The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, March 18, 1992 Kristians Late last week eight members of parliament including Kootenay ‘West/Revelstoke M.P. Lyle Kris- tiansen visited the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southern Washington State, as part of a fact-finding tour. They were the first delegation of Canadians to visit the site. en returns from U.S. nuclear site concerned tion we got from officials there,” Kristiansen said. there is anything else that we haven't leammed about yet.” The project is jally a study set up in response to con- Kri and the other M.P.’s are concerned about the cerns over earlier rel of r e materi Pp ly the 1949 ‘Green Run’, when iodine-131 was deliberately released into the air as part of a military experiment, Considered to be classified P of Cana- dians during the ‘Green Run”. According to Kristiansen, the Dose Reconstruction Project will be releasing a report in two or three weeks, the published results of which should follow about a Due to a lack of funding, Rossland/Trail MLA Ed Conroy was unable to take part in the tour, but did comment on the rea sons for the visit. “Because of the proximity of Hanford, to our area—if there ever was any kind of a catastro- phe—we could be directly affected,” Conroy said. Over half of all the high-level radioactive material in the United States is kept on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation—which is about 200 miles southeast of Seattle The delegation met with offi- cials from the reservation, two Hanford-related environmental groups, and technical personel involved with the Hanford Dose Reconstruction Project. “We were very pleased and very impressed with the coopera- ‘What they'll be determining is just how much radioactive material fell—south and then north of the facility.’ — LYLE KRISTIANSEN West/Revelstoke MP information, the release was not made public until 1986—neither Washington nor B.C/Alberta resi- dents were notified of the experi- ment until nearly 40 years later, when documents containing the information were declassified. “It was a highly classified mil- itary operation at the time, this was the first plutonium that was developed for “the Nagasaki bomb—nobody knew about it,” Kristiansen said. “There is still a strong attempt to get a further documents declassified to see if month after. “What they'll be determining is just how much radioactive material fell—south, and then north of the facility,” Kristiansen said. The northern-most reach of the made to the Canadian govern- ment to either pursue similar studies, Or become partners in the American studies, “We would like to see just what took place north of the bor- der,” he said, “Both in terms of fall-out and also in terms of some of the health repercussions.” The most serious health effects include thyroid diseases, thyroid cancer and possibly birth defects. The Canadian delegation was also looking at and concerned about, the many waste tanks located on the reservation and the lack of emergency planning. The 177 huge radioactive waste storage tanks, containing such volatile substances as hydro- gen and ferro-cyanide, have prob- lems with leakage, venting and ‘burps’ and ‘bubbling’ in the solutions. The main concern to Canadi- ans however, is the fact that the ferro-cyanide could cause an explosion under certain condi- tions—as well, one tank contains study is Kettle falls, Washi 16 kilometres from the Canadian border. “That gets very close to the border,” he said, adding that if the fall-out was significant in amount, close to the border areas—then requests would be Pp ig ch ls which are generating explosive quanti- ues of hydrogen gas, according to Kristiansen. “There is the potential, in a worst-case scenario, for one or more of these tanks to blow the top—and release significant we work at it, we can find a way to bring stability to our working forests and Protect our priceless environmental heritage: It will take goodwill at the table. It will take openness, respect, creativity and patience. And a process that is fair and balanced. That’s why the government of British Columbia has set up the Commission on Resources and Environment — CORE. Over the next few months CORE will be asking British Columbians to Participate in an Let’s shed new light on an old problem making recommendations about where to log and what to protect. CORE is your chance to help shape British Columbia's future. Shouldn’t you be involved? More information on CORE and the choices we face is available in a special publication, Focus On Resources & Our Environment. Watch for it in your mailbox. It’s time to find amounts of radioactive material,” he said, Although this would not be a nuclear explosion, the materials regards to potential problems,” he said, Kristiansen said the situation, until recently, has been ignored if d would be radi i “There appears to be little, if any, Consultation between emer- gency planning organizations in Washington State and Canada, in oe 5 On March 13 RCMP were. notified that a 1989 Isuzu had been stolen from Kalawsky Motors sometime overnight. Police ved a report of license plates stolen from a vehicle parked at a residence on a 17 year-old male from Chilli- wack was taken into custody, ° oe RCMP are attempting to locate a 1988 4x4 GMC full- size pick-up which was stolen from Performance Auto Body sometime overnight on March 12/13. The vehicle is described as having a silver/red colour by C It is expected to take 30 years and billions of dollars for the U.S. Department of Energy to clean up thé Hanford reservation. Wiznyk of ( gustail approximately $1,100 damage when it collided with a conerete abutment. There were no injuries sustained in the acci- dent, % oe A delivery van parked on Columbia Avenue was broken into overnight on March 14 About $400 worth of men dise was stolen from within. The matter is still under investi- gation. On March 16 at 1:20 ra RCMP responded to a report . a fight in the Fireside Inn park- ing lot. Police arrested two combatants ) who were held in custody until sober and then released. No, official charges will be laid in the case. use Is the fight on for Kinnaird Hall? City council's debate as to whether Kinnaird Hall