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Wednesday, August 14, 1991

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SUN STAFF PHOTO/ Shastene Irnhott

Barry Comin shows just a small part of the damage
done by vandals in the park next to City Hall.

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heads and then tipped over and
smashed the concrete fountain,

Because the ‘fountain. is
extremely heavy, and the sign
posts along Columbia are solidly
placed, Comin docsn’t belicve
this is the work of some bored 15
and 16-year-olds,

“I don't think it’s young
teenagers, I think the people
responsible for this are in their
late teens and early twenties. I
also belicve there are more than
two people involved, possibly
four or five,” he said,

Corporal Al Brown from the
Castlegar RCMP detachment

5.

“We haven't any suspects yct,
but I'd say that the vandals are in
their late teens and even possibly,
in their early twenties, not young
kids.”

During the same evening, a
rock was thrown through the win-
dow, of Video World, located

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along Columbia Ave., although
early reports suggest that no one
entered the building.

Comin says the city is getting
fed up with the ongoing vandal-
ism which has been occurring at
various spots around the city and
at Zuckerberg Island,

“We've asked the RCMP to
really pay close attention to a few
particular areas which seem to get
hit more often. But I guess we
have to understand they (RCMP)
can only be in so many places at
once.”

Comin says citizens should be
more vigilant when it comes to
noticing things around town,
thus providing an extra set of
eyes and cars for the RCMP,

Brown agrees.

“If anyone sees any destruc-
tion taking place or anything
which looks suspicious in any
way, they should definitely give

us a call.”
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Continued from 1A
the Pulp, Paper and Woodwork-
er's Union’s picket, it did not order
the Construction union workers to
retum back to their jobs,” he said,
The CLR, on behalf of all
labour members involved in the

dispute, are holding hearings today

| (Wednesday) with the IRC, in

order to successfully get the order.

“I'm hopeful that we will
receive the order Wednesday, and
that construction workers will be
back on the job by Thursday,” said
McVeigh. The Construction
Labour Relations president also
stated that if this particular bid is

. successful, it is likely that all

building trades will return to
work,

Continued trom 1A
$505,000 damage award won by
the company as a result of a
three-and -a-half day illegal
strike by the PPWC in 1988.

The award was announced last
year by an independent arbitra-
tor. Both the company and the
union agreed on the appointment
of the arbi to rule on Cel-

Continued from 1A
Siemens believes the lack of sup-
port was possibly due to his polit-
ical aspirations. “There was
nothing political about the plea, it
had nothing to. do with the Socred
igovernment,” he said.

“_. Even though the, support, was
‘lacking, Siemens says he’s glad
that Job Protection Commission-
er, Douglas Kerley, i is still pro-

almost everyone in the area. The
who is

will look beyond the Trait Plant

to focus on local -busi:

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gar's claim for losses incurred by
the illegal strike.

No payment has so far been
made by the union. The amount
of the award, with interest, now
totals $650,000.

After viewing the release, Him
expressed his surprise that the
information about the damage
award. had been issued to the

media,

“Tt is still a major issue, but it
“doesn’t take precedence over
any other item we've been dis-
cussing. Besides, the strike in
1988 lasted for two-and-one-
third days, and we only talked
about the damage award briefly.”

Him estimated that the lock-
out may be costing Celgar

approximately $200,000 a day in
losses in production and profits.

Browne, who admits the lock-
out is costly, says he cannot
speculate on how long the action
inight last.

“We're not in the business to
keep equipment idle, but to
make pulp. I’m sure this lockout
is unattractive to both sides.”

Local jumber retailers wait for further developments

JIM ZEEBEN
‘Sun staff

surrounding communities,” he
said...
Kerley mentioned that the jiub-
lic may become: directly inyolved
by participating in various public
sessions and focus groups.

The news of a study to be

Local lumber retailers are tak-

ing a wait. and: see attitude. with

which

might affect the -price-they- can
ask for soft wood Iumber,

In a news release issued last

week, Forests Minister Claude

viding the
‘a special commissioner to look
into Cominco’s views.

* “T don’t believe that the deci-
sion was a result of my actions
.alone. Cominco has also been
‘making representation to the gov-
emment with a direct request for
an indepth study.”

Speaking from his office in
“Vancouver, Kerley said the study
will not just be a narrow focus on
Cominco alone,

“ “The plant i is facing some chal-
lenging situations which impact

ip has been d by
Cominco officials, who believe
the Water Licensing Fees are a
definite factor in the plant's long
term viability. °

Carol’ Vanelli, a public’ rela-
tions officer at Cominco, says the
plant is keen on securing a degree
of stability for the area when it
comes to jobs.

