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Local residents Harty Stan and Richard Maddocks have in Castlogar since 1961, while Richard Maddocks wasfice © arrange connections for prospective buyers when in Development Board;
been appointed interim executive directors of the Castlegar manager with Castlegar Savings Credit Union 1975. area in accordance with board policy; © prepare
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and District Development Board. Both have been active with the board since its. © mobilize community leaders to secure prospects for .
; The appointment of Stan and Maddocks, who have the Castlegar Industrial Commission in late 1983. Stan was action by executive director;

resigned as members of the Development Board, are for a most recently board chai docks vii irman. © follow-up on leads pr leaders;
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six-month period.

Development Board chairman Henry John said. he is
“pleased two fellows with knowledge and ability are
available and will be sharing this important
He said the interim appointments “allow the board to assess

i ial without being itted to-any tong term

‘© prepare and update contact list and maintain active

file on prospective clients; :
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and initiatives

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John also said he is pleased that local lawyer Diane
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Burt Campbell.

Harry Stan was owner-manager of the Macleods Store

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© review, organize, collect and create where necessary,
all audio-visual and print material for Castlegar promotion;

e “sell” prospective clients on locating in Castlegar;

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support relocation efforts to Cas' %

e evaluate, priorize, summarize and activate inquires

for the Castlegar Industrial Park;

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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1986

provide needed information;
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ppropriate, to District Development Board on opportunities, possible

edvies Castiogur and

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SLIP-SLIDIN

TUNNEL FUN . .

. Sally Dejong gets set tor smooth ride down tube
slide Tuesday at Syringa Creek Provincial Park. Canada Day holiday

G AWAY ON CANADA DAY

drew large crowds of youngsters to adventure playground.

CosNews photo by Ron Norman

UNTIL SATURDAY

Langham given reprieve

By SIMON BIRCH
Staff Writer
Langham Cultural Centre in Kaslo
has been granted a brief reprieve
The 93-year-old award-winning heri

federal help?

tage building was scheduled to close
July 1 if money couldn't be found to pay
off the centre's $25,000 mortgage.

But director Bernadette
Lynch said Wednesday the response to
pleas for donations has been “enor
mous” and the campaign for funds has
been extended to Saturday

She said the campaign has raised
more than $19,000 and the money is

‘ still coming in.

centre

“We're optimistic we're going to do
it,” Lynch said, referring to the $25,000
goal. “It’s going to happen.”

She said the centre has received
donations from all over the West Koot
enay, including Castlegar, in amounts
ranging from “small up to $1,000.”

Lynch added that Kootenay West
MP Bod Brisco has been trying to raise
money from the federal and provincial
governments to help save the building

Brisco Wednesday he has
written to Provincial Secretary Grace
McCarthy and to newly appointed
federal Minister of Communications
Flora MacDonald indicating the “ur
gency of the matter” and asking them
to look into sources of funds to help
Langham Cultural Centre

He said both levels of government
have “discretionary funds” from which
to draw money. However, he added it
would be “premature” for him to guess
whether either level of government
will assist the centre

said

Brisco said government funds, if
forthcoming. might not be grants
matching the amount of money raised
privately

But, he added, “Hopefully, it is not
lost on the ministers that the Langham
Cultural Society has raised in excess of
$10,000 in a short period of time.”

Told that as of Wednesday morning
that figure was now more than $19,000,
Brisco said the fund-raising is “remark
able.

“Tm just delighted to hear that.”

Lynch said the centre's directors

want to pay off the mortgage to reduce
monthly payments by about $500 and
avoid going further into debt
operate the centre which for more than
10 years has offered a place for per
formers and artists to show off their
crafts.

She said July 5 is a self-imposed
deadline but is to raise
money

“There has to be a deadline. We pay
this (mortgage) off or else we close.”

The Langham was a popular hotel
during Kaslo's boomtown mining days
in the 1890s.

