April. 12,1989 Ends May 20th! © GENERAL PAINT___ LOTTERY NUMBERS The: winning numbers in Saturday's 6-49 draw were 5, 7, 26, 28, 32 and 37.. The bonus number was 12. Canucks score Did they do it? Results of last’ night's seventh and deciding game in the. Smythe Division semi-finals between the Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames BI Start of a city CasNews columnist John Charters takes a look at the beginnings of the City of Castlegar as the city gets set to celebrate its birthday section The Castlegar News presents a special pull out tab commem- orating the city’s 15th birthday, The winning numbers drawn Friday'in the B.C. Keno lottery were 1, 12, 16, 29, 30, 35, 36 and 39. . The $1,00,000 winning number in Friday's Provincial lottery draw. is 1344552. 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BREEZE LATEX AND GENERAL PAINT ALKYD PREMIUM QUALITY FINISHES INTERIOR Canadian Pacific Lid, has bowed to public pressure questioned whether CP Rail would attempt to_use other News Saturday. **Last year we thought we had a victory Lhis Js it incredibl manager of operations and. maintenance for the railway division of CP Rail, reads, in part ‘and announced it will no longer use or seek permils to use the pesticide Spike along its railroad right-of-ways in the Regional District of Central Kootenay RDCK administrator Reid Henderson told Saturday ’s meeting of the RDCK board that the district recieved word chemicals to control vegetation dong the company’s railroad tracks I hear reference to Spike throughout (the affidavit), Whatelse are they going to use Vanderpol, who announced he will resign from the V anderpol said ? Friday-that-CP-Rait-has fited-an-attidarit with the -B-— board effective May 31 to také up a teaching job in In Supreme Court promising not to use Spike. The affidavit asks the court to dismiss the lawsuit the regional district brought against CP seeking to stop the company from using the pesticide. The request tor dismissal will be heard May 2 in Vaneouver donesia, said’he wished C apacin Pacific officials “would bea bit more open, a bit moke sensible They ’re going to change to a different one (pesticide) and it’s going to start all Over again,” he said But Wayne Peppard of Citizens Against Spike, which Peppard, who spoke this week about Canadian Pacific’s plans with the company’s head of public relations, Don Bower, said CP Rail is showing “‘responsibility”’ in its decision not to use Spike “It’s their intention to research alternatives and talk to ihe community,” Peppard said. “When I talked to Mr Bower, he said they (Canadian Pacific) are not going to use vhemivals’ tocontrotthe vegetation He said Bower indicated the company is testing a steam-generating device to kill the weeds and will also That no application has been made to the Pesticide Control Branch of the Ministry of Environment and Parks of the Province of British Columbia or any other gover nmental authority by\CP Rail or any person or company ac ting on behalf of @P Rail for a pesticide use permit authorizing the use of the pesticide Spike onany of its right-of-ways or other lands as may be in the vicinity or within the boundaries of the Regional District of Central Kootenay at any time on or after August 31, 1988 and no such pesticide use permit has been issued to CP Rail or any pérson or company on behalf of CP Rail authorizing any “1 congratulate this board,”’ said RDCK board examine the use of non-toxic substances chairman George Cady after listening to Henderson read CP’ s affidavit. ‘It's one little battle we've won. led successful protests against CP Rail’s attempt to use Spike last summer in the West Kootenay, was more of suchuseof Spike onorafter August 31, 1988 It goes on to say “that CP Rail’s vegetation control continued on page A2 Moore says new dams ‘defy logic’ By CasNews Staff B.C. Hydro should upgrade existing Kootenay-area dams to run at peak capacity before putting in new ones such as the proposed Murphy Creek dam, Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore said she told B.C. Hydro officials at a meeting with Castlegar alderman and city officials this week “Tt defies logic to talk about new dams when we're wasting the resource The message I’m getting is that CP Rail is going to spend their money looking at alternatives, 0% OFF Ceiling Latex STUCCO COAT The tdeal Paint for Stucco or Masonry Surfaces 99 timistic Peppard said, $2.49 BREEZE EGGSHELL ‘OUR BEST!’ $262 BREEZE SEMI-GLOSS 429° ALKYD EGGSHELL OR SEMI-GLOSS completed in 1984, she said Moore said council and Hydro of ficials also discussed the need for an area representative to be appointed to the B.C. Hydro corporate board The B.C. Hydro officials were in Castlegar to make a presentation on the Columbia River dam system to the East/West Kootenay Municipal Of Latex Bey ~ TERIOR ALKYD EGGSHELL ENAMEL WHITE 11.010 ‘‘Do your homework in before painting Pee alitY your home. Compare more than price before you buy!”’ (Pena one DRYWALL SEALER .°13.99 0.27.98 ficers’ Association conference held Thursday and Friday at the Fireside we have,” Moore said. “It's wasteful Inn to have dams that are not working at peak capacity.” Moore said turbines should be in stalled in the Keenleyside, Brilliant and Duncan dams and more turbines shouted be installed ir the Severr Mite and Waneta dams The presentation touched on the contract between, Canada and _ the United States for power generated by the Columbia River dams, jointly run by the two countries underthe Colum bia River Treaty signed in +968 Power the U.S. B.C. Hydro has hiredanengineering water released by storage dams in firm to take charge of plans to put tur- Canada is divided equally between the bines in Keenleyside, she said two countries under the treaty The company wants the plans “shell But Canada sold its half of the ready power explaining that shelf ready means (he generates from SUPER TONE 05 | a EGGSHELL Hands-on LATEX « learning by the end of the year, she said called downstream power benefits or DPBs — to the U.S. for 30 plans will be in working order but no years The DPBs revert back to Canada in Kinnaird Junior secondary school student Ryan Stoochnoff holds the Greek warship he spent a month carving from a block of cedar. Ryan's ship, along with many other models and displays of events, places and monuments of ancient Greece, Rome and date has been set for beginning the teacher Deborah Chimara FLAT LATEX STAIN $999 $1429 INT. /EXT. $ 1 599 4t. 4.L. 