“We view this as being a very
Positive step, and we're going to
co-operate fully with the com-
missioner who undertakes the
task,” she said.

Rich d.said he has. sent, his

deputy minister, Bob Plecas, to

Washington, D.C., to meet with

the Canadian Embassy on the
dum of L di

(MoU) regarding softwood lum-
ber exports to the U.S.

“We want to impress upon our:
Canadian representatives in the
US. capital the seriousness Of the
situation of our fc t

US. talks started on iis agree-

the costs and responsibility for
‘ion to the forest indus-

ment ly,"
said in the release.

“We cannot afford to wait until
the fall for the talks to.begin
because British Columbia forest
workers need help now,” he said.

The December 1986 Memo-
randum of Understanding
between Canada and the U.S.

‘Another Telease, issued later in
ithe week, said Richmond wants
to meet with International Trade

‘Minister Michael Wilson immedi= “

ately following the federal minis-

ter’s meeting with U.S. Trade

Representative Carla Hills this
k in Seattle.

Placed a 15-per-cent federal
export charge in licu of a U.S.
countervailing duty on.Canadian
softwood lumber exports.

One year later, Canada and the
U.S. agreed within the context of
the memorandum, to eliminate
the federal charge on softwood
lumber exported by B.C. to the
US. as a result of measures taken

by the p ,
Those measures included

y
workers, because of the Memo-
randum of Und and

the critical need to get Canada-

Charges for

timber and

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Castlegar Scouts gain a reputation at Jamboree

SHARLENE IMHOFF
Sun Editor:

“A group of Castlegar Boy Scouts *-

met 2,300 of their peers during the
Sixth B.C.-Yukon Jamboree, held at
Camp Hughes, near Prince George.

The ten Scouts and two leaders
who attended the event, held in
July, had been planning for the big
trip for more than a year.

“The provincial Jamboree is held
only once every four years, so we
really wanted to make the effort to

attend,” said Dexter MacRae, Presi-
-dent of the Kootenay Boundary for
Scouts Canada.

So, after establishing a group

ss isting of basi

Simpson, Fort Qu’, ‘Appelle and
Fort Rae,

Scout Rob Amnstrohg, 12, said
the camp offered a full list of-ser-
vices, including a post office,
trading post, canteen, film shop,
bank, hospital. a newspaper and a
transport firm.

‘Although we were all on food
rations, there was always enough
for everyone, and no one was
ever hungry,” he said.

Indeed, the Scouts and their
leaders at Camp. Hughes con-
sumed enough food to be a small
city.

Each day they had shipped in
5,000 loaves of bread, 2,000

“of the three dedicated
-Scouts held bottle drives, filled

«sandbags and did whatever else

athey could to raise funds which
would allow them to attend.
The trip to the

ges of buns, 572 pounds of
bacon and 114 cases of 100 pota-
toes. Daily requirements also
included 10,710 eggs, 536 pack-
ages of luncheon meat, 300 pics,
6,825 small-cartons of chocolate
milk, 330 dozen hot dog buns,
2,300 ham steaks and 2,583 two-
litre containers of milk. Large

ities of fruit and bi

d was
jwell worth the work.

“We had a lot of fun, and-we
met a lot of people,” said Scout

:200- Ventures and 420 adult volun-
steers,

According to MacRae, Camp
Hughes was organized into four
‘sub-camps of approximately 600.
‘people in each.:In keeping wi
‘the ‘historic’ flavour of the -H
‘son’s Bay Co. and Northwes'

‘Company, the ‘sub-camps were,”

‘named Fort McPherson, Fort

were also ordered in.

The quantities of food were
needed just to serve the Scouts
three meals a day.

- Even though there was a large
number of people at the Jam-
boree, MacRae said the Scouts
from Castlegar “managed to
make a big impression while they
were: at the camp.”

Standing (I- r): Trish Waldie,. Rob ‘Armstrong, Dean

Carter, Keith Karikes, Peter Polonicoff. Botttom (1) Jim

Waldie and Dexter MacRae.
Dean Carter, President of the
Castlegar Kiwanis Club, said he

meh was very proud of the way the 2nd
Castlegar “Troop P d the .

strong mature charncter,
+ The Kiwanis Club recently took
over full sponsorship of the Scout-

“ing.on in gar, a-

city.
“These boys act.a great deal
Ider than what they- really ae wt
The scouting organization buil:

‘move that Canter is proud of..“It

A spokesperson for Slocan
Forest Products, George Edgson,
said the MoU as it currently
reads, “Makes the cost structure
of producing lumber in B.C. such
that we cannot be competitive.”

