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economic prosperity

The 1990s may be the time for a period of
economic prosperity in the Kootenays as a number of
long-discussed major development projects such as the
expansion of the Celgar pulp mill are started or com-
pleted, Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore says.

**Maybe it’s the Kootenays’ turn for the next 10
years,’’ Moore said in a recent interview. ‘‘That would
be just great — great for the people who have lived
through tough economic times.’”

Already completed is the $2.2 million Castlegar
and District Aquatic Centre, opened to the public at
the beginning of January, and underway are the $6.6
million expansion of the Castlegar Hospital and the
approximately $2.6 million Castle View Care Centre,
an extended-care facility

Expected this spring is construction of a new
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce building at
Castleaird Plaza and possibly a $7 million shopping
mall adjacent to the Sandman Inn. Also in the works is
a major renovation project for Stanley Humphries
secondary school.

As well, B.C. Hydro continues to prepare plans
for its proposed powerplant project at the Hugh
Keenleyside dam north of Castlegar which, along with
the utility's other Lower Columbia River-development
projects, could mean more than 20 years of continuous
development in the area.

Along with the Celgdr expansion project, that
means years of economic stability for the West
Kootenay, Moore said.

“It pleases me very much to see us able to plan
our future for five years, 10 years,’ the mayor said,
adding that the projects will mean an influx of people
to the area and an opportunity for the area's young
people to find work close to home .

“That's something 's important to me,"’ she
said. “‘That’s something that’s been difficult for them
in the last 10to-15-years."*

Moore noted that the Celgar expansion would
secure approximately 400 existing jobs at the pulp mill
as well as add some 30 new jobs there and provide a
level of security for the area’s sawmills

“That helps stabilize the economy,”’ she said. ‘*It
makes it possible for those people to plan.”

The economic boom will also mean more dollars
in the city’s coffers.

“It looks as if our tax base is going to grow sub-
stantially over the next few years,’’ Moore said

AUDREY MOORE
... ‘It’s the Kootenays’ turn’

While the city will need some of the money to ex-
pand its staff because of the increased demands on city
hall, Moore said an enlarged tax base should also mean
more money will be available for such things as the
improvement of city parks and maintenance of roads

“It’s very exciting to expand services, to see
Progress and sec facilities improved and see services to
people detivered,** the mayor said

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City
prepares
for boom

The City of Castlegar, nestied in
a valley along the Columbia River
(top), Is getting ready for a period
of economic prosperity triggered

by the expansion of the Ceigar
pulp mill (above), right). Sor
development project
underway or complete, such as
the new Castlegar and District
Aquatic Centre (right). And
visitors to thi
discovering thi ‘8
around Castlegar as the highway
sign (left) indicates.

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work on the west wing of the Castlegar
later this year.

The expansion of the Castlegar and
District Hospital is now well under
way and hospital administrator Ken
Talarico says he’s pleased with the
Progress

“I'm happy with the way things are
going and delighted with how the
(provincial) government! and the
Regional District of Central Kootenay
have come together on the finan
cing,”’ he said in a recent interview

Victoria and the RDCK board are
funding the project through a cost
sharing agreement that has the
province paying 60 per cent and the
RDCK picking up 40 per cent

The expansion, expected to be
completed by December or January,
will include a new dietary department
and extended- and intermediate-care
facilities.

The new wing will operate on a
yearly budget of $2.3 million and em
ploy 55 full-time equivalent staff in-
cluding nurses, dieti¢ians and main
tenance personnel, Talarico says.

The project will cost a total of
$6.65 million which includes equip-
ment and furnishings, he says
However, there will be some
necessary items that won't be covered
by the government funding

For example, furnishings will be
needed for a patio for the extended
care facility and a vehicle tquipped
with a wheelchair lift will be needed,
Talarico says.

underway

KEN TALARICO
-»- Pleased with progress

The hospital board is asking the
community for help in purchasing the
items, he says, adding that a local ser-
vice club has expressed interest in
financing the landscaping for a
second patio.

The focus of the ho’pital board and
staff in 1989 was on getting the expan-
sion started, Talarico says, but that
didn’t mean a halt to the regular
programs and services the hospital
provides

The meals for the Meals dn Wheels
program, run by the Home Support
Association, are prepared at_ the
hospital's kitchen. The program ser-
ves about 25 people who need hot
meals brought to them, Talarico says.

A doctor, nurse and dietician at the
hospital provide information to
diabetics in the community on a quar-
terly basis through a teaching
program for diabetics

A technician based at the hospital
services the heating and ventilation
systems of all West Kootenay
hospitals.

Through an association with
Selkirk College, the hospital provides
practical training for student nurses
and the hospital runs a family-centred
obstetrics program that allows
children and fathers open visiting
with mothers and their new babies,
Talarico says

And to begin 1990 right, the
hospital was recently accredited by
the Canadian Council on Health
Facilities Accreditation and received a
three-year mandate, the highest ac-
creditation given by the council,
Talarico says