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It was a log house,” explained Grieves. At one point, a carport and a vehicle inside of it were in dan- ger of also going up in flames, but firefighters were able to con- tain the fire to the house. Thirty-two firefighters, one tanker truck and three pumpers were on scene. At the time the blaze started the home was unoccupied. Occupants Gordon Zaitsoff and his wife, were Christmas shopping. Grieves said water to battle the fire came from a swimming pool at neighbors Bob and Joan O'Connor, as the closest fire hydrant was some distance away. “We're grateful to them for allowing us to use the water.” Firefighters were on scene until midnight mopping up, and Grieves said he’s thankful to the many businesses and residents who supplied donuts, coffee and soup to tired firefi; Grieves said it appears that the fire started near a factory- built chimney, but said due of extensive damage it’s hard to determine the cause at this time. Fire department personnel were able to retrieve a “few per- sonal possessions” for the family the following day. -——Chief-for-a-day Thrill of a lifetime! Castlegar Fire Chief Gerry Rempel assigned a job for each of the Fire Chiefs for a Day during the Sound Off Send Off for the Christmas CounterAttack Campaign held at SHSS Dec. 8. L-R: Jordy Munns, 8, of Robson got to sound the siren; Dean Humphrey, 5, of Castlegar sounded the electric horn; and Tyler Hawkins, 5, of Castlegar sounded the air hom. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhof Homeowners to pay new garbage fees RON NORMAN Sun Editor Castlegar homeowners will begin paying a Separate charge for garbage pick-up in the new year. Castlegar council gave third reading last week to a new garbage bylaw which will see homeowners hit with a $45 annu- al fee effective Jan. 1. The fee is just one of a number of changes in the way the city charges for its service. —#fOmeowners will also be faced with $35-a-year user fee for recycling and maintenance of the Ootischenia dump. The city will also place restric- tions on the number and size of garbage containers. In 1995, homeowners will be allowed three containers with a maximum of 285 litres per pick-up. In 1996 that will be reduced to two containers with a 190-liter maximum. Then in 1997 home- owners will be reduced to just two with a now is identifying the fee as a separate charge. Comin said the fee is “directly related to the cost” of what the city pays its contractor, Ace Disposals. What is new is the proposed $17.50 user fee for recycling and the $17.50 user fee for maintain- ing the landfill. Comin said the move to reduce the number of garbage bags for curbside pick-up is because of new provincial government regu- lations for landfills. Municipali- ties and regional districts across the province must reduce waste poured into landfills by 50 per cent by the year 2000. As well, Comin said Ace Dis- posals must begin paying a fee for using the Ootischenia landfill. The fee will likely be based on a per tonne basis. Comin noted that the landfill tonnage fee is another reason for limiting the size and number of garbage containers. Any extra bags or oversized containers will cost the 95 liters. Public Works Superi d Comin said the city is looking Barry Comin said the $45 pick- up fee is not new, but was includ- ed in the overall residential tax bill in the past. He said the city at a “tag-a-bag” program for those homeowners who want to set out more than three contain- ‘See @ARBAGE = —~—~—OAN Student smoking ban lifted KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff The smoke has cleared at Stan- ley Humphries Secondary School. Students will now be able to smoke in i d areas on Vine Street who feared for the safe- ty of the students and themselves. One neighbor told Castlegar school board members last month that some students were surly when he requested that they school property. School administration has revoked the smoking ban which drove students to smoke off school property at 9th Avenue and Vine Street. But SHSS principal David Hogg, is still not with the outcome. “This will be like a soap opera—it has no end. It just goes on and on.” The ruling was rescinded after complaints from neighbors living near the comer of 9th Avenue and themselves from his property. He also spoke of the unsightly litter which surrounded the unof- ficial smoking area and safety concems re; traffic and the large congregation of smokers which at times was almost 50 strong. After listening to the neighbor, representatives from the board, SHSS, the Parent Advisory Council, students, Castlegar coma and rag bal met to find It was after that meeting that Hogg and other