se Caer trent LOCAL/NATIONAL NEWS December 1, 1990 CastlegarNews A3 LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS Downtown continued trom tront pege along Columbia Avenue, perhaps as far south as the in- terchange. There is no reason why additional develop- maintain an ongoing commitment to revitalization, it will achieve the objectives of fostering a spirit of ment cells cannot be added and the form and of treatment extended into these new cells." Among the improvements. suggested in the report North and further in Castlegar. Much of 1991 is targeted for planning and securing are removal of overhead wires, preferably by “ dergrounding” but possibly by relocation, better lighting, trees and planted areas along curbsides, strategy. pea “yas ‘un- for the schedule suggested in the report implementing the to a possible of The draft strategy suggests concept drawings and “ : for i ff. parking, pr ing public such as benches and garbage recepticles, directional signs, clearly marked and well-defined crosswalks and cleaning up vacant lots and the railway right-of-way where it runs F along Columbia Avenue. “*A second critically important element in bolstering the area’s. physical appearance and image is the im- provement of building facades,’’ the report says. However, italizati of the core doesn’t end with the physical improvements. “In order to take of public place and facade improvements undertaken, an ongoing y cost and public places could be completed during the first quarter of 1991 and a plan selected and endorsed by ‘ebruary. Refining the design and getting a financing program in place is sketched in for March to May and another four months is suggested for approving bylaws for the project and securing an agreement on a capital works loan from the province. Detailed engineering and by the end of 1991 with construction slated for the second quarter of 1992, the report suggests. i facades atid could be com- design could be market and promotional campaign must be under- taken,"’ the report says. ‘‘Not only will such a campaign ° pleted by the end of the third quarter of 1992. Points continued from front page with which people can see the whole area."” ___ © The availability of relatively i ive land and rental space in comparison to other regional communities of similar size such as Trail and Nelson. 3 © The area's natural setting which is bordered to the west by the Monashee Mountains and the east by the Selkirk Mountains. ‘‘Steep, forested hills plunge into this valley and provide a dramatic backdrop to the commercial area.”’ © The wide range of shopping opportunities which include a number of clothing stores or i ic goods, » arts and general ise and other crafts, items. © Free parking, both on-street and off-street. “This arrangement acts as,an incentive to bring people to the commercial area.’’ © The presence of foot traffic. ‘‘This must be vacant lots. reach the centre. Furthermore, they begin to wonder if they have reached the centre once they encounter ial activities between the plaza and the commercial core.”” © Poor image and physical appearance including overhead wires, lack of trees and plantings, inappropriate pedestrian lighting and the condition of sidewalks as well as the general condition and lack of continuity of facades and storefronts. © Overall lack of continuity, cohesion and identity of the North Castlegar commercial area. © Inappropriate use of land such as light industrial and certain institutional uses, for example the public works yard, as well as large, unmaintained © Lack of cooperation among businesses in advertising and promoting the area. © Spending leakages. ‘‘A study of retail spending in Castlegar in the mid-1980s showed that make frequent stops while walking than while from the viewed as a strength, as people are more likely to the of was approximately 40 per cent. Therefore, 60 cents of every dollar spent by residents of Castlegar ‘leaked’ in the . This is regarded as a serious local and for future improvement. But the report doesn’t mince words in describing weakness. fficulty in finding the area. ‘Although a sign at the major highway interchange does indicate the direction of the city centre, many people become disillusioned with the distance before they actually © Traffic movement, such as the difficulty faced the weaknesses of the downtown core. They include: vy motorists irieae-arys to turn on to pega - venue at unsigni intersections an ie of truck traffic using Columbia Avenue. © Lack of a common public place where people can congregate and events and festivals can be held. 