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Social studie: the Grade 6 and 7 students were assigned to c! or event they were studying or going to study in social studies classes. conews pm ate o display based on some place project 1998 and there has been speculation The last study on-the feasibility of putting turbines in Keenleyside was U.S. Vanderpol to quit RDCK board By CHERYL CALDERBANK Martin Vanderpol, Area J director for the Regional District of Centrat Kootenay for the past 16-years, 1s resigning his position to pursue a longstanding dream Vanderpol announced his resignation at Satur day’s RDCK meeting. The resignation takes effect on May31 Vanderpol and wife Frances will leave the area this summer for Jakarta, Indonesia, where he will-begin teaching English at the state university beginning in Sep tember “It is with deep sorrow and great regret that | an nounce my resignation from this board May 31,"" Van derpol told his fellow RDCK directors Saturday He then jokingly said he doesn’t think Area J residents would support his travel expenses to and from Indonesia twice a month so he could attend regional district meetings. “People of my area would have serious objections to paying my travel expenses,” said Vanderpol, who then asked RDCK board chairman George Cady ter a cigarette break, something of a tradition with Vander pol at RDCK meetingsaround 40am “Your service has been appreviated,”’ Cady told Vanderpol as heteft the room. ‘Our sorrow that you're 2 is balanced out by the benefit of the service li be giving to others. Some lose, some win.” Vanderpol was first elected as Area J director in 1973. Prior to that he spent two years as an alternate to director Bill Gattrell Vanderpol was last elected in 1987 for a three-year term. The RDCK will hold a byelection for the new director in Area J As director of Area J, Vanderpol has been involved. in a number of activities such as attempts to make B.C Hydro pay taxes on its properties, an issue which the RDCK is now taking to court. Hg helped establish the Robson-Raspberry fire department and has worked for protection of homeowners in various ways, such as trying to stop having proper zoning bylaws degeneration of the environment” by ““T have not always been successtul, but I believe | have fought the right fights," he said ‘Lam very proud of having served on the RDCK to the benefit of Area J,"’ he said, noting that he has had the opportunity to work with many interesting people {believe that with all these other people logethe: have been able to give not perfect but good local gover nment," Vanderpol said that if he has made any mistakes, they have been made innocently ““Phave never had axes to grind,"he said always acted according to my philosophy As outgoing director, Vanderpol said he would like tosee the reality of watershed protection that the RDCK is seeking from the provincial government, which he said would secure clean drinking water for many people Hydro’s fiscal responsibility for property in the province clearly established Variderpol said he wants to see them contribute the same amounts as any other corporation “bhave He also wants to see B-C He said he would also like the next director (o ad dress the traffic problems that exist in the area by working closely with the City of Castlegar “When the city is overloaded with many trucks maybe an alternative route has to be found through Area J,"* he said, suggesting that the Castlegar-Robson ferry may have to be replaced with a bridge He said the next director should also be aware of the pollution issue and the upgrading of the pulp mill to an acceptable pollution standard should be pursued Vanderpol said the new director ‘has to be con: scious of the fact that residents in Area J are quite willing to participate and help the director do the jobs they want done providing that he gives them the oppor tunity to express themselves 1's a. good area 1o-represent, good people “and if the director does a good job, they'll stand by him Area’ J comprises an area of about 2,000 square kilometres including Deer Park, Robson, Ootischenia, Blueberry and Fairview Vanderpol has served on a number of boards and Raspberry, committees during his time as Area J director. He has been vice-chairman of the board and chairman of the regional hospital board and has also represented the RDCK on the union board of health and the Castlegar hospital board. He was also chairman of the facilites committee and, since,the inception of the Castlegar Community Complex, chairman of the revamped Castlegar and District Community Complex and Recreation Commission. Vanderpol is also a member of the refuse disposal commission and the Castlegar and District Economic Development commission. He is also on the commission of management for the conventional transit service. Vanderpol has also served as a member or chairman of various commitices of the board such as planning. cxccutive personnel, building inspection and, lately, the resource conmftwe continued on poge A2 Canada may resell the DPBs to the