use on Castlegar streets this year, as com- pared with 12,000 gallons put down two years ago, is to be studied by Comm. V.R. Cook at the suggestion of acting village chairman R.C. Maddocks. . 8 The department of highways in- tends to maintain the footpath attached to the CPR bridge over the Columbia River, highways engineer A.E. Staite advised council at its meeting Tuesday night. "8 «© The proposed CBC-TV rebroad- casting transmitter and which will e April7.1988 Castlégar News as HERITAGE IETY IN WORKS | By JOHN CHARTERS Castlegar moved one step closer this week to creating a heritage society. For the past five years heritage restoration and associated work has been carried out by the Castlegar Heritage Advisory Committee which works under the direction of city council, as does the Nelson advisory committee. The relationship has worked well for the citizens of Castlegar. The Zuckerberg Island and the Castlegar railway station projects have provided extensive work for city crews and pumped about $50,000 of government-paid labor into the local economy and $67,000 in grants from the British Columbia Heritage Trust, the Castlegar Rotary Club and private sources. a v1, ae This, together with about 10,000 hours of volunteer aay labor and extensive free publicity here and abroad, has. produced undoubted extensive financial benefits to the area. Moreover, the city now has an internationally-rec- Pra ognized park, a place where citizens can bring relatives and [yes friends for a quiet recreation time and which acts as a focal point of interest for the citizens at large . . . a focal point which will be augmented financially by the station museum. The 473-foot suspension bridge built by the 44th Field Engineers has been assessed at $100,000, of which only $8,600 was charged to the city; the rest was picked up by _NOTICE Annual General Meeting le Hall Genel Thursday, April 21 — 7 p.m. ELECTION OF TWO TRUSTEES Deposits An Investment You Can Depend on re) CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION For All Your Financial & insurance Needs CASTLEGAR SLOCAN PARK 601-18th St., 365-7232 Hwy. 6, Slocan Park Insurance 365-3368 226-7212 Insurance 226-7216 local industry and the Rotary Club. Besides being a tourist attraction and providing year-round access to the park, the bridge has doubttess saved the life of at least one would-be visitor. The city can also take pride in the fact that at a time when heritage is rapidly becoming big business it already has its feet firmly planted on the ladder of this very valuable future. A recent letter from Bill Reid, Minister of Tourism Recreation and Culture, to the advisory committee chairman notes: “I am pleased to learn that your projects are all moving ahead well. There simply is no question that heritage and tourism can grow together. You might be interested to know that my marketing division has just STOPPING TRAFFIC . . . Mayor Audrey Moore and hoist a Castlegar City worker Nelson Newlove stop traffic for @ moment as West Kootenay Power and Light workers Counterattack banner across Columb CENTRAL FOODS — SPECIALS — Avenue. Counterattack month is April 13-May 4. Library breaks record By JUDY WEARMOUTH March saw the Castlegar Library with its highest cir received the results of a survey of visitors to British Custion on record. A total of Columbia. When asked what they would like to do more of, the most frequently identified item was... ‘heritage tours’, so I think we are all on the right track.” However, following the successful negotiation for the books went out during the month and 135 people joined the library. The staff have noticed that acquisition of the CP Rail station, it was agreed to form a poaagieinadinaand occa i heritage society in order to take greater advantage of nd =e The library has just re. ceived a gift package from the Ministry of Health which included 10 VHS copies of a video entitled: The Unex. pected Pregnancy, and vid- eos on AIDS in Cantonese, Punjabi and Hindi (one in English has been available here since the spring of 1987). Courtesy of Petro Canada, we have not as yet purchased any commerical book tapes but have a few donated ones for loan. We would be grate- ful for any other donations of books on cassette to help start a viable collection of these. Patrons are reminded to show their library cards at all times to avoid number mix- ups. NOTICE TO RESIDENTS MAC & CHEESE DINNERS BAVARIAN MEAT LOAF 66° OVERLANDER. 