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As this is a pilot project of the Ministry of Health, its success depends largely on the cost- effectiveness of operating such a ser- vice — the more women who come for the procedure, the less costly it is. The van is based at Kamloop’s Royal Inland Hospital which will be the host site for this pilot project. However, people throughout British Columbia have contributed to the purchase of the van and hope that it will come to their communities too. In fact, if the pilot project is successful over the next several months, it is likely that more vans will get ‘‘on the road’? to bring the benefits of screening mammography to towns throughout British Columbia, the Canadian Cancer Society says. CosNews photo by Ed Mills Karen Soukeroff, 14, wisely chose not to take the advice written on her T-shirt, but does get «a little color on her legs as she took in a fastball game at Kinnaird Park Sunday afternoon. RECREATION NEWS By RECREATION DEPT. STAFF Aug. 7-10 is another exciting week at the Recreation Complex. Learn how to make pom-pom people, woozles and Frantic Freddies at our Craft Day, Tuesday, Aug. 7 from 1-3 p.m. Fee is $5. On Wednesday after- noon, join us for a variety of Bingo games from 1-3 p.m. Fee is $3. Set sail for adventure on Thursday afternoon with our Preschool Ship Ahoy party from 1 - 2:30 p.m. Fee is $4. Aug. 9-10 is our Champion Lakes camp-out for ages 9-13. Come on out with our experienced summer leaders for an awesome overnight trip. We have lots of great events planned in- cluding beach volleyball, watersports and hiking around the lake trails. Registration. is limited, so sign up early. Summer in the Park Summer In The Park will continue ( CasNews N Printing Letterheads & Envelopes Business Cards Brochures * Invitations Any Printing Don't forget our Web Printing Service. For details, call us. from 9-12 p.m. each morning, so come on out to learn new crafts and games. 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Inspected and very, very affordable Campbell By CasNews Staff Federal Justice Minister Kim Cam- pbell seemed ‘‘quite concerned’’ about Transport Canada’s plan to remove air traffic controllers from the Castlegar Airport tower and she will be in touch with Transport Minister Doug Lewis over the matter, Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore said following a meeting with Campbell in Vancouver. Campbell also indicated she would begin looking into the matter herself, Moore said Thursday. “*I was left with the feeling she was going to take a hands-on look at it.’* The Monday meeting, requested by Moore, was also attended by Elizabeth Fleet, chairman of the Selkirk College board, and city ad- ministrator Gary Williams. Campbell is the senior federal minister for B.C The city representatives gave Cam- pbell new information on the issue in- cluding a list of what services would be lost at the airport if the controllers are pulled out, prepared by Selkirk’s aviation program staff, and a graph showing how Castlegar’s airport traf- fic stacks up against aircraft movements at other small airports, Moore said. Castlegar is rated at seven movements per hour of tower operation while Penticton is rated at nine movements per hour. The Pen- ticton figure is influenced by a large number of helicopter liftoffs and lan- dings and the airport’s runway ac- tivity is comparable to Castlegar’s, Moore noted As well, of the five airports listed that have fewer aircraft movements per hour than Castlegar, only one has been considered for removal of the air traffic controllers, she added. Tran- sport Canada officials have said the decision to pull the controllers out of the Castlegar'tower is based mainly on the airport accumulating too-few movements per year to warrant the need for controllers. Moore said the city represen- tatives met with Bruce Strachan, B.C.’s_ minister of advanced education, before seeing Campbell and gave her letters of support for the city and college’s position from Strachan and Provincial Secretary Howard Dirks: The city representatives told Camp- bell they want the decision to remove the controllers and replace them with flight service station staff put on hold and the decision reconsidered in light of the new information given to please see MEETING page A2 About three metres off the ground, West Kootenay Power employee Corey Cotter, 19, holds on tightly as he secures some piping during construction of a new power substation being built near the company’s office in Castlegar. cosews phoro by £4 Mills cogeneration By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Westar Timber has taken the first step toward the construction of a co- generation plant at the company’s Castlegar sawmill which will burn wood wastes to produce electricity, Westar’s new general manager of the B.C. southern region said Westar has signed a letter of intent with a company that will do the con- struction work, Dan Madlung told the Castlegar News Thursday. He declined to name the company. However, the project, which will have a construction cost ‘‘in the $100- million range,” is only in the planning stages and no final decisions have been