donment application and others Vike lt ficposs the country are the symptoms of 4 much greater $° The Stocan ‘Valley is just the current local focus on a scrious oational problem,” said Gouk "We are losing our national rail System ora akuming rate and we will have ‘to act quickly if we are going to save it? The ldcal MP believes the real Doukhobor He Society petitio KAREN KERKHOFF ae bh lies in the overwheim- tax load that is placed’ on the system by all three levels of government. “OF all the taxes, the most unfair one is the highway fuel tax. Trucks pay a fuel tax and in return, they get a highway system built and maintained for them. jean tail companies who “a When the rait companies pay fuel = pom 4 ritage Retreat Society plans ns RDCK.to help obtain Whatshan Lake near Edgewood. President of the society, Elmer: Verigin, said 20 Everybody, at one time or another, has the need for solitude and retreat and if all goes well, the Doukhobor Heritage Retreat a place for those people. acres near the lake have been donated by the Doukho- bor Cultural Association with materials and labor for of the i ired by “The reward will be hope for the children and the po Bn them to go to camps and see nature. "s got todo something for the children,” ‘The society's hope is that families get together to build the camp, which im itself, Verigin said, is a reward. nC 24 LONDON Ist NIGHT FREE! oe Continued from 2A paw Phere js one’thing that and Canil hoantial has fecently ge document the approach that poopk: wi . Whats regional and P retreat has i y contact him at his office in Castlegar, The Slocan Valley is onty the tip of the iceberg. Rail transporta- » changed.” it contest the current riding tion in trail, Castlegar and Nelson don: wy 4 the es 1§ in jeopardy if something isn't ing. a an Lake retreat local support for project negative resistance from residents who live in the imesh np Od 8 ma “They feel threatenéd that someone is doing something to them. Who are we to prothote some- thing that is a disadvantage to somebody?” Nerigin said the facility could also be available to individuals for reasons such as pre-marital, stress itectors Koh single parents needing solitude Sey to reflect, or for-parents trying to deal with 2 I Ms linesg.of an empty nest. that the caitip is to be'used as a retreat © i, Regional District'of Central Kootenay (RDCK) * ‘ Wyllie, of Area J and John Voykin of Altea | have already offered their written support of the facility. The society has applied for a.BC 21 Community Services grant and has lobbied the RDCK tb obtain local and regional municipal sup- port for the project. a a py ' ‘Pp ie upon said Perrier—that all sec- ondary level care should be pro- vided from a si location. This would allow the reduction of i of services and oper- ¢al specialties, ail with rhrlpe The present split site situation ee Rs oz into a Van. were. only-playing a SUN STAPE pan Oe Joma 28 ageceha tried to lure the young girl into their van with promises of money and candy and after being unsuc- cessful drove away i Nelson parents can breathe a little easier after it was discovered that three teenage boys who tried ittempted abduction a prank students,’ ave beep. wonder dithout imine intent and no charges will be laid, The youths have written letters of apology and have since to lure a six-year-old Nelson girl A police spokesperson said the ated for their conduct Gouk makes budget predictions SUN STAFF these p pall Kootenay Lake Hospital, said Perrier, is.in the process of too well.” which could have devastating results. & income tax rate alone, but will tax people on a vari- 7 Kootenay-West Revelstoke MP Jim Gouk has lit- tle confidence the Liberal party's first budget as fed- eral leaders will do much to reduce the soaring national deficit. ‘In & release received by The Sun just before press to guess that the Liberals will, in be ificreasing their tax base. “I believe the government will leave the actual ety of items that were previously untaxed.” The net result, explained Gouk, will be a reduc- tion in the average working person's take home pay of about $300 to $600 a year. The MP is also pre- dicting that the Liberals will make some brutal tax cuts, resulting in uproars across the nation. Then, said Gouk, the government will claim it was not what it wanted, but instead was responding to the peoples’ wishes. Gouk will be returning to Ottawa on February 20 to prepare for the federal budget which will be announced on February 22. Wednesday, February 16, 1994 The Castlegar Sun Symposiu a cite ns Imerest,in the upcoming United Nations Peace Symposium, to be held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre, is gaining across the province, and tickets to the event are selling quickly, 4, Titled Politics of Peace in the Post-Cold War World, the symposium is the third of five such meetings being held across Canada and the only one scheduled for the province of B.C.. Sponsored by the United: Nations Association of Canada, the symposium will ight a number of ional hoe on Peace this weekend ria to the Rocky Mountains. In a touch of irony, the symposiums date, February 19, coincides with the deadline placed by the UN on the Bosnian-Serbs to remove weaponry from Sarajevo or face air strikes. “That really is something. Everyone, I'm sure, will want to keep updated on what's happening.” The UN's move has resulfed in Russian President Boris Yeltsin to request an emer- gency meeting with the UN Security Council: “This says to me, that. Yeltsin is under 4 discussing their involvement in UN deci- sions, p keeping and h itarian ies. President of the Kootenay United Nations