ip CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 24, 1982

! CITY COSTS |

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increase. As well, much of last year's: budget went to
public works such as paving and sidew:

This year, voters approved 'a referendum to spend
$385,000 for paving and road improvements.

When paving referendum costs are added to capital
works costs, the total almost equals last year's capital
works figures.

Still, there will be cutbacks in capital works this year.
Administration will.be cut back from $40,000 in 1981. to
just $15,178 this year — a drop of $24,822 or 62 per cent,
_ Public works had its capital budget slashed from
$541,200 to about $200,000. That's a decrease of $341,200
or 63 per ceht.

The same is true for both parks.and recreation, fire
protection and health and welfare.

Last year parks and recreation had a capital works
budget of $63,830. This year it will be $26,000 — or drop
of $27,380.or 48 per cent.

Fire protection will have a budget of $13,000 — down
feom $88,150 last year. +
: And health and welfare won't get a -Penny under the
capital works program this year. Last year it had $3,000.

But in order to get to the $254,000 figure this year, -
council will have to pare quite a bit from proposals before
it‘now. Those proposals include:

e $75,000 for paving 17th Street.

@ $169,000 for storm drains.

© $35,000 for sidewalks.

e $84,000 for parks and recreation — including
to Kinsmen

wading pool and Bob di n wading pool,
‘Island, an overall parks plan, and playground equipment
for ‘three parks,

@ $56,000 for “the cometery — $50,000 of that for
atorage. building to house equipment for the cemetery.
se $108 000 for new works yard and renovations to city
B

Ae * $7,500 for a horseshoe piteh with fencing” and’
underground sprinklers.

$15,000 for a proposed sani-dump station.

ore details in Sunday's edition.

OLD ARENA

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Second, | Castlegar boy scouts

in attendance at the meeting
asked why the -ice:at the old
arena is better that that at
the Community: Complex.,
Mackinnon noted ‘that ‘th
ice‘at the old arena is,laid on™
Bad 50 there ifs a “perma?

“It's almost natural ice,” he
said — while the ice at the
Community Complex is on

concrete and only about 1%:

inches thick.
; Council again assured resi-
(dents the old arena would not
be torn down before a new
sheet of ice is put in at the
munity Complex:
We will always have two
ice surfaces in Castlegar, said
- Ald, len Embree.

‘ "PBli Brigis :

“A Castlegar mab, 60-year:

old, - George © Milne, was
charged with driving too fast
for’ the road conditions ‘after
his 1969. vehicle was | in
collision Tuesday with a 1980
van driven by Sheila Hall, 21,
‘also of Castlegar, at-Colum-
bia Ave. and 6th Street.
No injuries were reported.
. .Milne’s vehicle received $800
. and the Hall’s vehicle $1,700.
Rebecca Kessler, 33, was
taken © to’ hospital. and

released Monday morning
after her vehicle struck ice

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Six week
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NELSON: (CP) --. Citing
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By CasNews Staff a }

B.C Hydro's proposed: $2:
billion combined Murphy

Creek-Keenleyside hydroel-.,

ectric project will not have
any effect on the quality or
color of the Columbia River, a
Hydro k said this

draft’
port,” which: is in’ {ts: final »

stages and will soon go to the
for,

the
gar Ei ‘mill ‘ the time:

‘Murphy’ Creek Dam is, fin

Ashed, <
‘Meanwhile, Mykes said ‘the
other 16 stud-

project

ity will not be affected _

trict governments’ will ‘also
be’ receiving :coples’ of ‘the
draft reports, but Mykes sald? j
ithe reporta must remain con-
‘fidential ‘until’ after the pro-
vincial

ies are, “pretty. much’ on

week,
Bill Mykes, Hydro's com-

munity relations officer, said a;

‘a company draft report on
water quality shows that the
length and shape of the dam's
reservoir will ensure the
water is well mixed.

Mykes also ‘anid that

technical review, ‘takes. into

sensi tion the city's’ sew-,

ge lagoons and Celgar’ pul;
wills outpouring of ‘600 ‘tons
a day of effluent into’ (the
river. sty
«He added the ‘results of the
draft report are based on BC
Timber’s Plane to! parses

‘and should be

‘made publié this summer as:

_ time; to comment ‘on. ca

Mykes said Hydro is reluc-
tant to make the’ draft re-

He ‘said 'the final draft for

@ the
various departments, can re-
view and criticize the tech:
nical data.
; Municipal and regional dis.

to rig!

prmotion alficer: Alex Lutz pecond right) joined

~ the government. Tuesday

key reasons, for the 12.8- i.

per-cent increase in: federal
spending ‘to $76.3: billion
planned for 1982-83,
Treasury; Board spending
estimates tabled in the Com-
mons for the fiscal year be-
ginning April 1 ‘said about
one-quarter of the"$8 billion
increase in federal outlays is
due to’ high interest ‘rates .
charged on a growing federal
debt and another quarter’ to.
increased social service sont
The: esti

offzet ‘by. other. aid- to: the
provinces and is‘still subject

‘to negotiations,”

