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January 28, 1990

OPINION

Issue mishandled

Robson residents are justifiably angry at the provincial gover-

nment which, as Robson-Raspbe
lawyer Terry Dalton pointed out,
to snatch away the Robson ferry.

rry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee
snuck into town in the dead of night

If you believe it was mere coincidence a tugboat happened to be
available just hours after Provincial Secretary and Nelson-Creston
MLA Howard Dirks announced the government i# looking at a holf-
dozen sites for a possible bridge across the Columbia River linking
Castlegar and Robson, then we've got some oceanfront property in
Saskatchewan we'd like to sell you

Mr. Dirks says Robson residents shouldn't dwell on the negative
aspects of losing their ferry but instead should focus on the positive

possibility of getting a bridge.

But there's no guarantee o bridge willver be built, especially
since construction of the bridge is contingent on the expansion of the

Celgar pulp mill which, though lik
go ahead from the provincial go’
something he hasn't revealed.

ely, at this point hasn't received the
vernment, unless Mr. Dirks knows

There's too much that can delay the construction of the bridge
for Robson residents to be dancing in the streets

We recall another major hig!

Ihways project in the Rossland.-Trail

riding, the West Trail approach, was in limbo a long time before the

government gave the green light
last year

to the final phase of the project late

While we don't doubt Mr. Dirks and his colleagues in the provin-
cial government are sincere in their belief that they are trying to help
improve transportation in this area, they should remember that Rob-
son residents can't cross the Columbia River on site studies and

promises
And the fact that the gover

nment is hitching its ability to im-

prove transportation in this area to Celgar's wagonload of expansion
dollars is an insult to the people of Robson who deserve better from

their tax dollars than the gover

nment's callous and cavalier shut

down of the ferry service-two years ago

In April 1988 when the government removed the ferry fram ser
vice there was no promise of a bridge to replace it. At that time the
government's posifion was that Rebson residents had two alternative

routes
to Castlegar

The feeling among the ad hoc cammittee members

them Socreds

the Keenleyside dam road and the Brilliant bridge

to get

some of

is the government used the closure of the Robson

ferry as a test case for privatization of B.C. ferries. (And what better
riding for the Social Credit government to use than one which has
elected a New Democrat tothe legislature every election since

1972?)

But the shutdown turned into a public relations fiasco for the
government which is now trying to paint a fosy picture of the
situation with promises of a bridge.

Don’t get us wrong. The government has our unequivocal sup-
port and thanks for its bridge plans

But that doesn’t change our opinion that the government mishan.
dled and continues to mishandle the ferry issue

The sensible solution would have been to put the ferry back into
service while plans for the bridge Move ahead.

Two years of
quotes tell story

By CasNews Staff
In early April 1988, the Robson ferry
stopped operating because of low
watet-levels on the Columbia River
The provincial government did not re-
start the ferry service when the water
levels rose because former Highways
Minister Stephen Rogers said the ferry
was unsafe because of a small hole in
the hull. On April 25, the ministry an
nounced it had ceased operation of the
ferry
The provincial cabinet reaffirmed
that decision May 11
Last Wédnesday, the provincial
government ordered the ferry towed
up the Lower Arrow Lake where it will
replace the Arrow Park ferry
The following is a sampling of the
many statements made by both sides in
the controversy since it began almost
two years ago
April 27, 1988
“With 4wo excellent road alter
natives and the availability of regular
bus service there may be an oppor
tunity to transfer the operation of the
Castlegar-to-Robson cable ferry to one
of the local authorities (the city of
Castlegar or the Regional District of
Central Kootenay)."’ — former High-
ways Minister Stephen Rogers
April 27, 1988
“The inland ferries form an integral
part of the provincial highways net
work where lakes and rivers traverse
the system." — Stephen Rogers
April 27, 1988
“*T think it’s utterly ridiculous.’* —
former RDCK Area J director Martin
Vanderpol on the suggested transfer of
the ferry operation
May 3, 1988
““We're ndt terminating the ferry in
any way, shape or form.”’ — Jim Van,
executive assistant to Stephen Rogers
May 11, 1988
“*(Cabinet) made the decisjon not to
put the ferry back into operation.”
Jim Van
May 12, 1988
“In the event that the regional
district or the city of Castlegar does not
wish to assume operation of the Rob
son ferry, we will be extending an op-
portunity to the private sector to
operate the ferry."’ —Stephen Rogers