Branch, and regional representative to the Peace and Security Committee of the Cana- dian United Nations Association, John J. Verigan will be one pf three people acting as during symposi Verigan verifies that tickets to the symposium are going quickly, as interest spreads from Victo- P by the old guard to come to the aid and defense of the Bosnian- Serbs.” If the pressure mounts, the stage could be set for escalating tension in Europe—all the more reason, says Verigan, to attend the conference in Castlegar, which will serve to question the very nature and purpose of the UN. bas | ly, [former Yugs ia] is not the only place where blood is flowing. The ium will allow ion on why the ymp UN bécomes involved in some conflicts, while it ignores others.” Increasingly, says Verigan, Canada is being looked upon as a leader for peace, “In light of our historic suppor_of the UN, our tradi I role as p P and the fact that we have no enemies in place and poised to fire at any time, Canada is the nation that is in the best position to break the Status Quo,” said Verigan, jing on a = Regionalization __. Continued from 2A is not "Why Castlegar?”, but more to the point, "Why not Nel- son or Trail?”. To update Kootenay Lake Hospital to modern standards would cost about $24 million, said Perrigr. The reasoning to designate Trail Hospital as the regional site because “that is where the infrasteucture is” is just not valid said Perrier “It's relatively simple to move equipment and people. The cT scanner was purchased with funds donated by residents of the entire West Kootenay (albeit the majority are from Trail), It's now 15 years-old, its technology is out of date and it will need new possible role of peacekeeping. “If not us, then who? If not now, then when?" Verigan s&ys the symposium will give ordinary, everyday people, a chance to extend their comments on Canada’s military er. “With the Liberal government now pon- dering the future of Canadian service men and women, the symposium comes at an opportune time.” The Politics of Peace symposium will take place February 19, and consists of two sepa- rate sessions and concludes with a townhall meeting. Barging of chips being investigated Mackenzie company looks at buildi SHARLENE IMHOFF Dam. Harding runs a similar Sun Editor Concer over excessive high- way chip transportation might have been the reason why Finlay scosina @ tmnt Pp at Mackenzie where Finlay Navigation moves log- ging trucks across Lake Willis- ton, the reservoir behind the Peace River dam. Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Con- tion company based out of Mackenzie, in northern B.C., is now closely examining the Arrow Lakes and the possibili- ties of building a barge to haul chips across it. Some local residents have confirmed that John Hardy of “~~ Finlay Navigation has visited the area and is now investigating barging possibilities from Shel- ter Bay to the Hugh Keenileyside roy said he visited that operation while still under the employ- ment of the Westar Sawmill. Conroy estimates the start-up costs for barging across the Arrow Lakes at $7 million, but figures from the Ministry of Employment and Investment place the marine proposal at closer to $20 million. Conroy says he is questioning who will be paying for the set up of chip barging. “Celgar certainly isn't going to pay for it,” said Conroy. And if the government is considering putting up cold, hard cash, then it should also consider the future outlook for the logging industry and chip transportation in general “In three years we might be sitting here with an eight million dollar barge, with no chips to haul on it.” Conroy's thinking is a result of a review not yet released of this area's Allowable Annual Cut. Ministry officials have stat- ed the amount of wood allowed to be harvested will decrease, ng a barge but as yet a firm figure is unknown. With a decreasing wood supply, and a great demand for wood chips, Conroy said it’s likely that the chip truck traffic problem Slocan Valley residents have been concerned over will solve itself. “With comipetition so fierce for chips, it’s likely that the majority of chips will be shipped to Skookumchuk or Kamloops. While in the mean- time, Celgar is already planning to build a woodroom for making their own chips.” The end result, said Conroy, would mean far fewer chip trucks on local highways. to MVA’'s Last week’s snowfall T) anyway, The basig’structure of Trail hospital is poor. Virtually no is'w hai ible and the rooms are small. Not every bed has oxygen and suction. Even after the budget $12 million is spent it will still be an inadequate building.” ona ‘ Conversely, Perrier said it will only cost about $10.5 million to ready Castlegar hospital for regional status and would provide about 120 beds. Perrier said that as long. as, Trail secondary care level exists, so will it in Nelson, thus duplicating services and resources, the very things which New Directions is trying to eliminate. As the P ion and geogr I centre of the West Koote- nays Perrier said Castlegar is the logical regional hospital site. Even though a regional hospital will affect his and other local physician's practices, Perrier stands firm on his belief that Castlegar should be the site of the regional hospital. “As-a physician who has practiced in Castlegar for over 16 years, I would personally see a decline in my professional job isfaction. When specialists arrive, general practitioners tend to stop doing surgery, complicated obstetrics and are less apt to Nook after our own patients im hospital. As a result, for personal selfish reasons, I and most other Castlegar physicians