100G..... AYLMER KETCHUP $949 CHUNK LIGHT TUNA | FOREST HAM Robson Raspberry RLANDER 99° aman for the first time in years, ove serve Castlegar, Kinnaird “and most of acd ‘the cortipliinenits on the 100 G hours. government and foundation funding and to broaden and we also have the Playball Improvement District Norman Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco's heart attack earlier this month could throw a wrench into the election plans of local Conserva- tives, and toa lesser extent the New Democrats. Tories in these parts had taken for granted that Brisco would fend off any NDP challenge in a federal election that could come as early as this summer, but likely won't be called until sometime in the fall. Brisco had buoyed the hopes of local Conservatives, despite the Mulroney government's drooping popularity in the polls — and with good reason. Brisco has turned in some solid constituency work since he was returned to office in 1984. We've seen the $130-million Com- inco lead smelter modernization go ahead, largely because of Ottawa's share purchase program. And the Castlegar Airport terminal building is getting a much-needed expansion primarily because Brisco virtually parked himself on then-transport minister John Crosbie’s desk and wouldn't budge until the expansion was approved. We've seen federal money flow into this riding at a rate never before seen. At the same time, Brisco has steadily moved up the Tory party ladder. One of the knocks against Brisco was that while his consti- tuency work was always strong, he never really held much sway within his party. He shed that tag by chairing the Commons standing committee on environment and for- estry and by being named vice- chairman of the Progressive Con. servative Western Caucus. It left Brisco well positioned for an election showdown. The only glitch — until his heart attack on April 2 — was the Mulroney government itself. Brisco swept into office on the Tory tide four years ago, beating NDP foe Lyle Krist- iansen by 900 votes. But there is a question whether Brisco, who only slipped into office by a three per cent margin at a time when Tory popularity was at its peak, can do it again when the party is neck and neck with the NDP and Liberals. But Brisco's heart attack may have made such speculation redun- dant. While he hasn't given any indication he plans to step down (his office says he will be back tackling his Commons duties in five or six weeks and have termed the heart attack “minor”), it is a distinct possibility. Brisco's heart apparently stopped for a time — however brief — until doctors revived it with the help of electrical paddles. That says some- thing to me: the heart attack was more serious than perhaps his office would have us believe. Besides that, he's nearly 60. Does he really want to face another gruelling election only months after a serious heart attack? Does he want to spend another four stressful years in Ottawa (it takes a special kind of person to remain unaffected by the extreme stress of political life)? Only Brisco and his family can answer those questions, but if it was me, I'd say thanks for the memories and remove my name from the House’ of Commons roll. If that is in fact what Brisco decides, then it opens up the question of a successor. Beaver Valley music teacher Judith John challenged for the nomination in 1983. But she was considered a political lightweight at that time — and it showed when Brisco won the nomination on the first ballot, out: polling her 4-1. John has dropped even further from the political scene since then. Whoever does take up the chal- lenge — assuming Brisco decides he has had enough —will be at a distinct disadvantage. For one thing, there isn’t a whole lot of time before the Conservative nomination meeting. It was scheduled for this month, but has been pushed back to late May or June to give Brisco enough time to get back on his feet. And a new candidate won't have Brisco's record from which to shape an election platform. In an area where the unemployment rate is still in double digits and which still hasn't seen the economic boom times return, that could be difficult. But the Tories aren't the only ones affected by Brisco's health problems. His suddenly doubtful status could also play a part in next Saturday's NDP nomination meet- ing at the Community Complex. New Democrats who assumed they would be facing Briseo might have to reconsider their choice of who would be the best candidate in an election where Brisco isn’t the opponent. + The fact Brisco's heart attack was kept from the