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S Castlegar 365-7266 ss Wilson admits to slip OTTAWA (CP) — It’s finally of- ficial: Canada is in a recession. Statistics Canada said the economy shrank during July, August and Sep- tember at an annual rate of one per cent. A recession technically happens when the economy shrinks during a period of six months or longer. And the economy had already shrunk at a revised annual rate of 1.2 per cent during April, May and June. While admitting the country has slipped into a recession, Finance Minister Michael Wilson said it’s im- portant to keep the latest statistics in perspective. “‘There is weakness in the economy, that’s very clear,’’ he told the Commons. ‘But I think it’s im- portant that we not overdo this with excessive rhetoric about the state of that weakness. **We're certainly not (in) anything like 1981-82 but it does mean that we have to do what we can to get in- terest rates down.’” Opposition Leader Herb Gray ac- cused Wilson of ‘‘sleep-walking to an economic disaster,"’ and called for a new budget, a request that the finance minister refused. Mike Manford, chief economist and investment dealer at ScotiaM- cLeod Inc., said the figures are But stresses perspective is needed with statistics “pretty dismal. It clearly indicates that the business sector is in full retreat.” : And there was more bad news from the United States. The U.S. Commerce Department's index of leading economic indicators fell in October for the fourth month in a row, signalling a recession that many economists believe is already under way in that country. Manford said the Canadian economy won't improve until the U.S. economy pulls itself out of a recession. “The real problem is that we're not going to come out of this until next summer,”’ Manford predicted. Opposition MPs were quick to pounce on the economic numbers as more evidence of federal government mishandling of the economy. “We're going into a hard, tough downturn; it’s going to get worse before it gets any better,’’ said NDP MP Steven Langdon. He believes Statistics Canada’s report misses the human impact of the recession, which is wiping out people’s jobs and their dreams. “I represent a tough constituency of working class people who don’t weep easily,” he remarked. ‘‘And they’re weeping as their jobs are destroyed, as their hopes are lost, as their farms disappear (and) as their small businesses collapse.”” George Saba, chief economist at Montreal Trust, said Wilson may be powerless ‘to help pull the country out of the recession. What the economy needs is lower interest rates, he said, but John Crow, governor of the Bank of Canada, is worried about upward pressure on inflation from higher oil prices and the goods and services tax. Weakness im the economy has spread widely, hurting business in- vestment, company profits, exports, and i Statistics Canada reported. “Corporation profits have been sliding for six quarters, interest rates are relatively high and businesses are having increasing difficulty financing their investment undertakings,’’ the agency said. Business investment in new plants and equipment, which economists had hoped would be an important source of strength for the country this year, has dropped 4.9 per cent between April and the end of Sep- tember. After growing in the first half of the year, exports have been hurt by a slowing economy in the United States and a strong Canadian dollar, Statistics Canada said. The economy fell a sharp 0.8 per cent during September, following a revised drop of 0.4 per cent in August, when measured by industrial production. “‘These were the largest back-to- back declines since April or 1982, and left output 1.1 per cent below December 1989," the agency said. Strikes in iron, steel, paper and car industries hit the goods sector of the economy especially hard as produc- tion fell 1.9 per cent in September. The service sector, accounting for about two-thirds of all economic ac- tivity, slipped 0.2 per cent in Sep- tember, the largest decline since Oc- tober 1986. Environment proposal to come VICTORIA (CP) — Provincial environment ministers have came up with amendments to proposed federal environmental legislation. But they will not be made public until at least next week, said B.C. In Saskatchewan, construction of the Rafferty-Alameda dam is con- tinuing despite federal objections. The federal government has said construction should halt while an en- vironmental impact assessment is John after the two-day meeting ai XU (Y HEY KIDS! Don't Forget You MUST have your Letter to Santa to the Castlegar News by noon on Wed- nesday, December 5. Mail them to “Let- ters to Santa,” c/o Castlegar News, Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4, or drop them off by the deadline to the CasNews office at 197 Columbia Avenue. ended Thursday. He said they will be released only after he goes to Ottawa with the Proposed changes to the federal 's on environmental reviews. ““We've agreed that we've got to work for what is good for the en- vironment," he said. The federal law will govern when and how a new plant, project, fac- tory or development will be studied and reviewed to see if it would harm the environment. federal environmental review process has recen- tly led to federal-provincial bitter- but the pr gover- mment is proceeding. Environemntal assessments now are conducted on the basis of a broadly worded federal cabinet or- der. In the absence of legislation, courts have ruled the cabinet order should be regarded as law. Critics of the proposed legislation have complained the cabinet order better protects the environment, saying the new bill allows too much interference from politicians. But federal Environment Minister Robert de Cotret blamed much of the federal-provincial squabbling on the lack of legislation and regulation. “Right now we've got a kind of legislative vacuum,” he said. ‘Once in place, the regulations will Prevent construction of a proposed plant, factory or even dam, until af- ter its impact on the environment has been assessed, he said. “This idea of evaluating projects while they are under way has led only to one problem after the