would prefer to continue practicing as we have been accustomed to. However, we realize what must occur in order to provide the best medical care for the people of the West Kootenay—# single site regional hospital based in Casth ‘That can be the only : ion. Physicians, pital employ and ities must put aside their own self-interests to do what is right. Pope and Talbot scrubs plans for wood chip mill KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff mill have been gn 9 Pope and Talbot pians on supplying Celgar with pulpWood nected for the round wood chip mill. : CITY OF CASTLEGAR PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that & Public Heating will be mn: DATE: Tuesday, March 1, 1994 TIME: 6:00 p.m. PLACE: CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1402 COLUMBIA AVENUE CASTLEGAR, B.C. in order to afford all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the following to Offictal Plan Bylaw 651 and Zoning Bylaw 553 an opportunity to be heard or to present written jf: matters in these BYLAW 668 - Amends Official Community Pian Bylaw 651~ The intent-of this bylaw Is remove the requirement of property owners to for in the D onal hospital site rationalized ¢ iiie# in providing impossible. The resultant pe tri effects on lifestyle caused ohne o X », elect vaiting — - sey Te ey” ‘Trail’s lone physician to with- FIRST FREFI : WEEK h BYLAW 671 - Amends Zoning Bylaw 553 E uw R OO P Ff The intent of this bylaw Is to remove. the requirement of property owners to dedicate on-site parking for lal in the D ¢ AR Revitalization Area. SUN STAFF PHOTO /John Van Putten Acting on a Merry Creek Road resident's complaint February 12, @ construction or ancy. worker put out a fire that was causing noxious fumes. Castlegar Fire Chief Gerry 4 y forte .. eee 4 s estimated 1 Rempel responded to the resident's call and asked that the fire be extinguished. ‘orth j ‘ i. Reward offered for pet deaths SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor BYLAW 672.- Amends Official Community Pian Byiew 64. The intent of this bylaw is to permit a mixture of com ial uses and multiple famity dwellings in the South Castlegar Transition Zone; “We don't want to cause panic, but if in fact someone is willfully placing a poisonous substance in a manner that can easily be consumed by animals it’s an offense under the Canadian Criminal Code,” Brownrigg said. : The SPCA has fielded a number of calls from concerned residents of north Castlegar, and he's hop- ing that anyone who has even the most trivial of information will come forward. The last time an award was offered by the Trail Regional SPCA was last year, when two cases of what appeared.to be a ritualistic ‘skinning’ of ani- mals surfaced in the Trail area. ~ An unusually high number of pet deaths in the 100 and 200 blocks of north Castlegar are not viewed coincidental by the Trail Regional SPCA, which ‘has just posted a $1,000 reward for informa- MOTORCOACH TOURS SPECIAL SAVINGS ON YOUR TOUR OF BRITAIN OR EUROPE WITH TRAFALGAR OR INSIGHT. — 5 Eno ca papers, bring them along. We'll be happy to give you the answer. Pw and create @ Development Permit Area No. 672:94, known as 6th Avenue Service Commercial Area. ‘pamphlets, or talk to v . , * 4 vee t an enforcement agency, the SPCA feels the situati income tax situation. If you have questions about any of your tax warrants posting a reward, available through ; kag 4 prov: agenda of private ‘in-camera’ meetings The request was made to the this. But it does make a lot of directors’ strategy session report. board before Christmas, and sense.” While the board is now post- it took two months, the Henderson said he 1s certain ing the topics for discussion, the ¥ develop complimentary inter- ests thus enlarging the scope of services available.” The question, said Perrier See REGIONALIZATION 3A MUCH MORE TO FLP YOU PUT YOUR EUROPEAN BES = REatichs tesa «RDCK post SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Waneta Plaza, Trail February 21-23 Chahko Mika Mall, Nelson February 24, 25 RC Board members of the BCAA Travel ASENCY Gm =" GA) 3 Nelson TAILS TODAY. 9:30 am - 5:30 pm 9:30 am- 5:30 pm For friendly service anytime call board decided it had no problem Regional District of Central Kootenay are boldly going where few, if any regional boards have gone before in terms of freedom of information. After receiving a small amount of pressure from arca media, the board has decided to post the agenda of special in- camera (private) meetings. posting the topics that would be up for discussion it " thal very few regional boards are allowing in-camera topics to be d “It's a public board, so why not post the topics for discus- sion,” said Chief Admini: i Pr ly posted be In its first posting, the RDCK has stated that the special in- camera of February 12 Officer for the RDCK, Reid Henderson. “Before it was raised by the media, board members nor staff had ever given a * thought. to doing something like covered an insurance report. a in-camera meetings and the actu- al discussion surrounding these topics are still private and car- ried out behind closed doors. The City of Castlegar is also one of few communities that post the topics for in-camera meetings. The practice started in ber 1992 under the lead- zoning bylaw infraction; a build- ‘ing bylaw tion; a litig: case; a number of personnel mat- ters, property negotiations and a ership of then-mayor Audrey Moore. For further Information conceming this matter you may contact the Director of Development Services or City Clerk at 365-7227. Dated at Castlegar, B.C. this 16th-day of February, 1994 Dianne Hunter” Clty Clerk