should be saved is no longer an issue—who the hall's new owners will be however, is another concem. naird Hall for $1, the union says it is prepared to pay the assessed value of the hall set at $69,000. City council, during Tuesday's meeting, decided to vote in favour of Two separate have expressed interest in Kinnaird Hall: the Castlegar Séelkrk Lions club and the local union for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. Both are willing to follow council's guidelines for a successful sale which states that the buyer must satisfy the long term of present user groups, pro- tect current planning objectives, satisfy all costs, legal obligations and achieve and maintain health and safety standards. There is one very major differ- ence between the two candidate's proposals however—while the Lions are offering to buy Kin- HAIRLINES Retail sale now on business closing 1444 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C a resolution to advertise the potential sale of Kinnaird Hall—in case there are any other interested pafties. This has members of the Selkirk Lions upset, stating the council's move is nothing but a formality to a decision which has already been made. "It's become a dollars and cents thing to the city now. We were basically told before the meeting that if the union was going to pay the money, they were going to get the hall,” said John Moorlag, from the Lions club. He went on to state that when the Lions club placed their offer to council, it was done so with the understanding that the city wished to see a service club manage the hall. "The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners is not a service club,” Moorlag said. Moorlag says he is investigat- ing possible stipulations by the Kinnaird Improvement Society, Stating the hall was not to be sold lo private interest groups. Moorlag finished by saying the city, which inherited the hall when Wednesday, March 18, 1992 SUBMITTED Thanks to the skills and gen- erosity of two Selkirk College Fine Woodworking students, Morning Mountain Ski Hill east of Nelson has seven colourful new signs markings its ski runs. The project was initiated by Megan Elliott, general manager of the Blewett ski hill, who con- tacted instructor Don Gillingham about the possibility of having the college’s Fine Woodworking stu- dents construct wooden signs to identify the different runs at Moming Mountain, Gillingham posted the offer on the class bulletin board where it attracted the attention of Jay Mar- shal and Bill Mitchell, both of Nelson. Taking up the challenge, the two received a number of rough-cut cedar planks from the ski hill, the list of names and the appropriate CSA symbol desig- nated for each run. The first step was to square and plane the four-inch-thick cedar plants. another student in the class, Beck Rose, devised an Original letting style, and a sten- cil was made. Then it was simply Local wilderness committee beginning to take shape—and action Sun Staff A local branch of the Westem & matter of routering out the let- tering and painting the recessed letters. “The whole job took us about 48 hours,” said Bill Mitchell, who came to the program from his regular jobs as an off-shore oil worker. He professed to enjoying woodworking as a hobby and decided to enroll in Selkirk Col- lege’s Fine Woodworking pro- gram. “Once I got involved in the Program I began to understand how much I didn’t know about woodworking,” Mitchell con- fessed. “I'm learning a lot and really enjoying it. I could see working this into a livelihood eventually,” Marshall, on the other hand, worked as a computer technician at Souther Alberta Institute of Technology before moving to the Nelson area. “I maintained 175 Personal computers, but had never so much as touched a stick of wood before coming to Nel- son,” he said. After five months of instruction he’s quite comfort- able working in the medium and enjoys the challenges associated with the art. Whether he can par- long-term posterity. The organization produces an educational newsletter for its Canada Wild ce is beginning to take shape. W.C.W.C. or WC(squared) has been Canada’s answer to the Sier- ra Club. Some of the first projects undertaken by WC2 have been a strong effort to save the Stein and Carmanah Valleys from logging. For many North Americans who cared about wilderness issues, it was WC2 who put these places on the map. This West Coast organization has been dedicated to restoration and preservation of key pieces of wilderness for the sake of cer- tain vanishing species and for ‘Ss, upd. son the current issues and organizes drives to save certain watershed and greenbelt areas from rampant devastation. Biologist are are hired by the group to research the impact of proposed development where it impinges on declining wildlife population. Volunteers making trails and interpretive Signs so that ordinary people may discover some of the renments of a truly natural British Columbia. WC2 had been wildly success- ful in the last years, experiencing unforeseen growth and support. The public has come to see the The Castlegar Sun College students spruce up markings at local ski hill al ye iets > \y Jay Marshall and Bill Mitchell at the Nelson Selkirk College campus display what many skiers will appreciate next year at Morning Mountain ski hill. lay his new skills at woodwork- ing into a viable career remains to be seen. The signage is treated with validity of these concerns. alarmed about the disappearance of tropical rainforests and feeling helpless indeed, our own people are questioning practices of tem- perate deforestation here in our backyard. Because most of the human population of BC resides in the lower mainland, WC2 has chiefly concerned with coastal issues. It is time now to turn a growing focus to interior wildland deple- tion. Local environmentalists may put their visions to work by accessing a truly effective organi- zation. A Castlegar-based WC2 may wish to support the Nelson group regarding a West Arm wildermess, seat Long term planning is some- thing that communities need to do. Long term planning for the City of Castlegar involves a number of inter-related steps that will help the community reach its’ objec- tives. These steps are