The centre now brings tourists to the
area but the revenue the centre brings
$1,500 in

to

not a ploy

in is not enough to meet the
total monthly expenses

Delegate
selection
Monday

By CasNews Staff

Rossland-Trail members of the Social
Credit party will meet Monday at the
Union Hotel in Trail to choose the
constituency’s delegates to this
month's leadership convention at
Whistler.

Walt Siemens, president of the
Rossland-Trail Social Credit Associa
tion, said Wednesday the association
will pick “up to 25” delegates for the
July 28-30 convention that will elect a
successor to Premier Bill Bennett

He said the association expected to
send about 30 delegates to Whistler
but some of those were discouraged by

the 's registration price of
$200 — since lowered to $125.

Nevertheless, he said, local Socreds
are still showing “quite a lot of
interest” in the convention

Each constituency in British Colum
bia can send at least 25 delegates to
Whistler, plus five alternates

In addition, constituencies are allow
ed one more delegate for every 100
members signed up beyond 1,000 by
May 28.

Siemens said he doesn't know
exactly how many members the
Rossiand-Trail constituency has, but
added it is less than 1,000.

Siemens said Rossland-Trail “de
finitely” has a membership list but so

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irectors
consider

By CHERYL CALDERBANK
Staff Writer

Board chairmen and directors from
four regional districts, including the
jonal District of Central Kootenay,
met in Penticton Wednesday afternoon
to discuss a possible purchase of West
Kootenay Power and Light Co.
board chairman George Cady
said Wednesday before leaving for the
Okanagan city that the four regional
districts, which also include Regional
District of Kootenay Boundary, Okana-
gan-Similkameen and Central Okans-
gan, will discuss the possible purchase
with officials from the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and the Municipal
Finance Authority.

The districts were also hoping to
agree on a feasibility study.

Other representatives from the
RDCK were Castlegar Mayor Audrey
Moore, and Area F director (North
Shore) Dave Pearce. Cady said Moore
and Pearce were invited to the meeting
because of their knowledge of utilities.

In addition, representation from
Castlegar was also made because of
Westar, one of WKPL’s largest users,
which is located in the city.

Other mayors within the RDCK
were also planning to attend the
meeting as observers.

The four regional districts are within
the area served by WKPL.

Cady said the purchase of WKPL is
“a logical thing to take on.” He said the
regional districts can protect their own
industries and power rather than
having them run by outsiders.

“If (B.C.) Hydro gets it (WKPL) we
are dead,” he said, noting that power
costs would double.

Cady said if regional districts were

rchase

AUDREY MOORE
. . in Penticton

to purchase WKPL, there would be no
burden on the taxpayer.

“We will borrow from the Municipal
Finance Authority, which is ourselves,
and we will pay it back to ourselves,”
he said.

Rumored costs of buying the utility
are estimated at between $40 i
and $60 million.

Cady said the issue hasn't been
discussed formally with regional direc
tors but he said the board hopes to get
permission from directors at Satur
day's regular meeting to contribute
money towards a feasibility study.

WKPL is owned by Cominco Ltd.
which announced last month it is
putting the utility up for sale.

INSIDE

TOP STUDENT: Ken Chernott
wos named best all round
student at annual Kinnaird
Junior secondary school awards
ceremonies. For a complete list
ot award winners a7

FOREST FIRES: A storm Saturday
lighting strikes, though only five f

WAGE CLAUSE NIXED: Castlegor
has been ruled out of order by the

CONCERT SERIES:
STRANGE FEE: JAKARTA
reported Wednesday

Some 20,000 rats
went into effect in May

series kicks off today at Kinsmen Park at noon

evening sparked more than 500

orest tires were reported A2

school board's fair wage clause
provincial government a3

The 4th annual Summer Concerts in the Park

ae

A village chiet in West Jove charges
couples 10 dead rats to get married, but up to 25 to get a divorce.
The prices set by Lombang Wardiyoh
Indramayy are part of his compaign to induce residents to kill rots
that ore devouring the rice harvests the Pikiran Rakyat newspaper

in the village of

have been brought to his office since the plon
It is not known what percentage of the
dead rodents paid for marriage as opposed to divorce