CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, November 4, 1976 Much of tt Much of It Located Between Nakusp ond Fauquier Hydro to Sell Lakefront Property In ‘a long-awaited move, B.C, Hydro has offered former waterfront land owners on the Arrow Lakes a chance to pur- chase waterfront land on the Arrow Reservoir. Letters went out on ied * 175 bound to retain ownership of the land for at least two years unless they choose to sell back to B.C. Hydro at the purchase price. ‘The second is more conten- tious, It is a “flowage right-of- Persons. who had formerly owned waterfront on the lake. Between 700 and 800 persons owned land along the lakeshore t the time B.C. Hydro entered ita the Columbia River Treaty, but only 176 of these ave actively ‘expressed an terest in purchasing other keshore property. Eighty-five lots, renging ‘om one-half to’ 20 acres and riced between $2,800 and 12,500 are now up for grabs. ver one-half of the lots are sclustered in three subdivisions nd all of them lie on the, east yside of the reservoir between + (Nakusp and Fauquier. $$ | The largest concentration + of lots is at East Arrow’ Park here there are 29 lots, all aving water frontage and ‘anging between one-half and five acres. “There are another 13 in the ; North Nakusp Subdivision, ‘ranging from one- and one-half ‘heres to. three acres, five of : which-have no water frontage. { Another four lots are located in + the Cove Subdivision just south + of Crescent Bay, all one acre. Thirty-nine other lots are jgeattered between Nakusp and : Fauquier. A majority of the lots jxeportedly border on the i present highway -but others Dorder along the old highway. The properties are being Offered to former waterfront ywhers only and when making applications, prospective buy- sers are asked to name a first, isecond and third choice.” 1 B.C. Hydro Land Repre- isentative Earl Moffat says he Shopes to be able to provide a lot Sto all interested parties, if not sin this group, then in another to tbe made available late this year of early next. There are some strings tattached to the purchases, thowever. Included in the letters to former property mers announcing the sale, ‘are two other documents, | ‘One is.a-buy-back agree: sent whereby purchasers are You'll find a friend where you see this sign. For More Information Call 365-5638 or 365-5542 New in Town?| way” wherein B.C. . Hydro sets out conditions bind- ing on all buyers of the lots The wording in this docu- ment has caused some concern to persons considering the Hydro offer. Firstly, right-of- way is granted in perpetuity to Hydro or any agents of Hydro to enter the land “for purposes related to the construction, maintenance or operation of a dam, reservoir or any other plant, used or to be used for or in connection with the genera- tion, manufacture, distrubition or supply of power or for the purposes of controlling water.” Under this easement, B.C. Hydro may “saturate, perme- ate, overflow, flood and cover the land”; “cause debris to be deposited on the land”; “cause erosion, sloughing, and slides on and of the land"; and “enter upon the land and remove, clear, destroy or dispose of any buildings, structures, timber or other natural growth... which in the opinion of "B.C, Hydro might in any way interfere with navigation or flood control or the operation of any such dam or generating plant, or the reservoir created by any such dam... Further on the right-of- way, agreement calls for the purchaser to obtain consent from Hydro to erect any build- ing or do any planting on the land. Mr. Moffat says, however. that permission to ‘do these things will be granted by Hydro at the time of the land trans- action on any of the property above the “safe line" of 1455 feet, the maximum elevation that Hydro feets would need to be inundated in the course of dam operation. Below the safe line, written permission to do any building, planting or in- habiting would have to be ob- tained from Hydro. * Perhaps the section of the, agreement.that is the most ominous is that which releases Hydro from any claim for com- People Interaction pensation for property damage or percnal injury, including death. ‘Under this- section the owner and his successors in perpetuity agree to “release and discharge B.C, Hydro of and from all claim for loss, costs, damages, charges and expenses of any nature or kind to arise out of the impound-~ ment, overflowing or flooding of water by the con- To the Castlegar Villa Soc- iety for a worthy project well done; We are happy to have been able to help out. P&G Builders Supply Castlegar struction or operation of any dam, dams, generating plant or plants...” and further agrees that he “will not make any claim for compensation for personal injury (including death) or injury to any of his Property, real or personal, on account of any such occur- rence”. j ‘Mr. Moffat said that, ‘this section, which implies that in the event of a. catastrophic flood, for example, owners of these properties could make no claim against Hydro for losses, is a difficult one. “You could ask three lawyers for an inter. pretation and get three dif- ferent answers", he said. What is It All About? Do youact as ifeveryone is wrong but you? Do you give in, going along with everyone else, afraid to say what you actually thing? Do you like to talk a lot, making wise-sounding state- ments’ that avoid the real issues? Or do you perhaps refuse to talk about anything serious at all, changing the subject whenever the topic is getting uncomfortable? These questions were asked last Friday night, at the Legion, when Mrs, Evelyn Nelson from Edmonton, ad- dressed 50 interested people on the topic, “Knowing the people you Live With.” Mrs. Nelson feels that we often talk around things, in- stead of facing them. This only builds walls of dishonesty and phoniness between us. It hap- pens even in our families. It even happens between husband