made, Madlung said. Westar must also complete en- vironmental impact studies on the proposed plant, he said, adding the Ministry of Environment has not yet given Westar terms of reference for the studies. Westar is considering the plant because Celgar Pulp Co., which currently uses much of the sawmill’s wood waste, will be energy self- sufficient if it’s proposed moder- nization and expansion project goes ahead, Madlung said. The co-generation plant, similar to one being built in Williams Lake, will burn the wood to produce steam and finally electricity, he said. The elec- tricity generated will be sold to a power company by the firm that will build the plant, he said The plant will take several years to construct and could be completed by 1994 or 1995, Madlung added. Meanwhile, Madlung, who has been at his new post for about a mon- th, said company officials don’t forsee any more sawmill closure in Castlegar in the near future, referring to the recent temporary shutdown of the mill due to the heavy spring rain that forced loggers out of the bush. Madlung became general manager of the southern region after working in the north for about five years. Managers of the sawmills at Castlegar and west of Revelstoke, as well as the woodland’s manager for Tree Farm Licence 23, Westar’s cutting licence, report to Madlung. Allegations not issue, Hagen says VICTORIA (CP) — An NDP at- tempt to revive three-year-old allegations of conflict of interest won’t be a factor in the next provin- cial election, says Economic Fraser Institute's GST idea called stupid VANCOUVER (CP) — A proposal by the Fraser Insitute to ensure the government doesn't increase the goods and services tax rate in the future has been labelled as stupid. Senator Bud Olson, a member of the Senate committee holding hearings on the tax, said the proposal was ‘‘the silliest argument we've heard yet.’ “It's just stupid because it’s all against the law,’’ Olson said. ‘‘He’s wasting our time with silly argumen. ts.”” Olson, a Liberal senator from Alberta, was referring to suggestions put to the committee by economist Michael Walker, the executive direc- tor of the Fraser Insitute, a conser- vative economic research group. Walker said that if the government wanted to increase the tax rate from seven per cent in the future it should have to introduce new legislation As the legislation now stands, the government could boost the tax once the original legislation is passed Olson accused Walker of being ignorant of law, which he said preven- ts government from binding the hands of future administrations Walker argued that making new legislation necessary would tell Canadians the government was dedicated to reforming the tax system please see GST page A2 D Minister Stan Hagen. “1 don’t think it’s an issue,” he said after announcing Thursday he will seek the Social Credit nomination in the new riding of Comox Valley His Comox riding is being split through redistribution, which will create 75 provincial seats from the current 69. Last week during debate of the Socred government's new conflict-of- interest legislation, NDP justice critic Moe Sihota read from a report from the Law Society that clears the lawyer blamed by Hagen for the allegations raised in 1987 Hagen, who was out of town during the debate, said Thursday he was not aware of the report but stands by his contention that his former lawyer failed to turn over documents to his new lawyer, causing a mix-up that appeared to put him in a conflict of interest He had been accused of violating a section of the B.C. Constitution Act, which prohibits any member of the legislature from doing business with the province, or being a director, senior officer or shareholder in a company doing business with the province. In July 1987 Hagen — then advan- ced education minister — was still listed as a manager of Comox Valley Ready-Mix Ltd. and had signed documents as the company’s president as recently as June 1987. The company was the successful bidder in a tender competition in April 1987 for a $50,000 contract with the University of British Columbia's research farm Hagen said he told his lawyer in November 1986 to transfer control of the company to his wife, Judy, and had hired a manager to take over the daily operations of the company Advice being taken, forest officials say their logging work is completed there, Arnett noted ~ Did you know? | Did you Know that changes to Autoplan for 1990 | include major adjustments to rating territories? Remember, your vehicle has to be rated for the territory in which it is principally operated. Has your territory changed? Be sure to check with us. CHEVY % TON hai Check with us to be sure your vehicle is rated correctly. Renew With Us! Fully equipped 302 auto., tu-tone, cassette, tilt and cruise, CASTLEGAR SAVINGS INSURANCE 601-18th St. attr Gary Maloney's 226-7216 713-17th Street, Castlegar D. 7956 PLUS 45 ADDITIONAL CLEAN USED CARS & TRUCKS! CASTLEGAR MAZDA 209-7241 annemmeaanmal Slide study criticized by valley environmentalists By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Work has already begun to implement recommen: dations made by a provincial study into landslides which occured