public for over a week is more than passing strange. Initial reports from Brisco’s constituency office indicated only that he had entered hospital for tests. But since when was a heart attack considered a test? Brisco’s Ottawa assistant, Fran. ces Cupello, defended the first report, saying that details weren't released because more information was needed from doctors. “They had suspected what the problem was but they weren't sure,” she told the Trail Times. “It took a week to complete the tests.” A week to determine it was a heart attack? Come on. Surely, we deserve a better answer than that. Thanks also to Keith Watson who first noticed the fire and took the trouble to.call the fire department and to pound on my front door to warn of the danger. Additionally, from my experience T'd like to warn other people with fire- Peace site opposed We wish to strongly object to the location selected for the peace monu- ment of the Castlegar and District Multicultural Society. The monument is to be placed in a traditional mule deer winter range that has been studied by Selkirk College students for two decades. Choice wild life habitats in the West Kootenay are scarce, and many have already been lost. If the monument is erected, it will serve not as a symbol of peace, but as a -further emblem of man’s propensity to destroy his environment. Members, Selkirk College Depart- ment of Environmental Sciences and Technologies John Adams, Garth Col- lins, Stuart Deverney, Len Dunsford, Gord Gibson, Barry Jenzen, Fred Marshall, Blythe Nilson, Peter Om- mundsen, Ted Pollard, Walter Volo- vsek, Ken Zielke. Cultural centre only seats 650 Re: SHSS 1988 Graduation The fire marshall's office in Cran- brook has established a seating cap- acity of approximately 650 for the main floor and the balcony of the Brilliant Cultural Centre. It is questionable also for 1,000 in the bleachers with up to 1,500 more on the main floor. Due to the number of people who have called me wanting the graduation ceremony at the Community Complex for a variety of reasons, please note if all 166 graduates would be per mitted on the stage as presently planned. The school committee has offered six tickets per graduate. Including our graduates, band and honored guests, a hall would have to accommodate at least 1,100 to 1,200 people. Our Com. munity Complex has accommodation Return th I would like to avail myself of your paper to congratulate the people of Canada and particularly the people of Newfoundland for meriting the “Oscar” or stupid award, thus winning the dubious title of April Fools Day prize of the year. It seems to this writer that this ridiculous exercise of practicing another frustration by decree of Daylight Saving Time could be better spent in more productive, useful ways or else it would be more sane to “let it that the Community Complex is avail- able for our graduates Saturday, June 25. This information has been given to the principal, chairman of the school board and the superintendent of schools. I. Smith Castlegar e sundial Chickens, geese, cows, pigs and even donkeys ignore the changing clocks yet’ we call them “dumb ani- mals.” Now I know why cuckoo clocks were invented. I would suggest that we change the name of “cuckoo clocks” to “euckoo people.” It would be far more. appropriate and correct. Yours for the return of the sun- dial. Pat Romaine Castlegar Toigo guards privacy background with Toigo. “He's never asked me for a favor. He's never even asked me for anything.” However, it has not escaped the notice of the NDP that within a year of being elected, government removed the tax on restaurant meals. Last By RON SUDLOW Press VANCOUVER — Peter Toigo is variously described as a compassionate and devoted family man, a tough businessman and an employer who puts profits ahead of ander Zalm's people. So, will the real Peter Toigo, the jowly restaurateur, magnate of fried chicken, dog food and real estate — and a major player in the Expo 86 lands sale controversy — please step forward? Not very likely. The man who once cut million-dollar deals over the meat counter of his Powell River, B.C., general store eschews the spotlight at the best of times. ‘ou have two chances of getting an interview with him,” said public relations man Jack Morris, “None and none. Toigo, a close friend of Premier Bill Vander Zalm and a major fundraiser for the governing Social Credit party, has offered $500 million for all the holdings of the British Columbia Enterprise Corp. The biggest assest is the 84-hectare