May 17, 1988
“I think it’s just another example of
the Social Credit government's blatant
disregard for the well-being of citizens
of particular communities.’” — B.C.
Federation of Labor president Ken
Georgetti
July 14, 1988
“The service is convenient to Rasp-
berry and Robson residents and impor-
tant to some businesses but this cable
ferry is not an essential extension of the
provincial highway network."’ — for-
mer Highways Minister Neil Vant
Dec. 7, 1988
“If we hear nothing positive (an
reinstating the service) at the end of the
week, (an appeal) will be filed early the
following week."’ — Robson-Rasp-
berry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee
lawyer Terry Dalton after the commit-
tee lost its attempt in B.C. Supreme
Court to have the ferry service rein-
stated
Dec. 13, 1988
‘We will look at several options
before even a thought of taking it (the
ferry) away is entertained.’’ — Neil
Vant
May 30, 1989
“First of all, it was a Cabinet
decision to close the ferry. Secondly, it
was reconsidered by cabinet and again
cabinet turned it down and therefore
that really is more of a dead issue.” —
Provincial Secretary Howard Dirks,
then minister of state for Kootenay
Jan. 24, 1990
The people of Robson-are ‘‘com-
pletely traumatized.’’ — Terry Dalton
after the provincial government towed
the ferry away in the early morning
hours.
e Jan. 24, 1990
“I painted it for 30 years. I thought
I'd give it its last paint job."’ — former
ferry operator Gilbert Schuepfer after
throwing a can of red paint on to the
ferry asit passed Keenleyside dam
Jan. 24, 1990
“We have to look at the big picture.
We have to look to the future. I hope
we get good community cooperation in
that move."” Howard Dirks after
announcing the government is
studying six sites for a possible bridge
linking Castlegar and Robson

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When?

40 YEARS AGO
From the Jan. 26, 1950
Castle News

The Castlegar District School
Board held its monthly meeting on
Monday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m.

After the minutes of the last
meeting had been read by Secretary-
Treasurer C.H. King, the newly
elected trustees, Mrs. W. Jacobson
and Mr. F. Markin, were sworn in
and assumed office.

The first item of business for the
evening was the budget estimates
for 1950. These were viewed by the
Board and will go before the trus-
tees and representatives next week
for their approval, after which they
will be submitted to the Department
of

Letters to the editor

Post officials deaf

I am writing to inform the general
public of a new disease which causes
acute deafness in Canada Post officials
— privatization!

On Jan. 23, the corporation s
three of its foot soldiers to_our
munity to give us the news.
to say the least, received
deal of enthusiasm. Our post office
was gone. That was it — no prior con-
sultation, nothing except the glib
rejoinder that the corporation was
working to “‘improve’’ our service.

At the meeting, our ad hoc commit-
tee spokesman gave a lengthy and
comprehensive list of reasons why our
community needed to keep our post
office. The answer from the Canada
Post-officials-was that, yes, they were
doing their best to find a franchise
location within Robson.

Many of us began to suspect they
were a bit hard of hearing, for on top
of this we had already told them several
times that the owner of the only
possible location for a franchise,

Saving

After reading the article, Hospital
gets extra funds (Castlegar News,
Dec. 17), I was struck with a feeling
of utter disbelief.

We are constantly being told by
the different levels of government
that we should conserve energy. We
hear that B.C. Hydro is raising its
rates to encourage people to con-
serve electricity. We are told that we
should use less fossil fuels because
of global warming. Politicians lately
have been claiming that they are
becoming ‘‘green."’ Crack down on
polluters, use recycled paper, use
recycled engine oil in buses.