in the Slocan Valley in May that will lessen the possibility that any further slides will take place on the slopes above Highway 6, Arrow forest district officials said. The study, prepared by experts with the Ministry of Forests and the Ministry of Environment, found the area was naturally prone to slides but heavy rainfall, imadequate drainage systems and old road beds in the logged area were major factors in causing the slides. The clearcut logging itself increased the water flow down the slopes by less than five per cent, soil specialist Mike Curran, one of the authors of the report, told repor- ters Thursday. Arrow forest district officials held a press conference to release the ministries’ study and a second study, by VanDine G i Engineering. Doug VanDine was unable to attend the press conference The Slocan Valley ‘a Alliance “Although the (report by the two ministries) con- cludes that the ‘trigger’ for all the slides was the pattern of high precipitation combined with snow melt that ocurred during the month of May, there is little question that the trigger would have been pulled on an empty gun without the logging activity in these drainage areas,"’ Richard Allin, co-chairman of the SVWA, said in a news release “As it was, the gun was loaded because of these logging activities,’’ Allin said. Alliance members have read summaries of the two reports but have not yet seen the full studies. The Forest Service is already working on recommen- dations from the study that will restore as much as possible’ the natural patterns of the area and help prevent slides in the future, Arrow forest district manager Ken Arnett said. Culverts under old logging roads will be removed and ditches and water barrs — ditches that can be driven through — will be put in wherever possible, Arnett said. The culverts, which were put in by Slocan Forest Products when the company was logging the area, were clearcut logging was a significant factor in causing the slides. 8 y too small to handle the excessive water flow caused by the heavy rains, civil engineer Brian Chow said SFP no longer has an obligation to maintain the area since As a result of the culvert sizes, systems were unable to divert the water into the area’s natural catchments and eventually into the streams, said Chow, who also helped to write the study. “Those culverts should have been larger or not there at all,’’ he said. As well, the old roads diverted water from its natural course downhill, Curran noted. Arnett said the culverts were left in the roads when SFP finished logging about 10 years ago because the roads were being used by smaller logging companies and mine operators. Likely not all the culverts can be, removed now either because the Forest Service needs road access into the area to carry out silviculture operations and checks, he added. Arnett pointed out standards for logging practices and road building have changed since the area was Cur. But the changes made now in the slide area will not guarantee such slides will not occur there again, Chow said. ““We can’t guarantee it won't happen again. In all probability it will happen again,” he said, noting the study team found evidence of slides in the area dating back before logging was started in the valley To help prevent or lessen the possibility of more slides in the Cape Horn Bluffs area and other areas around the Arrow forest district, the study team made a number of broad recommendations. Those recommen dations include accelerating ‘‘a detailed review of old timber harvest areas and access corridors to determine a» if other such potential drainage problem areas exist’’ and ensuring ‘‘Ministry of Forests final harvest inspections become more rigourous and deactivation requirements more stringent with regards to roads, trails and landings."” A regional task force has been established to prepare an action plan of practical ways to implement the broad recommendations. Arnett said the Forest Service has been working on ways to minimize the possibility of problems such as slides in sensitive areas for the past six or seven years. Detailed terrain analysis has already been completed on about 30,000 hectares of Crown land in the Arrow district including areas such as watersheds which are ex- pected to be sensitive to slides and erosion problems, he said. The maps that result from the analysis allow the Forest Service to designate cutting regions as extreme-, high-, moderate- or low-hazard zo tt explained Logging compan; Fovide a logging plan for any Crown land tX€y intend to cutBut when an area iden- tified as sensitive is included in the cutting region a com- pany is expected to provide a more detailed plan on how it will conduct logging in the sensitive area or how it will avoid the area if it has been found to be too sensitive for logging activity, he said However, the identification of areas that must be avoided or cut selectively has an effect on the volume of timber a company can take out of a cutting region, Arnett said. The Forest Service is considering this and will adjust annual allowable cuts for logging companies working in the district based on this new information, he said. The please see SLIDES page A2