downtown waterfront site of the Expo 86 world fair but the Crown corporation has a total of 4,850 hectares throughout the province, including a convention centre in the Whistler ski resort area. “He's a great British Columbian who has built a tremendous business in a short while through hard work and using his head,” says Vander Zalm, who met Toigo when the premier was an alderman in suburban Surrey and Toigo was developing a shopping centre there. “He employs a lot of People and I'm proud of him,” said Vander Zalm, who shares an entrepreneurial hindi June, Toigo accepted Vander Zalm's invitation to sit on the government's economic advisory council. Instead of corporate trappings such as an office tower in the city, Toigo runs his empire out of a single-storey building a 45-minute drive from downtown. Half of that building is occupied by a pub he owns. Toigo's Shato Holdings Ltd., which has real estate, a consumer products company that also makes pet food and J.B. Sweid Ltd., which processes poultry ahd meat, has annual sales of $150 million and 3,500 employees, of which 3,000 are in B.C. Toigo’s roots are in.the south coastal town of Powell River where his grandfather worked in the grinding room of the paper mill. In 1949, at age 17, he tried to buy a building lot from a dairy farmer and ended up purchasing the entire operation for $30,000. Shopping centres and other ventures followed. He's regarded as a formidable adversary by the trade union movement. The Food and Service Workers of Canada, which represented 1,700 Toigo employees, merged last year with the larger Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers. “Going into the next round (of negotiations for a contract expiring in June) he’s going to push us to the wall and try to break us,” said union spokesman Liana Roeseler. “We needed to be part of a larger union to survive.” the Robson area” by rabbit ears antenna has been approved by the Board of Broadcast Governors. * #8 Columbia Cellulose has spent $165,000 at its Celgar pulp division here since last November for equip- ment and changes on a program designed to control various odour emission sources in their. process. * «© « Teachers in School District No. 9 are reported to have sent a resolution to the B.C. Téachers’ Federation re- questing that the school district here be placed “in dispute” over the action of the school board in relieving W. Roy Brown of his position as principal of SHSS. 15 YEARS AGO From the April 19, 1973 Castlegar News The premier of British Columbia will be arriving in Castlegar on Friday, April 27, to begin his provincial tour. While here, Premier Dave Barrett will tour Celgar’s local operations and atterid a public reception from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the main lounge of Selkirk College. * 8 -« Castlegar aldermen gave three readings to a bylaw Tuesday night increasing their yearly indemnities by Castlegar's municipal clerk Bill Fleming has resigned effective May 3. His resignation was accepted by council Tuesday night “with regret.” * 8 « Victoria is taking a good look at the intersection at the Castleaird Plaza. This was the word brought to Thursday night's meeting of the Castlegar District Chamber of Com- merce by Ald. G.S. Rust of Kinnaird, who along with the Mayor of Kinnaird, Colin Maddocks and Ald. George Bondaroff, had just returned from talking to government ministers in Victoria. * * « A hot meeting was held in a cold hall at Winlaw Monday night when 167 residents of the Slocan Valley gathered to protest the establishing of a free school, 5 YEARS AGO From the April 17, 1983 Cc News The New Democratic promises to foster an attitude of cooperation with the B.C. mining industry and to ensure that any mineral taxation would be based on the concept of ability to pay rather than a form of royalty. * 6 « Everybody's favorite space crea- ture will be dropping in to help the Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club kick-off the seventh annual West Kootenay Trade Fair this Thursday. Yes E.T., the lovable extra-ter- restrial of movie fame will be in town for ceremonies at the Arena Complex at 7 p.m. to mark the opening of the three-day event —_—_—_—_— unify the concept of heritage-cum-tourism beyond the city boundaries. With that in mind, the committee commissioned local solicitor Diane Piket to draft a tentative constitution. A number of people have indicated an interest in becoming charter members of the heritage society and their names will be included. It