Johnny's Grocery, would not have one
on, philosophical grounds. The
meeting folded when the realization
became general among our 100 or
more community members that the
deafness must be terminal.

What really bothers me about this
affliction of postal privatization is it
assumes most people will view
anything that shows a profit margin as
necessarily the best and greatest good
which could be achieved for all. In-
deed, one of our inattentive officials, a
media relations man, explained that
since Canada Post's surprising profit
last year, its sole mandate from now on
was to show more and even greater
profits. No one cheered. In fact, the
reaction was something quite dif-
ferent

Furthermore, the value of a precious
and disappearing rural way of life ob-
viously escapes completely our deaf
(and might I say blind) postal cor-
poration, and by implication, this

government. It’s great to have a keen
interest in being a profitable business
and, sure, we could all drive further for
the services we need, those of us, at
least, who can afford to, but to anyone
who has ever grown up with the rural
post offices that Canada Post now so
frenziedly wants to eliminate, that’s
not the point.

What matters is that the post office
is the heart of our small rural com-
munities and once you've taken our
post offices away, sure, you've suc-
ceeded in being good little
businessmen, you've passed your
economics 101 tests, you've ‘‘expan-
ded your efficiency gains and increased
volume growth”’ (to use a few words
from our friendly, though hearing-
impaired, media relations man), but if
you've done all this at the expense of
our small communities by effectively
tearing out their hearts and destroying
them, what's the point?

Richard Widdifieid
Robson

s questioned

Now when it comes to expanding
Castlegar’s hospital, they try to save
three pér cent of the total building
cost by cutting out energy-conserv-
ing equipment. The $200,000 price
is going to be the lowest cost ever.
No doubt in five or six years it will
cost twice that amount to install. At
that time the hospital will be told,
“your operating expenses are too
high, cut your budget.”’

So by using a near-sighted ap-
proach to saving money now, we'll
be paying for it in the future with
every energy price hike. Not only
will it cost us in dollars, it will effect

our environment both locally and
globally. Now this one project may
not be that significant by itself, but
this may set a precedent of not using
available energy-conservation meth-
ods in future projects and will in-

crease the pressure on our planet.
This kind of saving method cer-
tainly sends out a different message
of conservation. I'm sure if the gov-
ernment were serious about saving
the environment, it could come up
with the additional funds to keep
energy-conserving equipment in the
building plans.
David A. Keen

Celgar mill needed

I_would like to express my con-
cerns about the Celgar Pulp Co.
expansion plans NOT being ap-
proved .

There have been a lot of negative
issues brought up about the mill
expansion. One of the main issues is
pollution. I'm delighted to see that
the environment is finally getting
some attention. The fact that Celgar
is so quickly trying to meet the new
government standards on pollution

is admirable. I’m confident the com
pany is implementing the most tech-

expanding, how will it afford the
pollution controls necessary to meet

y
available at this time.

The cost of pollution control must
be very expensive. Celgar certainly
can't just pull this money out of the
air. It must increase pi ion to

the new ge ? it
can't. So what will the company do?
Close down the mill?

That is my primary concern. I
can’t see Castlegar and its sur-

offset the cost. Here is where other
factors such as increased truck
traffic and pollution come into play.

But what if the expansion doesn't
happen? If Celgar is prevented from

Ferry move
‘devastating’

Although the moving of the Rob-
son-Castlegar ferry may be ‘‘good
tidings’’ for Arrow Park residents
(CasNews Jan. 24), the action Wed-
nesday by the Ministry of Transpor-
tation and Highways was devasta-
ting to the people of Robson and
Castlegar.