outlined below. The Comprehensive Develop- ment Plan (CDP), completed in September 1991 was the first step. It identified potential growth pat- terns (i.e. north versus south) and their impact on our present ser- vices as well as the financial impacts of growth. In broad terms, our physical and financial means to accommodate potential growth were defined. While the CDP identified issues involving growth, it is the Official Community Plan (OCP) that defines the communities Kinnaird and Castlegar ed, has no records of stipulations. School District #9 (Castlegar) Year One Primary (Kindergarten) Registration For September, 1992 Parents wishing to enrol their child in either the English Year One Primary (Kindergarten) or Russian Year One (Kindergarten) for September 1992 are asked to register their child at the elementary school indicated below: Schools _ Day Castlegar Primary’ (Twin Rivers, Castlegar Primary Ootischenia) Date Mar. 30, 31 Time 8:00 - 2:00 Kinnaird Elementary (Kinnaird Elementary Valley Vista) Blueberry Creek Robson Elementary Tarrys Elementary Woodland Park (Woodland Park, Pass Creek) Please Note: bj » for growth and within existing area. The OCP is the City’s expression of policy on matters such as land use, trans- portation, servicing, economic development and recreation. Our OCP is presently being updated because of changes that have occurred in the last few years. It was last updated in 1988. The OCP needs to be updated every five years. Capital expenditures must be consistent with the OCP. The Five Year Capital Expendi- ture Program is updated each year as part of the normal budget pro- cess. The Program is developed and/or based on current develop- ment initiatives (consistent with the OCP), service needs and infrastructure upgrading (identi- fied in CDP). The current year is definitive regarding projects and Costs, subsequent years are less definitive the further into the five year projection. The final step is long range planning is the preparation of a Strategic Fingncial Plan. Both current and potential future devel- opments are modeled based on OCP policies and infrastructure upgrading identified in the CDP. The financial model will allow the City to ask “What if?” questions f or policy changes. It will deter- mine the tax impacts and the City’s financial position relative to those changes. Long range planning docu- ments need to be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure they reflect the current objectives of the com- munity. Phow submited several applications of a clear oil finish to withstand the effects of weathering. Now, thanks to the enthusiasm of these two students, the Lasca and Hasty Creek issues. Or a local group may have enough on its plate considering the impact of pulp mill pollution, Pulpwood agreement #9, and our own forestry and watershed man- the Morning Mountain Ski Hill complies with regulatory require- ments for slope classification and identification. agement issues. A local WC2 can liaise with water-user groups, Cit- izens for a Clean Columbia and other who wish to save fragments of unspoiled Southern Columbia forest. THIS WEEK IN REALTY BRAD WALSH Pay attention to contract deadlines Both buyer and seller should be aware of all of the deadlines in their p 8 |. Each is diff but typically there are time limits covering structural contingencies, the financ- ing application, the securing of a mortgage commitment and reg- istration. Jé.you are careless as a buyer you could lose your right to ask a seller to pay for needed irs. There may be a limit on the time the seller has to respond to the buyer’s request to complete Tepairs not otherwise required by the contract. Failure to apply for your mortgage on time may place your deposit at risk if the loan is later denied. In many cases, the agreement can be declared null and void by the seller of financing is not approved within the time frame set forth in the contract, especially if there is a back up contract. Delayed registrations can cost the sellers money, and they may ask the buyer to reimburse these expenses. If there’s a move in your future, I am ready to serve you. Feel free to call me at 365-2166. Selling something? Phone 365-5266 Norns Creek Fan Fisheries Studies BEAT THE ODDS LUNG DISEASE Arm yourself with B.C. Lung Association 34009, Station D B.C. Vos 4M2 tial REEORMER Kootenay West Revelstoke Constituency NOTICE CANDIDATE SEARCH The Kootenay West Revelstoke Constituency Association of the Reform Party of Canada is di to present the Par- seeking p in the next federal election. he successful candidate must be trustworthy, Reform-oriented, able and electable, and must secure a majority of votes cast at the Pa: nating Meeting scheduled for Sept. 12, 1992 in Lew Bridgeman Ned McNeill Nomi- Party candidacies, or wishing to propose poten- tial candidates, should contact the following: Those wishing to vote at the Nominating Meeting must be members in good standing 365-6461 -357-9743 August B.C. Hydro, in cooperation with the B.C. Ministry of Environment Lands and Parks and federal Fisheries and Oceans, will be initiating fisheries studies in the Norns (Pass) Creek fan area this spring. These studies are being carried out to determine opportunities for improving trout spawning habitat. While fisheries observations will be continuing until July, you may notice considerable work in the area starting the week of March 23. During that week, B.C. Hydro will be taking advantage of lower stable river flows resulting from maintenance work at the Keenleyside Dam to install a surveyed mapping grid, a series of upwelling flow meters, and possibly, artificial spawning habitat. B.C. Hydro also will be digging on the fan to collect gravel samples and monitor groundwater. In addition, a fish fence will be installed on Norns Creek for the period of trout spawning. B.C. Hydro would appreciate if the public would refrain from moving or interfering with the various devices installed in the study area. Further information regarding the studies will be provided at the West Kootenay Trade Fair, April 24 - 26 in Castlegar. Alternatively you can call your local Conservation Officer (365-8522) or B.C. 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