is anticipated that others will wish to do so. They are asked to contact John Charters, chairman of the Heritage Advisory Committee, at once since the committee meets on April 21 to consider the matter. Charter members will be issued with a certificate to indicate the fact. It is also anticipated that the present executive of the new facility continue to flow. The large interior new signs, created by Leni Nor- mington, admired and she's been com missioned to do more small ones. have been much National Book Festival will be held this year from April 16-23. The B.C. writer, Anne Cameron, is giving a reading in the library on Monday at Heritage Advisory Committee will form the directorship of 7:30 p.m. as part of her book the society until the wishes of a general meeting. 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. Listen to the Lutheran Hour ¥o.m. on Rado (KOK ANGLICAN CHURCH 1401 Columbia Avenue Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Rev. Charles Balfour 1 Parish Purpose: “To know Christ and make Him known” CALVARY BAPTIST u owe 809 Merry Creek Road Past Fireside Motel Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Service p.m. TUES. 6:00 P.M. AWANA — Children’s Program Kindergarten to Grade 8 IDNESDAY NIGHT Study & Prayer 8 p.m. Church 365-3430 or 365-7368 Robert C. Lively. Pastor CHURCH OF GOD the members are indicated at festival tour of five West Kootenay libraries. Dik PENTECOSTAL NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY 602 - 7th St. © Ph. 365-5212 Neor High School SUNDAY SERVICES fl LivinigWaters Faith Fellowship Christian Education 9:45 a.m Morning Worship 11:00 a.m Evening Service 6:30 p.m WEDNESDAY 7:00 p.m. Bible Study — Prayer Crossfire for Youth FRIDAY 7:00 p.m. Youth Meeting WEE COLLEGE WOMEN 5 YOUNG MARRIEDS siding EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 914 Columbia Ave. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Family Worship Service 11:00 a.m, Ladies Bible Study Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. Youth Ministries Discipleship Ministries PASTOR: Ed Neufeld Phone: 365-6675 “A CHURCH THAT LOVES THE CASTLEGAR AREA!” Mid-week Service UNITED CHURCH 4km. W. of Castlegar Hwy. 3 towards Grand Forks Pastor Stuart Lourie 365-3278 Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m Nursery & Children's church provided Bible teaching for all ages A Non-Denominational Fomily Church, Preaching the Word of Faith FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP (A.C.0.P.) 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 Wednesday: Home Meetings 7:00 p.m Friday Youth Ministries 7:00 p.m HOME OF CASTLEGAR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 365-7818 OF CANADA Video Clinic package on baseball and softball skills. Patrons often ask to borrow the audiobooks we must keep for the sole use of the print handicapped. As the book budget is already strained to the limit, Trout spawn at Gerrard The annual spawning run of Kootenay Lake's famous Gerrard rainbow trout is now well underway according to local fisheries staff of the Fisheries Program of the Ministry of Environment and Parks. In April these trout mig. rate up the Lardeau River approximately 35 kilometres from Kootenay Lake to a place at the outlet of Trout Lake locally known as Ger- rard. Regional fisheries biologist Harvey Andrusak notes that this year’s run is a full two weeks earlier than usual. The peak of spawning will likely occur in the last week of April. He notes that an average run is expected this year with a peak count of approx imately 275. The total num. ber of spawning fish is about three times the peak count. Annual General Meeting — CORRECTION — HURSDAY, APRIL 2 ROBSON HALL OFFICE AID Luella Andreashuk Has Changed Location For Income lax or Accounting PHONE 365-6658 24 HOUR CALL — LOST — Diamond Ring March 17, Castlegor Hospital Vicinity. Reward 365-3182 MEMORIAL CHURCH Ist Su iy, 7:00 p.m. 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays, 10.a.m. No service 5th Sunday GRACE PRESBYTERIAN 2404 Columbia Avenue Church School :45 a.m. Morning Worship lla.m. Pastor ira Johnson 2605 Columbia Ave. Rev. J. Ferrier Phone 365-3182 Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday School one 365-6762 SEVENTH-DAY 1471 Columbia Ave., Trail 11:00 a.m. 365-2649 2224-6th Ave ‘4 Blocks South of Community Complex 10 a.m. — Worship and Sunday School Mid-Week Activities for all ages. Phone for information Rev. 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