The removal took place under the
cover of darkness, as though it were
being done by thieves in the night.
It has always been our belief that
the business of the public should be
done in public

Terry Dalton, lawyer for the Rob-
son-Raspberry Ferry Users Ad Hoc
Committee, has assured the group
that, from a legal standpoint, there
is no difference whether the ferry is

moored at Robson or at Arrow Park
The progress of the committee's
appeal to the B.C. Court of Appeal
is unaffected by the move

The Robson ferry is perceived by
many to be a test case for the
privatization of inland ferries. Al-
though our community has been
traumatized by the events leading
up to Wednesday's action, other
inland ferry users have been spared
similar trauma as a result of the
committee's actions

The ad hoc committee has called a
public meeting for 2 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 4, at the Robson Community

" being able to
survive without Celgar. Closure of
the mill would not only affect Celgar
employees, but also the area’s saw-
mills and the entire service industry
I fear for the survival of this com-
munity, its ‘surrounding areas, its
people, our jobs, our homes and our
whole way of life.

I don’t want to live in a ghost
town.

Castlegar

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News, P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar,
B.C. VIN 3H4, or deliver them to
our office at 197 Columbia
Avenue, Castlegar

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typewritten

s must be signed and incivde
Unly
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published without the writers nome
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to edit letters tor brevity. clarity, legality

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Tuesday night's regular Kiwanis
meeting paid tribute to Scotland's
immortal Robert Burns. With
‘‘Jock’’ Hawkins on hand from
Brilliant to lend authenticity to the
scene, the members heard a history
of the favorite poet. ‘‘Jock’’ read
some of Burns’ outstanding poems,
translated some of those in dialect
for the benefit of the less-informed
and rendered two Scotch songs as
only ‘Jock’? can.

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A meeting for the purpose of
forming a Castlegar Boxing Club
was held at the home of J. Der-
gousoff on Jan. 22.

25 YEARS AGO
From the Jan. 28, 1965
News
If a district municipality were
formed in this area,
would be responsible for social
welfare costs of over $30,000 a year
while police protection costs, includ-
ing the salary of a magistrate, would
be over $50,000 annually.
eee
Castlegar has sent a letter to the
PUC commenting on the WKP&L
Co.'s assertion that the district
municipality study presently under-
way in this area is new information
that_affects the PUC electric_rate
review being conducted by the PUC.
eee
An Edmonton syndicate is inter-
ested in building a hotel in Kin-
naird. It would be located on the
Fred Merlo properly between the
CPR crossing and Belford Motors.
The syndicate has taken an option
on the property.
F . .
Establishment of a regional coll-
ege in the West Kootenay will be
the equivalent of establishing a
major industry here, Dr. Malcolm
Taylor, president of Victoria Uni-
versity, told a regional college sem-
inar in Nelson recently.
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Castlegar council moved at its
meeting last’ week to turn the private
CPR crossing into the Castle Bar
subdivision into a public crossing.

Water was a prime topic Tuesday
night when council dealt with a

the district”

January 28, 1990 Castlegar News AS

MORE LETTERS

-. Train travel pleasant

Thisisa true story about C.P. Rail.

When Castlegar was just a small
town, not too many years ago, the
population was quite small for its size
and the surrounding area. We found
that it was too difficult to do our shop-
ping, for there were only @ few stores to
choose from, so. we had to go, to @
bigger city toshop.

Every weekend we found ourselves
at the railroad station, waiting in line
to get on board the train. But it wasn't
long before we found ourselves win-
ding along through the valleys, over
the mountains and alongside the
Kootenay river, as the train made its

way into the big city of Nelson. I
should mention that it was an exciting
trip, It sure gave us a great thrill when
the locomotive blew its whistle, as it

ning. Even though it was a tiresome
trip, it gave us a good feeling when we
finished our shopping and returned
home to Castlegar late in the after-
noon. Once or twice a year, part or all
of our family would make a special trip
to Vancouver and back. It sure was a
long journey of approximately 500
miles each way.