Edgson said, “The principle
issue is it’s no longer market sen-

sitive. It's no longer 15 per cent-

applied to the market value of

lumber. It's not associated with
the market value and the market
value has fallen.”

The provincial measures don’t
just apply to wood destined for
the U.S. but effectively impact on
“all area of the lumber industry.

“It isn't legitimate that a pres-
sure be brought to bear on Cana-
dian business by Americans,”
said Edgson. “I'd like to see a
stumpage system in B.C. reflec-
tive of the value of the resource
and sensitive to the market
place.”

As far as Plecas trip to the U.S.
capital and a meeting between the
ministers, Edgson said, “I support
any initiative but it’s been a long
time coming.”

Environment 2001
will promote recycling
in Castlegar

BRENDAN HALPER
Sun staff -

On August 9 Environment
Minister Dave Mercier
announced the release of a docu-
ment that identifies the environ-
mental challenges facing British
Columbia and outlines the

going to be looking at a major
recycling program,” according to
Castlegar’s superintendent of pub-
lic works, Barry Comin. “It would
have to be a cooperative effort,
with everybody doing their part.”
“We would have to come up to
some sort of acceptable standards
which would mean a change in

province’s itment and
actions to address them over the
balance of the decade.
“Environment 2001 is a state-
ment of strategic directions for
B.C. Environment,” said Mercier.
“Providing a blueprint’ for pro-
tecting the environment in British
Columbia’ over the coming
decade in cooperation with our
many partners, it sets achievable,

ey an of
the landfill site. A lot of munici-
palities are going to separation
plants and I understand that com-
posting is becoming very popu-
lar”

However, “the biggest thing
the Province is struggling with
right now, is finding a buyer for
those products which are recy-

dA market must be created.”

short term targets and pl d
initiatives to meet that goal.”

“As our long term goal, we are
aiming for nothing less than zero
pollution. We recognize the enor-
mous challenge of this task. It
must be approached in full recog-
nition of of the need to maintain
the health and stability of provin-
cial, regional and__local
economies.” -. 3 ae
Environment 2001 calls for, a
50 percent reduction in haz-
ardous waste, a 50 per cent
reduction in municipal solid
‘waste, a reduction of at least 25
per.cent in pesticide use, the
complete elimination of PCB's
anda complete phase-out of
CEC’ 8 and other ‘ozone-depleting
substances. °

Locally, a 50 per cent reduction

in municipal solid waste would |

mean Castlegar, “is definitely

facili
, Mercier. “B.C.’s intention is to
’ back up this new legislation with

Key in the docu-
ment also include; a new and
comprehensive B.C. Environ-
mental Protection Act, more
stringent waste discharge Stan-
dards, an improved Process for
environmental impact assess-
ment, a new water management
act and consolidation of legisla-
tion covering wildlife and fresh-
water fisheries emphasizing

ive habitats and endangered

species.

“To meet these and other tar-
gets, Environment 2001 requires
the establishment of a hazardous
waste treatment and disposal
facility by 1995 and a provincial

waste t
spring of 1993," said

the toughest Enforcement pro-
gram in Canada.”

Wednesday, August 14, 1991

The Castlegar Sun

NDP candidate back on the road to
health after losing kidney to Cancer

Rossland-Trail New Democrat-
ic Candidate Ed Conroy, is
expected to return to his home in
Castlegar on Sunday, after recent-
ly having one kidney removed
‘duc to a cancerous tumor,

The tumor was discovered a
‘matter of weeks ago by doctors
who decided to remove the kid-

“ney August 8.

“It came right out of the blue
and was discovered quite by acci-
dent,” said Conroy. “With the
support of my wife, Katrine, and
our families, we decided to meet
this problem head on as quickly
as possible,”

Since the removal, doctors
have confirmed that Conroy’s
prognosis is a 100 per cent recov-
ery without any radiation or
chemotherapy treatments neces-

GuEM). which £ monitors diffe
to. ‘assess the. present:

criteria and objectives set‘for the

future environmental monitoring.

ties ‘OF Kelowna, ‘Summerland, P

Ness. is, sehoatiled t
Scholten,

Y) ambi River’ Integrated Enviroy

: review, of the Celgar pulp mill
‘and provincial gov raments. “Objectives of

Bro"
pacts on: the ‘river-of. industrial:and.
determine if environmental conditions

provide information that could be

dat helping customers redu
Money. on their power bills. In Febr

sary. The early discovery prevent-
ed the cancer from spreading to
other areas throughout Conroy's
body.

