a2 CastlegarNews May 15, 1991

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By CasNews Staff

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Report's deadline extended

People interested in activities such as heli-skiing, trail riding and
trekking have an extra two months to comment on a report the
Provincial government released in January.

report, called a discussion paper, examines a number of issues
surrounding the use of Crown land for commercial back-country
recreation, one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry.
It also contains proposals to address those issues and guide the future
of bi i

Deadline for submissions on the discussion paper is now June 30

because of the interest i

in and broad range of issues the report raises,
Lands and Parks Minister Dave Parker said.

After June 30, the ministry will publish a summary of the comments
it received. That report will form a basis for setting up a conference
on ial back y ion later this year, Parker said.

Access Centre opens in Trail

The opening Monday of a new B.C. Access Centre in Trail will give
residents of the Castlegar, Trail and Rossland areas better access to
government services, Minister of Development, Trade and Tourism
Howard Dirks says.

The centre, located at 1050 Eldorado St., will house a government
agent, driver examiner, liquor inspector and a motor vehicle licence
office.

“The establishment of access centres throughout the province is
part of our commitment to ensure that all regions have equal access to
government services,’’ Dirks said in a news release.

Dirks is the minister responsible for the government agents branch.

The centre is open 8:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday with staff

ilable through the lunch hour.

Creativity could pay off

A little creativity will pay off May 31.

The Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a
window/business decorating contest to coincide with the start of
Castlegar’s annual Sunfest weekend. The theme of the contest will
match that of Sunfest - A Salute to Music.

The decoration contest is open to all businesses in Castlegar.
Decorations are not limited to just windows - the whole business
Operation can be decorated.

First prize is $75, second prize is $50 and third place wins $25.

Deadjine for entries is noon on May 31. Judging will take place
that afternoon. Entry forms are available at the chamber office.

CosNews photo by Ed Mills

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Should have kept Fantasy FOR THE RECORD
Gardens, says Vander Zalm

VICTORIA (CP) — Bill Vander
Zalm says if he had a chance to do it
all over again he might keep Fantasy
Gardens — the biblical theme park
that led to his resignation as premier
of British Columbia.

In an interview Tuesday in ‘his of-
fice at the provincial legislature,
Vander Zalm said the sale of subur-
ban Vancouver tourist attraction was
his idea — even though his wife wan-
ted to keep the family business.

“One of the problems was that

lian didn’t want to sell," he said.
“I had a lot of convincing to do and
Lillian never did list the place with
any realtor.’’

Vander Zalm said despite his wife’s
attachment to the gardens, he was
anxious to be rid of what had
become a political albatross.

Political advisers he

too, he said, and she agreed to the
sale. The property was sold for $16
million last September to Tan Yu, a
Taiwanese businessman.

“I’m not sure I wasn’t better off
with the protests and what it is I am
today, at least in political terms,”
Vander Zalm said Tuesday.

‘*What I might have done differen-
tly knowing what I know now is
given the whole thing to the accoun-
tant and the lawyer and said, ‘You
handle it (sale),’”” Vander Zalm said.

“Even that is easier said than done.

1 was dealing with a wonderful
woman, my wife, who was very
reluctant to sit in not only with the
people involved because they weren’t
that easy to deal with, but also
dealing with the issue.’’

Vander Zalm apologized this week
for mi: ing the legi: over his

Zalm gave Fantasy Gardens buyer
Tan the red-carpet treatment when
he visited Victoria, leading to percep-
tions of conflict of interest.

Vander Zalm said he would have
“‘been criticized no matter how that
was done.’’

“If I had told these people you
can’t meet with anyone, you can’t go
to Victoria, then if this had meant
loss of opportunity to the province
there would have been criticism.”"

A.typographical error in Saturday’s
story abdut a donation by the
Castlegar Hospital Auxiliary resulted
in the wrong amount being reported.

The auxiliary donated $8,000 to the
Castlegar Hospital for furnishings in
the new extended care facility, not
$800 as reported in the story.

As well, Trudy Biln was not present
in the photograph accompanying the
story as stated in the caption. Muriel
Wilson was in fact in the photograph
but was not identified in information
submitted to the CasNews.

The Castlegar News regrets the
errors.

continued from front poge

development for other people.
That's just straight good planning

unload the gardens soon after he
became premier in 1986.

The former premier said he was
tired of arriving at Fantasy Gardens
— the Vander Zalms lived in a
replica castle at the park — and
facing numerous protests and
reporters.

The protests finally got to Lillian

involvement in the business, but
intaii it wasn’t deli

»” .Moore said today.
“We got advice from the minister of

Prior to the sale, Vander Zalm had
said his wife was the majority owner.
In fact, he owned 83 per cent of the
enterprise. Vancer Zalm told the
legislature he was mistaken about the
shares he owned.

Hughes’s report found Vander

affairs saying we were
doing what any muncipality would
have to do.””

And Moore said Kinakin is no
master of compromise himself.
“Peter has a wonderful time of
wanting to build things, wanting to
do things. But he only wants them

Forests

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on timber to monitor
themselves and for about two years
in the mid-1980s the ministry did
only spot checks before reverting to
doing its own checks.

In 1987, much of the responsibility
for silviculture was given to the
companies.

Examining harvesting this year,
Morfitt said the government does not
have adequate assurance that logging
companies meet standards for
Protecting, managing and conserving
the forests.

There is a wide variance across the
Province in how frequently timber
harvesting is monitored.

All major cutblock holdings are
supposed to be’ inspected before har-
vesting begins, but while some
districts inspect 50 per cent of them,
other districts stopped doing them to
concentrate on other priorities.