other,” de Cotret said. The only province not attending was Quebec, which is boycotting incial and federal because of the failure of the Meech Lake constitutional agreement. Reynolds said the Quebec En- vironment Ministry has contacted the B.C. ministry, the Quebec minister has written him a letter and they hope to meet before Reynolds heads to Ottawa. Ministers also discussed a national Plan to clean, up urban smog, a Strategy on global ( warming, the ozone layer, acid in, product packaging, pulp and paper regulations and the cleanup of con- taminated sites. wilf Harris Fellowship from C of the CosNews photo by John Charters By JOHN CHARTERS Wilf Sweeney, general manager of the Celgar reconstruction project in Castlegar, was honored in a ceremony Tuesday night by the Castlegar Rotary Club. It took the form of a presen- tation of a Paul Harris Fellowship, Rotary’s highest award to a Rotarian or non- Rotarian, male or female, for outstanding service to his club or community. Sweeney, a professional engineer and the essential ‘‘quiet man’’ (the hero of the award- winning movie of 1952 played by John Wayne and directed by John Ford), came to Castlegar 30 years ago with his wife, Doris, as a Celgar pulp project engineer During the period of their residence here, both have been deeply involved in the life and of service to the community. They came to Castlegar on March 1, 1960, with ‘‘a cat and two little boys.’’ Wilf had worked for the previous eight years at the Consolidated Bathur- st mill at Trois-Riviere in Quebec but he had always wanted to live in B.C. and, as he said, ‘‘work in a brand new mill."" He worked his way up rapidly Rotary Club p Paul Harris Fellowship goes to Celgar boss in the mill and by 1971 he was appointed general manager, a position he held for 18 years. In 1989, he was made general manager of the Celgar expansion project. He was president of the Castlegar Rotary Club in 1982-83 when the club initiated the Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park project and he quietly gave much of his own time and his com- pany’s support to the very suc- cessful project and to many other Rotary community activities This support was extended to the Castlegar and District Heritage Society and also to the new Aquatic Centre in the form of a $50,000 contribution to the building. In introducing the Paul Harris Fellowship presentation, Rotarian Ron Ross explained that it is a part of the Rotary International Foundation program. The Foun- dation, he said, distributes some $300 million annually in such work as the Polio-Plus program (to eliminate childhood poliomyelitis worldwide), Group Study Exchange (teams of professional and tradespeople led by a Rotarian, who visit and study in other countries), a graduate, intrenational and scholarship program and others. The bulk of this work is funded by the Paul Harris Scholarship fund and each fellowship is wer- th $1,000 US. The person honored receives a medal and certificate. While the $1,000 is raised and forwarded by the club to the Foundation in his name. Castlegar Rotary Club president Don McDowell, after acknowledging Sweeney's and Celgar’s contribution to the community’s welfare, past and present, and the club’s strong support for the expansion project of which he is leader, made the presentation of the Paul Harris Fellowship on behalf of the 50 chub members, Rotary Anns and guests present at the ceremony. In accepting the award, gar pulp mill expansion and modernization project, accepts the Paul Don Il while fellow Rotarian Ron Ross looks on. Rotary honors Sweeney Sweeney said: “To be made the recipient of such an award is a very humbling experience. It was entirely unex- pected and I truly appreciate your thinking of me. “I really think we're going to have a project by the end of the year,’’ he added, referring to the proposed expansion and moder- nization of the Celgar mill. Doris Sweeney, who was also a guest at the presentation, has ¢ i d her husband’s Survey reveals seniors’ concerns for better living Community meetings have been held in Shoreacres, Robson and Brilliant for the Senior Health Sur- vey being conducted for the Castlegar Hospital Community Par- tnership board by Carel Scott Castlegar’s meeting scheduled for Dec, 6 at 2 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Hall Twenty-two seniors attended the Shoreacres meeting Nov. 24. They expressed concerns for dental care, senior activities and housing in their local area and transportation concer- ns, Scott says in a news release. Thirty-five seniors attended the Robson meeting Nov. 27 where a unique concern was expressed — a need for the ferry service to be rein- Stated so seniors and others can walk to downtown Castlegar, she said. Thirty-eight seniors attended the meeting at the Brilliant Cultural Cen- tre Nov. 28. They expressed concerns for more preventative health care and social activities in their local area, one number to call to access services in English and Russian and a library use with no fee. “It's great to see so many seniors participating in expressing their health concerns and possible solutions,’’ Scott said. ‘‘We have 210 ‘Surveys returned to date and en- courage everyone to complete their surveys and return them. Your input is needed."’ Survey ‘forms are available at the library, city hall, hospital, recreation centre, and other locations. Surveys can be completed over the phone and can be done in English, Russian, or Portuguese. Everyone is welcome to attend the Castlegar meeting. FOR THE RECORD A statement attributed to Castlegar Airport manager John Perry in Wednesday’s front-page story about the AirBC incident Nov. 23 was incorrect. Perry said it is routine procedure for a pilot to dump fuel from a plane prior to lan- ding to relieve weight, but did not confirm that that happened with the AirBC flight. The Castlegar News apologizes to Mr. Perry for the error. e Hearings continued from front page He said it will be weeks, possibly months before a decision is known. Overall, the employees with grievan- ces are pessimistic about the hearings and having their penalities reduced, but are optimistic about the process which allows them to restate the point they tried to make with the sit- in, Brassington said The 10 positions moved to Nelson from Trail represented jobs for 13 people. However, only four people made the move, Brassington said. IN MEMORY community contribution by her active role in the Rotary Anns, by 70 years service as a Guider in the Rangers, a senior group of Girl Guides, and more recently as a division camp adviser, training and qualifying other adult women as camp leaders. For her work in Guides and on the Castlegar Hospital board Doris Sweeney was made 1998 Citizen of the Year by the Castlegar Kiwanis Club. She has also ‘carried on the Zuckerberg Island project by becoming senior director for the Castlegar and District Heritage Society in charge of the Heritage Park and spends many hours each year in working and overseeing its main- tenance and improvement. Dioxin continued from front page Kitimat in northwestern Columbia. The government also advised people not to eat the livers of bot- tomfish — such as rockfish, cod and flatfish — caught near mills. However, it said muscle tissues or fillets of all coastal bottomfish and finfish species, such as salmon, **pose no concern to human health.”’ On the advice of Health and Welfare Canada, which assesses the health effects of eating dioxin- contaminated seafoods over a lifetime, hundreds of kilometres of coastlines now have restrictions on prawns, crabs, shrimp, clams, mussels and oysters. There are also existing health ad- visories for whitefish, squaw fish and suckers near some Interior B.C. pulp mills. LOTTERIES British The winning numbers drawn Thur- sday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 11, 13, 15, 23, 39, 47, $4 and 56. The winning numbers in Wed nesday’s Lotto 6-49 draw were 12, 21, 28, 34, 38 and 39. The bonus number was 25. The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia on Wednesday were 30, 68, 88 and 99. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 3, 19, 23, 30, 36, 49, 51 and 52 The $1,000,000 winning number in Friday’s Provincial lottery draw was 4928789. In the event of a discrepancy bet- ween these numbers and the official winning numbers list, the latter shalt prevail. The federal government's newest dioxin measurements were based on samples taken last winter and tested this spring. Both federal and provincial en- vironment ministers have promised laws to eliminate dioxins from pulp mills, but neither government has enacted any. “We're talking about recovery in years, not months,’’ said Mak Ito, the federal department's regional director of pollution abatement and compliance. Chlorine is used to bleach brown pulp into white paper. Both industry and government studies have shown it creates dioxins. MacMillan Bloedel issued a news release saying that its dioxin- reduction programs were ahead of schedule. The Nanaimo improvements will be in place after Christmas, a year ahead of schedule, and Powell River’s program has already produced improvements and will be fully operational next fall, the com- pany said. The two programs cost a total of $76 million, the forest company said. The Port Alberni mill is not yet significantly involved in the program because the- mill has had no detec- table dioxins in tests and is not affec- ted by the current fisheries closures. Riding presidents want review VICTORIA (CP) — Two Social Credit constituency presidents are spearheading a drive to review Premier Bill Vander Zalm’s leadership, other riding presidents said Several say they received letters from Donna Telep, of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, and Ken Tuininga, of Port Coquitlam, asking for support for a leadership convention. Both ridings cover suburbs east of Van- couver. “We will repesent-25 riding associations,”’ North Vancouver-Seymour president Ernie Sarsfield read from Tuininga’s letter. Neither telephone calls Thursday. The party constitution appears to allow at least oné avenue to demand a leadership convention. “‘A special provincial convention shall be convened by the party board within six months of the receipt of a request from 20 per cent of the constituency associations or from a majority of the board,”” states. The dissidents were said to be bringing the issue to g today at the party's headquarters a party board meet in the Vancouver of Richmond. One Social Credit candidate, who asked not to be identified, said there are between 20 and 25 ridings sup- porting Telep and Tuininga. The candidate predicted they would be successful. Sarsfield doesn’t support the move to oust Vander to return from Zalm, tonight who