and wife. Mrs. Nelson sketched a picture of a person taking on, through the years, more and Want to Know Why You Didn't Win Your Million? Three $1-million winning tickets in the ninth and last : Olympic. lottery draw were never sold to the public, lottery officials admitted recently. Julien Cote, gener manager of Olympic Lottery Canada Ltd., said the unsold tickets were in large part res- ponsible for a surplus in prize money announced earlier. Lottery president Roger Rousseau announced an over-all surplus of $1.3-million for all nine draws and presented a cheque for that amount to Loto Canada, the Olympic lottery's successor. Guy Cousineau, president of Loto Canada, said the $1.3- million would be awarded in 13 bonus prized of $100,000 each at Loto Canada’s first draw Dec. The fact that the three $1- million tickets had not been sold to the public was not mentioned at the news con- ference. The over-all surplus in prize money undistributed to the public was attributed to “fate”. Mr. Cote said the winning tickets were ‘among unsold tickets purchased by the lot- tery from the distributors after the ticket sale deadline, and legally the prize money belongs to the lottery. “Can you blame the lottery if people didn’t buy the tickets?” he asked. Asimilar incident occurred in the seventh draw last January when one $1-million winning ticket also went unsold to the public. When this was revealed, lottery officials. announced an extra $1-million prize which was awarded in. the eighth lottery last May. At the time Cote said the chances of an unsold ticket winning a $1-million prize were “one in half a mill Asked why the lottery was not returning a full $3-million to be awarded to the public by Loto Canada, Mr. Cote said, “Why don't you ask why we are returning $1.3-million? Legally, we could keep it.” Cre Aa Weathergard MK. | 4PLY POLYESTER OR 4 PLY NYLON Put Atlas Between You and the Snow! ‘ Compare our Prices! Weathergar NYLON/RAYON 78 BELTED STEEL BELTED RADIAL more demanding roles, such as a job, marriage and parent- hood. Every new role makes fresh demands. The pressure increases, If a person does not have self-esteem, if his friends do not truly listen to him, if he lacks the ability to communicate his feelings to those around him, the pressures become unbear- able. ‘ Undesirable -behaviour is the result of too much pressure and too, little communicating -with others, Many social pro- blems, such as ‘crime and alcoholism, result directly from this, The way to bring about change in a pressured person is not to condemn him, but to re- build the person's self-esteem, y respecting him, listening sincerely to him and encour-, aging him for the good qualities we all have, ‘As a person comes back into balance, he feels loved, and can become a member of his family and community once again, His re-acquired ability to deal with the tensions of his life then allow him to. share with others. He is able to give of himself again. He realizes that his life is very much a part of his total family and friends. Mrs. Nelson is a family educator and counsellor for the province of Alberta, where she is increasingly involved in com- munity events, helping people to help one another through better relatignships with their family and friends. The People Interaction group is hoping to put on more events, on sticlt topics as com- municating with teenagers, building a family bond, growing. closer to your marriage part- ner, understanding your inner needs and other related topics. 1972 Jaguar Is Totalled In Accident . - A1972 Jaguar is described as a write-off after it left Highway No. 3 about 15 miles west of Castlegar, went down a 20-foot embankment and rolled 30 feet. Castlegar RCMP say the car, driven by Willaim Henry Senay of Grand Forks, was west-bound between Castlegar and Nancy Greene Junction when it hit black ice and skidded off the road. Mr. Senay suffered head cuts but was not hospitalized, say police. x SST © Deep, widettead for stabibty. ° replacement requirements, Surface. even dutmng high speed tums, tance. A7e13 t EACH 2ORMORE GAS IS OUR BUSINESS Long-lasten © Exceltent hazard protection 7819 WHITEWALL 95 EACH MAZDA OWNERS: we have 4 - 13” Winter Tires . on Rims, All four othe maa irvhandlng, braking and comer- ing, plus super BATE 13 WHITEWALL EACH their sacrifice Complifnents of $59.95 _GASTLEGAR NEWS Best Regards to the Castlegar. Villa Society for their great diligence and perseverance in completing the Villa. We supplied the. Draperies for the project and were pleased to do so. We are looking forward to your next program. “Custom made Draperies for the Kootenays” Columbia Fabrics & Floors Trail sop URNING ceremony late November of last year for the addition to Castlegar Rota Villa became almost as big a struggle for Castlegar Senior Citizens’ Villa Association president Paul Oglow, as bringing the project of 16 new unite and the completion of 10 unfinished units to « point where could get underway. Having pointed out the designated spot for Mr. Oglow to turn the sod, Mayor Ed Mosby, right, eed ene ‘assistance to help penetrate the frozen ground. Looking on are, left, Rossland Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy and master of ceremonies Ald, Allen Selbie. While much credit was given Mr. Oglow, he in turn stated the had such a close Rotary, the local churches, Human Resources, Villa Association cnd many interested el Ci Good Luck. .. to the Castlegar Villa Society on their Grand Opening November 6. We were pleased to have supplied the Concrete for the Complex. Our congratulations. to the many volunteers whose perseverance and knowledge made the Villa such an outstanding success. McGauley Ready-Mix Castlegar - Trail to the Castlegar Villa‘ Soc! ary on their Official Opening on Saturday, November 6. We were very pleased to sup- ply the Siding necessary for the Complex. We also congratulate all the volunteers who put