On silviculture, Morfitt found no
adequate assurance that logging
companies are meeting the

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reforestation responsibilities given
them a few years ago.

“Overall, only 100-200 cutblocks
were audited annually out of the
more than 10,000 that were being
reforested following the harvesting
that has taken place since 1987."’
And where monitoring found that
follow-up action was needed, he
said, it was not ordered.

As for government checks on the
roads built for logging, inspections
are infrequent and poorly documen-
ted, he said.

The ministry’s formal response to
Morfitt’s report objects to his
isolating three areas, rather than
examining the whole monitoring
Process.

It said that during the years its staf-
fing level has been slashed; new
prog were added, i
have grown and management has
become more complex.

“*We have much to learn in auditing
practices and are working diligently
towards that,”* said Forests Minister
Claude Richmond.

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Kinakin said he’s just about
finished trying to compromise and is
getting ready to take the city to court
over the matter.

“*What’s the use of having another
meeting once they've said what they
want?""

Taxes__

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saving of 24 cents.

Broken down into its components,
the south Castlegar property owner’s
tax bill looks like this (1990 taxes in
parentheses):

Municipal taxes — $680.44
($686.63); school district — $817.66
($822.35); regional district — $223.40
($193.40); hospital district — $62.88
($34.53); assessment authority —
$13.71 ($12.65); finance authority —
four cents (seven cents); water fron-
tage — $88 ($80); sewer frontage —
$169 ($130).

Total taxes
($1,959.63).

Total taxes — $2,055.13f
$430 (the same as last year) and
the supplemental homeowner grant
of $193.83 ($98.09 last year) and the
net tax is $1,431.30 (last year
$1,431.54).

In other property classes, the city’s
tax bylaw calls for rates per $1,000
of taxable value as follows (last

”s rates in parentheses):
ies — $42.4898 ($34.4792);
major industry — $42.4898
($42.3601); light industry — $33.7221
($33.4941); business and other —
$21.3573 ($21.5741); recreation’ and
non-profit — $21.3573 ($21.5741);

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STREET TALK

Mayor Audrey Moore takes a
Fest on a motorized cart while
she chats with former
alderman Albert Calderbank
during the Seniors Health Fair
on Tuesday at the Castlegar
Community

drivers aged 55 and over is being offered here June
15

Alive is an i 2g
Program designed specifically to help older drivers
improve their driving skills.

one-time owner of the Trail Driving School and a
driving instructor certified with the B.C. Safety
Council and the provincial government. Each
Participant is assessed only a nominal fee to cover

A DRIVER REFRESHER COURSE for mature

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The course is being organized by Harold Branton,

course materials and incidentals.

and medications on driving, basic driving rules, local
traffic hazards, adverse road conditions, energy
saving, accident prevention measures, trip planning,
and instruction on how to renew one’s driver’s
licence.

involved in more accidents than their middle-aged
counterparts when the record is based on actual
kilometres driven:

Driving, Jack Charters, said that due primarily to the
physical changes of aging, many older drivers have
increasing difficulty with yielding the right-of-way,

The seven-hour course covers the effects of aging

Branton says research shows older drivers are

increase."

One of the local organizers of 55 Alive/Mature

backing, turning and vhanging lanes. He said these
are matters that are dealt with in the one-day course.

DIANE STRANDBERG, a former CasNews
reporter, is editor of the Richmond Review.

The Review, a member of the MetroValley Group
of newspapers to which the Castlegar News now
belongs, has completed a thorough format change.

Strandberg, who received her early tutelage in the
newspaper business under the guidance of then
Castlegar News editor Ron Norman, said readers
“so far seemed pleased with the new format...and
we're happy too.””

THE KOOTENAY COUNTRY TOURISM
ASSOCIATION’S regional manager says the region
is ranked fourth in B.C. in terms of tourism growth.

“*We are ranked fourth in tourism revenue in term:
of percentage of increase,’’ Roy Shields said.
“There’s no doubt about it, it’s our focus on the
near-in markets using the cost-sharing Partners in
Tourism program that is responsible for this

The KCTA has 140 members and an annual
advertising budget of about $500,000.
FRED JOHN STRELOFF of Castlegar has
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VANCOUVER (CP) — A survey of
British Columbia school graduates
shoys a large majority don’t think
schools help them develop the
necessary skills or work habits for
the workforce,

The survey, published in the
Education Ministry’s annual report,
also found that the school system
does not encourage creative thinking
Or personal initiative, or teach
tolerance and respect for others.

The report, released Tuesday,
documents achievements and failures
in the school system that have
changed little from previous years.

B.C.'s graduation rate remains
below the national average, at only
63 per cent in the 1989-90 school
year, as it has for more than a
decade.

B.C. students enter and succeed at
national mathematics and science
competitions at unusually high rates.
As well, assessments show B.C.
students in intermediate grades have
improved in both knowledge and
skills.

The cost of education continues to
climb, to more than $3 billion last
year, but ‘‘we still cannot adequately
measure or describe the things that
our students can do and whether or
not we have prepared them
adequately,”’ the report concludes.
The survey of graduated students’
assessment of their own school
system and its inclusion in the annual
report was a first. The survey sam-
pled 3,576 students who graduated in
1989, a year after they had left the
school system.

The only area in which the
graduates gave the schools a Passing
mark was their ability to teach them
“the: basics.’’ Seventy-five per’cent
said the schools did a good job of
teaching reading, writing and
mathematics.

For the remainder of the goals the
ministry asked about, students were
extremely critical,

Students’ assessment of their school
system is harsher than their parents’
or the general public.

Forty-nine per cent of parents gave
schools in their community an ‘A’ or
‘B’ grade in a recent survey, the
report says.

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