The old locomotive chugged its way
through the Kettle Valley and all points
west. The train ride was very comfor-
table because it had everything
available on board, such as a dining
car, beverages, bathrooms, sleeping
quarters, and almost anything your
heart desired, Most of all, we were
never cramped for space because there
was about eight to 10 coaches. This
gave us a chance to walk from one end
of the train to the other. I can remem-
ber that it took us at least one day to
travel each way, but it was.a comfor-
table trip.

1 wonder how many people have

Comments disappoint

Chris D’Arcy’s unfortunate com-
ment on the challenge by Ed Conroy

creeps in with the iting effects.

“Bad politics,"’ reminds me of the

for the NDP is
disappointing and reminds me of other
groups who were described as ‘‘fringe
group zealpts’” at the last West
Kootenay convention.

li is too bad Chris D'Arcy doesn’t
like competition but the health and
vitality of any organization depends on
renewal, adjustment of priorities and
remotivation.

I think it is much too long since the
last challenge in 1981. Complacency

Speech nothing new

For five weeks, the province held
its breath to hear the premier
announce nothing.

All he said is that he will wake up
in the morning and go to work just
like the rest of us. This is news?

Vander Zalm told us that his
agenda would now shift to issues he
can do little or nothing about —
interest rates, Meech Lake, the
Senate. This is the stuff of a premier
who wants to divert our attention.

Cast

I attended the Jan. 23 public
meeting with Canada Post, regard-
ging the imminent privatization of
the Robson post office.

During the forum, one of the

of ‘*Bad B.C.-ers’’
— we all know where that came from
— because people in B.C. had dif-
ferent priorities than the premier. The
only dissent is the publicity of Chris's
comment in the media. There are, of
course, each one’s opinion on
priorities to be put forth and this is
what a good convention is all about.

A strong leader welcomes challenge
and then, if he wins, do¢s an even bet-
ter job. If not, he will help the new

Meanwhile, the real agenda re-
mains the same corporate
control of the forests, privatization
of roads and sthools, corporate con-
trol of the environment. British

The Nelson-Creston riding next
door is getting set for a race between
Corky Evans and Wayne Peppard —
neither one of these candidates find
this distasteful.

I am sure Chris knows that he would
not retire at 65 in the legislature so
there will be challenges throughout the
years. Tha is the democratic way. The
Kosiaiaal, after all, is not a kingdom.

Mel McMullen
Castlegar

control of the economy.

In Netson-Creston, they also want
sound forest management that pre-
serves the watersheds and jobs, they
want the return of a publicly funded

Columbians have shown
in provincial byelections and the
federal election that they want a
government that will stand for

clean environment and environmen-
tally sound jobs, for women’s free-
dom of choice and for Canadian

legarn

representatives for™ “Canada Post,

Doug McClelland, said both the

Robson and the Castlegar post

offices are losing money. He also
d that all

Expansion OK

I have been very puzzled and
somewhat confused by the lack of
support demonstrated for the Celgar
pulp mill expansion.

I am definitely not a ‘‘David
Suzuki,’’ nor have I been blessed
with the brain of a biochemist
However, I do feel that common
sense should prevail when discuss-
ing the expansion of the mill.

When an established mill decides
to spend $630 million to make its

i “*state-of-the-art'’ AND

report from Ald.’ Mike Livi

on the preliminary water study and a
request for support from the. ad-
visory planning commission for Area
J

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The local weather office, stationed
at the Castlegar Airport, will convert
its weather reports tb degrees Cel-
sius (centigrade) from degrees Fah-
renheit.

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Clarence Ackerman was re-elected
as chairman of the board of directors
when Castlegar District United Ap-
peal held its annual meeting Mon-
day evening in the Hi Arrow Arms.

5 YEARS AGO
From the Jan. 27, 1965
Castlegar News

Expo 86 won't benefit just the
Lower Mainland, but can help boost
business in communities around the
province, according to the world’s
exposition’s community program co-
ordinator.

“Expo 86 represents a catalyst,”’
Paula Fairweather told about a
dozen Castlegar business people and
community leaders Thursday.