While Johnston said the
government is “imposing” a
high degree of restraint on
spending,” Conservative
spending critic:Walter Baker
said the’. sizeof ‘the ‘figures.’
“ought to strike fear” into the
Hearts of people who believe
- government is getting too big
“and interfering | too much in.

revised several times each ,

year.as conditions. change. .
Further, operating and
capital expenses are rising in
most departments and Trea-
sury Board President’ Don

Friday.
Jack Sigalet, the com-

‘pany’s products manager: for

the southern Interior region,
told the workers — who are
members of International
‘Woodworkers of — America.
Local 1-405:— that the plant
cannot operate while demand
and prices for. structural
plywood continues to.“deter-

} iorate.”

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Johnston said “the

struggle for efficiency and.
restraint” will lead to a re-
duction in government over-'

‘And New Democratic trea-
sury critic, Doug Anguish ac-
cused the - government of
shifting’-some. of .its’ deficit,
forecast‘'at, $10.5. billion for.
1982-88, to:the provinces by
cutting health and education
funds. He said the interest
charges ‘on the debt are'“a
1 amount . of

head of only $100
million,
ABOVE AVERAGE
Some spending increases’
are well above the general
average. In the office of the
commissioner of official
guages, increases are. esti-
mated at 35,per cent and the
costs of the House of: Com-
mons and Senate, including

money.”

The interest costs are ex-
pected to total $16.8 billion —
$700 for every man, woman
and: ‘childs ‘for :an’ ac

- cumulated !deb ‘of: $122 bil-

covers such”

pei funds in pensions and
its and in-

salary it for politi¢i-
ans, is up 24 per cent. The
increase in defence spending
is 19 per cent.

Cuts in federal cash trans-
ferred to the provinces for
medical care, hospital insur--

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other securities it has sold to
raise money to finance its
own operations.

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which are rising ‘because they*
are indexed to inflation and
‘the number of recipients is:
growing. ‘

The: government expects
to save about $860 million it
is spending this year to cover*
the gap between ‘the price of
Canadian

expects :. the: estimated | $3:
billion’ coat” of’. oil impo?ts
_ during : the year will be paid: |
“directly... ‘by: “motorists «and
“other use: . through a -sep-
arate ‘tax at the Pumps. j¢°:

‘The 19 per cent increase in
defence spending to $7 billion
will help pay for new aircraft,
trucks, communications:
equipment»: cand hiring ~

By CasNews Statt ”
The two new. $300,000

fireballs for Area I should be.

completed and’ | Teady for, use

by’ this fall, ‘ fire committee ®
‘spokesman Fred Bojey said .

Tuesday. *.-
Bojey said.the. two build:
‘ings, are scheduled to go out

to tender. by the, end. of this

GEN

hive’ ‘thie ta critisize the're-
ports Inter this summer. ‘He

pointed lout that the gov-
emnment departments will
review. the technical data,

has had - then the public will have a

chance, snd finally the B.
Utilities Commission will r

‘ylew all data if Hydro makes

its application for a water

+ licence.

efal government's "depart
ments. :
{ Mykes said th public wil,

“By that'time people will
have a pretty good idea of
what will occur,” he-added.

Mykes sald Hydro is also
, concerned about making sure
the studies on installing gen-

- the studien.
Meanwhil

‘eral
sandetho ‘tfandmission routes
are complétedcat the same
time! as the:Murphy Creek
atudies. |

.« He said the three projects
are: at different levels right
now. The ‘Keenleyside Dam
studies — which will be much

the same as those carried out”

for, Murpby ‘Creek. — have
not begun yet. i

Mykes’ sald ‘a prospectus,
including terms of reference,
will be ready within a “few
weeks” “And will be made
public.

He ‘said Hydro must then
arrange for consultants to do

ule, the power line

studies for. possible trans.

mission routes between Mur.

phy Creek, Koenleyside and

Selkirk substation near Sev-

en Mile.Dam are still in the
y stage.

loop
ing from: Murphy’ Creek to
Selkirk, from. 'Selkirk to

from: Keanloyaids, back to
Murphy. Creek. °

Mykes ‘sald’. the ‘section
from Keenleyside | to Murphy
Creek is still optional, but
would be desirable bécause it

: would give Hydro ‘a complete

Mal calm Scott and.Paul Oglow- Hydro in-

government aspect for, the’ fiscal year : starting
April-1 tabled Tuesday: in’ the’ Cominonal AOE

>. @ Total outlays for the: 1982-83 fiscal ‘year “amount to
$76.3 billion,:.an increase, of ‘11.7 percent from the
$68.3-billion forecast for:the year. now, ending.