was scheduled “We're still fighting Whistler in my opinion,’{ he said Vander Zalm beat 11 Telep nor Tunininga returned numerous ) other candidates fox” the Vancouver leadership in summer 1986 at Whistler, a resort north of Some of the 75 riding presidents said they had not received the letters. Of the presidents contacted who received either one or both letters, many said they won't support a move, some said they would take the letter to their executive and a few refused comment. “If the directors ask me to sign it I will,’’ said Lawyer George Andersen, Vancouver-Little Mountain president Doug Cunliffe, president of Victoria Hillside, said the exercise is futile because Vander Zalm be set up. the constitution could call election before a leadership convention could The premier must call an election by October Although Shuswap president Tom Atkinson would not support the idea of a leadership challenge, he said he would not necessarily vote for Vander Zalm if dissident presidents succeed in getting a leadership convention. “I'd have to see who else is running,’ he said Some presidents say although they don’t agree with Vander Zalm they support him because he is the leader Others say despite bad polls and scandals, Vander Zalm still manages the province well convention North (Vancouver) Island president Harvey Hurd said dissidents had their chance at the party’s annual in October when the government and Premier received unanimous endorsement Toronto three years. This most recent challenge is the latest in a series of problems revolving around his leadership in the last A public opinion poll recently commissioned by Vancouver Island Socreds suggests the government trails the NDP by 14 percentage pgints. p.m. at Trail Hospital at age 78. 1931 born at Slocan Park. years of employment. Nick of Port C nine John Cheveldave John Alex Cheveldave passed away Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1990, at 11 He was born Nov. 5, 1912, at Canora, Sask. He was the second eldest son born to Alex and Anastasia Cheveldave. John resided in Saskatchewan until 1916 when the family moved to Brilliant, B.C. In 1931, he met and married his late wife, Molly Chernenkoff (Zibin). At Brilliant, his son, John, was born Oct. 10, In 1934, the entire Cheveldave family bought land at Slocan Park and moved there. On March 16, 1935, their second son, Walter, was In 1940, John, Molly and their two sons moved to Castlegar where John lived until the time of his passing John worked all his life as a carpenter, first in construction and then for Cominco in Trail. He retired in 1975 from Cominco after 38 John enjoyed fishing, woodworking, gardening and travelling Mostly he enjoyed helping his family. He was very much loved by all his family and will be very much missed in the future years. He added spirit, love, guidance and caring to all family members and all family gatherings. John is survived by son John and daughter-in-law Lucy of Castlegar; daughter-in-law Polly Wallace of Port Alberni; brother dren; 12 great-gr Lucy Lebedoff in 1989. Park Memorial Cemetery Funeral Chapel. Gail Calder < 1990, at age 50. secondary school in Trail. enjoyed sewing and reading. Engberink will officiate. Hospital at age 85 officiated brothers Mike, Peter and Alex and sister Doreen; as well as many uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces and friends; and special friend John was predeceased by his mother, Anatasia, in 1981, his half sister Nellie in 1925, his brother William in 1933, father, Alex, in 1940, half sister Pauline in 1977, wife Molly in 1978, son Walter in 1980, great-grandson Adam in 1983 and stepmother Dora Cheveldave Funeral service was held today, Saturday, Dec. 1, 1990, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel with burial at Kinnaird Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Gail Beatrice Calder of Castlegar passed away Friday, Nov. 30, Born in Kimberley on Oct. 2, 1940, she grew up and received most of her schooling in Kimberley but graduated from J.L. Crowe She married David Calder on April 4, 1958, at Warfield. Mrs. Calder lived in Castlegar since 1961 During her life, she worked at-Carter’s Sewing Centre and at West's Department Store. Mrs. Calder was involved with Brownies and the Catholic Women’s League of St. Rita’s Catholic Church. She Mrs. Calder is survived by her husband David; one daughter, Cathryn Bowers, and two sons, Daniel and Jeffrey, all of Fort St James; three grandchildren; two sisters, Marcia Michelazzo and Lucille McCann, both of Trail; one brother, Jerry Easton of Fort St James; and her parents, Betty and Roy Easton of Trail. A wake service will be held Sunday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Castlegar. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Monday, Dec. 3 at 9 a.m. at St. Rita's. Father Herman Burial will take place at Park Memorial Cemetery Castlegar Funeral Chapel is in care of arrangements Julianna Paszty Julianna Paszty of Castlegar, passed away Nov. 28 in Castlegar Funeral service was in St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Castlegar today, Saturday Dec. 1, 1990, at 10 a.m. Father Herman Engberink Interment followed in Castlegar Cemetery. Flowers will be accepted or you may donate in Mrs. Paszty’s name to the Castlegar Catholic Centre, or the charity of your choice. Valley Funeral Home was in care of arrangements.