In a news release issued by his
wife, Katrine, Conroy states that
although he’s lost a kidney, he’s
gained a whole new respect for
life.

“I'm a very lucky man, I've
been given a clean Dill of health,
and I feel more fir than I’ve ever
felt before. As with any of life’s
adversities, one's ability to
expand horizons is there to be
grasped. You go through the
problem - not around it.”

Conroy is now planning to
continue concentrating on his
Political aspirations as NDP can-

didate,

Ed Conroy

Continued from 1A
“Before we go any further, we
must get the user groups together
again to form a committee to sce
where we're going,” said Super-
intendent of public works, Barry
Comin, “The original $50, 000 for
ing is capital

so the main reason for the com-
mittee is to find out how we're
going to cover the operating costs
and to bring down year to year
expenses.”

“The private groups are much
more apt to get funding than the
city is,” he finished.

OUTLOOK:

near 25. Lows around 12.

WEATHER

The forecast for Wednesday;
A mixture of cloud and sunshine.
40% chance of a shower. highs

Thursday and Friday calls for more sun than cloud and
warmer with highs reaching Into the upper 20's.
“Have a nice weekend and enjoy yourselves!”

Temperature: Max/Date

34.8/9

Precipitation: Rain

21.7 cm.

Sunshine: Number of

Hours

59.1,

ALOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK:
Min/Date

9.8/11.

Snow

Ocm.

Mean

20.8

Tota!

11.7 cm.

Normal Number
of Hours

73.3

REMARKS: A cool, fairly moist week with well below
average sunshine hours however no new records set.
Lightning was observed in the Kootenay region each
one of these days but recorded at the Castlegar Air-
port only twice. Ed. note: Remember to support the’
Castlegar Firefighters car wash on Saturday at the
Safeway parking lot from 10 am - 3 pm.

Forecast provided by
The South - East Interlor Weather Office
at Castlegar, B.C.

Car wash to be held for Muscular Dystrophy

If you believe in supporting a
good cause then you should get
out and take advantage of the
Castlegar Firefighter’s Associa-
tion Car Wash to be held at the
Castlegar Safeway parking lot
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat.
Aug. 17.

The car wash is intended to

raise funds for Jerry Lewis's
‘Telethon for Muscular D

and will be run on a donation
basis.

There will be free balloons for
the kids and an antique fire truck
on display for anyone interested.

“We raised $1,798 last year,”
said Fireman Dick Dunlop.
“We're hoping to beat.that this
year,”

Also, “on Monday, Sept. 2,
Labour Day, we're holding a

Council sees need

SHARLENE IMHOFF
Sun Editor

After facing a series of expect-
ed and inexpected events, Castl-
gar City Council has recognized
the need to amend the present
budget which was first set in

y.
After discussing what exactley

should be changed in the budget
and why. It is expected that coun-
cil:will amend the budget some-
time in September.

A series of events, such as
teceiving a building permit fee
from Celgar totalling $400,000,
which was uncertain when coun-
cil first planned the budget, has
contributed to the makeover, Also

Pledge center for any one wanting .

to phone in and pledge.”

Pledges will be taken from 10
am. to 4 p.m, Visa, Mastercard,
and Sears cards will be accepted
and the numbers to phone will be,
365-3266 and 365-7227.

Finally, on Sept. 8 the Castle-
gar Firefighter’s Association will
be holding a luncheon for 250
and 350 bikers who will be doing

a toy run on that same day.

The Kootenay Firefighters
raised a total of $55,000 last year
while B.C. Firefighters as a
whole raised $465,239...

That may seem like a lot but
the Muscular Dystrophy Associ-
ation spent $500,000 on clients
and services in B.C. last year.

There are over 40 people in
the Kootenays with M.D.

to amend budget

contributing to changes in the
budget’s direction is the Compre-
hensive Development Plan, the
Fire Commissioner’s Report,
increased revenues from B.C.
Hydro, changes in provincial
ents and staffing changes inter-

nally.
Although council tmust still
discuss the the

the following capital projects:
paving’to ‘various’ roddwiys'in
Castlegar, shoring for excavation
work, City Hall improvements,
moving the Works Yard - phase 1,
and improving Kinnaird Hall.
The total amount for these new
Proposed projects totals
$310,000, with the greatest

Hello, welcome to City Hall!