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Despite recording a 1984 profit of
$24.2 million; Cominco Ltd. is
ing its workers in Trail and Kim-
berley for a one-year extension of
their current contract but without
the contract's cost-of-living clause.

Cominco says low metal prices
and high costs are the reasons it is
seeking a contract extention from
the United Steelworkers of America
Local 480.

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The granting of an extra $30,000
to the Castlegar School District for
its January to June short school
term means that the district won't
be able to run.up a deficit of almost
$12.000.

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standards now set by our govern-
ment, it) seems to me that we in
Castlegar should be more than a
little pleased
Without the modernization, there
would be no Celgar. Without Celgar,
there would be no Castlegar.
Let’s wake° up and count our
blessings.
Deb Keretff
Castlegar

Location

(Hwy. 6 north

Winlaw Elementary School

sity, they want p of
the orchard industry.
I'm surprised Vander Zalm did
what he did to his party.
Now we wait to see what they will
do to him.

Corky Evans

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post offices will be shut down.

He commented that Vancouver,
Toronto and Montreal are making
money for the corporation. | wonder
if a place like Ottawa might become
a rural route operating out of
Toronto?

Later in the evening, Mr. Mc-
Clelland went so far as to say ‘‘it is
against the law’’ (Canada Post Corp.
law?) to lose money.

If the West Kootenay hopes to
retain any traditional post office,
now is @ good time to join Robson in
combat against post office closures.

If Robson goes without, Castlegar
may very well be next.
Yvon Bailuk
Castlegar

You are invited
to attend a seminar in Winlaw on
the Columbia River Treaty.

Last month, B.C.Hydro presented a seminar on the Columbia River
Treaty jn several communities in the lower Columbia Valley

Now the seminar is being presented in Winlaw to give residents
of the Slocan Valley an opportunity to attend

Key presenters at the seminar will be B.C.Hydro staff members
Tim Newton, who is Chairman of the Canadian Operating
Committee for the Treaty, and Al Geissler, Community Relations
Coordinator for Hydro.

This is an opportunity to increase your knowledge of the
Columbia River Treaty. Please plan to attend

To registerscall Shelley Hancock at 359-7564. Registration is free.

Date
Mon., Jan. 29

to Winlaw, left at the intersection)

For more details, call Al Geissler, Community Relations Coordinator
for B.C.Hydro at 549-8531 (collect)

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ever experienced a train ride. If you
happened to be one of those com-
muters that didn’t have the oppor-
tunity to travel by rail, I strongly
Suggest that you should before it's too
late. I believe that everyone is well
aware or heard through the media that
there will be no more rail service across
Canada, Surely by now you all have the
message, but it might be too little too
late, for the rail service will become
nothing but history.
Nick Keraiff
Castlegar

Director
should
speak out

To Jack Chernoff, member of the
board of directors of Canada Post:
Your Robson friends and neighbors
would like your assurance that you will
do everything within your powers to
maintain a post office in Robson.

We sincerely deplore Canada Post's
systematic dismantling of our rural
post offices and would like to hear you
speak out against this policy. Surely
the integrity of our rural communities
is worth more than the dollars Canada
Post is interested in saving.

The Committee to Save
the Robson Post Office

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over August, with in- _ record the highest jump registering o
creases in Vancouver and Calgary but a strong British
contributing significantly to the rise economy pushed up Van:

couver's new home prices by 16.4 per
The price index for new houses rose = C®""
13% in August, compared to a year
earlier. Conversely, prices tell .1%
trom July, 1989,

Prices in Vancouver were 2.1 percent
higher than in August and in Colgory

they rose 1.6 per cent. Prices in the
St. John’s Newfoundland market od

vanced 3.9-per cent

The index measures housing contrac
tors’ selling prices. The land compon
dent, representing 35% to 40% of the
total house price, rose 27.2% in
August, while the house portion od
vanced only 7%

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more information on new home con
struction in this area .
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prices stood 11.5 per cent higher than
during the same month last year, the
federal agency said

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