administration from SHSS decided to change the policy and allow smoking on school grounds in designat- ed areas. City Councillor Brenda Binnie was present during the meeting. Binnie told council last week that she agreed with the change in smoking area. “It's really nice to see them off the comer because it was an acci- dent waiting to happen.” Binnie also noted the smoking area at 9th and Vine is owned by the City of Castlegar. Hogg stressed that the reason for changing the ruling to allow students to smoke on school ds was strictly due to safe- ty issues. “Now the kids will be safe. But I’m not happy to have them smoking on school property.” One of the concerns with allowing students to smoke on school property, explained Hogg, is that young adults not connected with SHSS visit the smoking area. But the Castlegar school board has sent a letter to the city requesting support from the Castlegar RCMP in “helping to control the situation” Hogg said he is confident that with the help of the RCMP, non- student loiterers will be quickly taken care of. quick wopense ve alvey® given us a Council worried over WCB rules Castlegar council is up in arms over proposed Workers’ But Councillor Kirk Duff Compensation Board regula- tions governing “ergonomics”, or soft tissue injuries. Council expressed concern after receiving a letter from New Westminster Mayor Betty Toporowski about the possible effects of the WCB Tules on city workers. Toporowski pointed to a City of Vancouver study that said city workers’ repetitive movements, such as raking or shovelling, would be restricted to two per minute. The study also contends that the new rules would limit loads lifted by sanitation workers to less than nine kilo- grams and allow employees to set their own work pace. “This has some scary stuff here,” Councillor Ron Arm- bruster told council last week. “Based on this information here, it is something we better be on top of.” d the city look at the new WCB regulations. “This actually third hand,” he said. “If we're going to do anything probably at this point it would be to have our staff review the actual proposed regulations.” Council agreed and asked staff to prepare an assessment of the new regulations. Toporowski noted that the Vancouver study also said under the proposed regulations: * employees would be allowed to take unlimited rest breaks before the onset of fatigue; + when a fire department responds to a fire, 18 firefight- ers would be required to move a 100-meter length of charged hose. Now only four firefight- ers are required. + simple office duties such as moving a box of photocopy Paper would require more than one person. Fourth generator set ‘for Seven Mile dam RON NORMAN Sun Editor ject near Mission B.C. Hydro will add a fourth generator at its Seven Mile dam near Trail. The $72-million project will provide 250 worker-years of employment (the equivalent of 250 full-time jobs for one year). The Seven-Mile project was one of three major Hydro projects totalling $364 million last week by Premier Mike Harcourt. The other two include a $108-million project to ing unit at the R dam install a fifth g was comph and the $185-million Stave Falls repl. Pro- Rossland- Trail MLA Ed Conroy is happy with the announcement. Conroy said the Seven Mile dam project will begin with preliminary work in 1996 and peak in 1999 with about 120 workers on site The Seven Mile dam on the Pend d’Oreille River d in 1980. of the fourth unit will i the plant's capacity by approxi- mately 200 megawatts and produce an additional 250 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year— enough to supply about 25,000 homes. ties.” “Though Hydro must still obtain final approvals, expansion of the generating station(s) is expected to have low environmental and social impacts,” in a prepared statement The Revelstoke dam was designed for six units, but the installation of the fifth and sixth units was Popstponed until there was an identified need for the additional capacity. said the Seven Mile and Revelstoke pro- jects come under Hydro’s Resource Smart pr “since (they) makes the best use of existing facili- growth in B.C., pared release he said “Because of strong population and economic leading to significant increases in the consumption of electricity, the need is now expected by 1999 or earlier,” Hydro said in a pre- The fifth umit in Revelstoke dam will provide an additional 460 megawatts and its construction will provide 300 worker years of employment The Stave Falls replacement project will provide about 600 worker-years of employment A new 90- megawatt plant will replace the existing 52.5- megawatt generating station. 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