In mid-June, The City Voice
committee was established to
inform the public of the activi-
ties within our community
which are generated from City
Hall. The committee members
consist of Barry Comin, Ann
Robertson, Nona Kucher, Alder-
man Marilyn Mathieson and
Alderman Jim Chapman,

Our goal is to have a weekly
article for the public to read
which would entail a variety of
subjects relating to our commu-
nity. Some examples of these
would be articles regarding capi-
tal projects such as the cemetery
and paving; community projects
like the Comprehensive Devel-
opment Plan, Downtown Revi-
talization and Parks Plan 90°;
City Hall procedures such as,
how to get a building permit,
business licence and rezoning;
articles like getting to know your
city hall staff, who’s who and
what they do; some historical
topics focusing on “Did you

ded budget prop elimi-
nating, postponing or reducing
some projects which had benn
previously approved. The follow-
ing projects, would hopefully be
completed during the next year;
improvements to the floor shop,
construction at Cone Hill Park,
retrofit itting a fire truck and the

ng com-
monly asked questions, Last but
not least, if something funny
comes up, we'll be sure to let
you know.

This article will be designed to
reflect positive, non-political,
easy to read, and light informa-
tion for the reader and hopefully
answer some questions you might
have. We realize the importance
of communication and invite
ideas on what you would like to
hear about. Please fecl free to
write us at: The City Voice Com-
mittee, 460 Columbia Avenue,
Castlegar, B.C., VIN 1G7.

Did you know ...?

Our City Clerk, Betty Price,
has gone full circle. She attended
school at 460 Columbia Avenue,
the present site of our City Hall.
She completed grade one with
Miss Sinclair and grade two with
Miss Cope (now known as Beth
Markin). School was held in
what was then known as the Old
Community Hall.

of a new sign at the
Industrial Park The total amount
of money which the eliminated
Projects reach is $96,200.

The amended budget proposes

paving, at a cost of $115,000.

Alderman Lawrence Chemof
says he is certain council will
vote in favour of the proposal to
amen the budget. But he is not
certain that all members will
agree upon exactley what should
be changed.

"I'm sure the budget will go
through, but there may be some
variations at to which individual
items are put on hold until next
year,” he finished.

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Lightning strikes
resulting in fire
is low so far

BRENDAN HALPER
Sun staff.

It’s that time of year.

Camping out, beach parties,
barbecues... forest fires.

“An increase in the number of
people-caused fires can create
p at this time of the year,

Police summoned to disturbance
where .44 revolver was involved

On august 10 at 12:15 p.m.
police were summoned to a dis-
turbance between two mule adults
at a residence on Sth Ave. in
Castlegar. One of the males was
reported to be intoxicated and had
damaged the inside of the resi-
dence. Shortly after police arrived
@ shot was heard from the inside

of the house. Twenty-one year old
Kevin Gay of Castlegar was
arrested without incident. A 44
caliber revolver was seized.

Gay has been released from
custody and will appear in Castle-
gar provincial court on Sept. 23
charged with careless use of a
firearm.

particularly if we have to use
valuable resources to fight fires
that could have been p

So far a total of 15,690 hectares
have been bumed during the cur-
rent fire season.

Locally, in the Nelson Forest
Region, there have been over 100
fires to date. From Aug. 1 till
Aug. 8 there were 39 new fires
which, according to temporary
provincial fire control officer
Gary Hartwig, “is not bad for this
time of year. Lightning strikes

said B.C. Forests Minister Claude
Richmond.

“Each year we advise people to
be more careful with fire because
it costs taxpayers millions of dol-
lars to pay for fire suppression,” he
said. “We must all do what we can
do to reduce preventable fires.”

To date, 1,001 fires have been
reported, with 668 caused by peo-
ple and 333 caused by lightning.

were for 39 of those
while the remaining four-were
man caused. Last year we had
1,100 fires throughout the
province during that same week.”

“We received quite a bit of rain
with those recent storms,” said
Hartwig. “The rain decreased the
fire hazard rating substantially.” -

If you spot a forest fire, please
report it by dialing “O" and asking
for Zenith 5555.

Do you have any news tips you want to share?
if so, give us a call at 365-5579.

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