Public debt charges amount to $16.7 billion — about
$700 per Canadian —:an increase’ of $4.416, billion or
nearly one-half of the increase in expenditures. :

e Health and welfare payments increase about $1.9
billion to about $20 billion, reflecting $1.6-billion increase
in'such payments ‘as old age security and guaranteed
income supplement. *.
~-@ Defence expenditures increase 19 per. cant, to slightly
‘more than $7 billion as a result of personnel,
costs and capital expenditures and a pledge to NATO for
a real growth rate of three per cent a year in operational

-8 ofie-per-cent growth rate

to 255,822. This does not take into account post office and

some external affairs employees who now are no longer
-reflected in the estimates. °--

Energy taxes expected to cover the. almost $8 billion:

“needed to pay the extra cost of imported oil, saving the

“government from the need to dip into general revenues.

kes. for’ the
—CosNews Photo

~@: Payments: to ‘the

of provinces for ‘medicare and
— education son $981 million.

a

Tarrys ‘across from “the Kal:
esnikoff sawmill and the
other in Pass Creek at “Sui-
cide.” Both ‘will be on\one-,

‘fireballs 100 0 gallon short of
the 1,500 gallon total. 4

‘The new midi-pumpers will
carry 500 gallons — giving a

: total of 1,700 gallons to.fight

There will be one change to
the original plans for. equip-
ment, Bojey pointed out, In-
stead of a mini-pumper and a ,

week, with tenders. to close’ ha

March 28...“
He said‘one a bid has

been
accepted, construction should .

only'take about six to eight
‘months'— putting the con-
‘struction ‘completion. date
“around September ‘or Oc-

tober.
“I figure next fall . awante
October gives them (the con-
D: six “months,” >he

said.
Bojey. said both halls ‘will

have the same design to cut >’
down on costs. Both will have :

two bays and offices.
One_hall:is to be ‘built: in

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Highwoy 3B, Trail’

D.L. No. 5543

Bojey said the Underwrit- <
ers’-Laboratory . of’ Canada
changed its recommendation
for insurance’ purposes, ;re-
quiring the fire committee to
change its equipment.

+He said in order:.for the er.

ULC ‘to ‘recognize : the’ fire-
halls for.

a fire, he sai

Bojey said the Tarrys hall
could have bought a tandem
truck, but that would have
meant moving up to’ air
brakes.and diesel fuel.

-fIt's a lot more money and
the size cf the vehicle would
(have ‘been) too large to get
into’ a lot of our areas.”

He ‘said it would not cost
any more to replace the mini
pumper with the midi-pump-

Bojey added that the halls
are their goal of 25

the halls must have the cap-
ability .of supplying ‘a :min-
imum 1,500 gallons ‘of water.
Bojey. said ‘the. tankers °
carry, only 1,200.gallons, but
the mini -pumpers carry just
200: gallons “—: leaving. the:

~ Feb.
Feb.

voluntears each.-

“We've got a good sanjority
of the volunteers.”

However, he said more

: volunteers: are needed and

interested: ‘Fealdents can still

26, Open
27, Open Til ie m.

loop. .-
If one section of the’ loop

Biykes added the transmis.
sion route.report — showing
all five routes and pinpoint-
ing the preferred route —
will be made public in early
summer. He said. Hydro
hopes to have a public meet-
ing on the routes in June.

will, then narrow
down its choicea to one or
two,’ taking into. considera-
tion public preference and
‘the preferred Toute in’ the
studies. |

“At that point Hydro will
‘pert

information and *prepare a
summary in conjunction with
the Murphy Creek and Keen-
leyside projects.

‘All three projects will then
go tothe Utilities Com-
mission for. approval,

Mykes said Hydro is still
aiming at a:1989 completion
date ‘for Keenloyside- and
1991 for Murphy Creek — but
only if studies on. those proj-
ects ‘and‘ the ‘transmission
route are-all completed by
this summer.

He: said Hydro. is «still
logking at 1983 as a possibl
hearing date before the Util-
ities: Commission. However,
he noted that the projects are
dependant on. consumer
power demand at that time.

“It's quite reasonable... to
have this 1991 and 1989 ser-
vice date,” he said..

“There doesn’t seem to be
any problem in meeting those
sate if everything goes

eerie added that because
all three projects are tied to-
gether, the Keenleyside proj-
ect will not go. ahead before
Murpby Creek. :. >

He said Keenleyside’s de-
sign and construction sched-
uling is tied to Murphy
Creek.

“There's \a ‘design ‘issue
here,” he explained. “We
can't’ proceed ‘with: Keenley-
side until. we decide’ what
we're foing with Murphy
Creek.”

He sald it ‘Hydro: doesn't
approve Murphy Creek, then
the generators in. Keenley-
side Dam can be installed at a
lower level.

However, if Murphy Greek
goes ahead, Hydro will have
to install Keenleyside's. gen-
erators at a higher-level be-,

cause of the Murphy Greek -

reservoir,

All three projects will goto
the Utilities’ Commission ‘as
‘one package, he added.

ON TH

E STREET - ;

“Aa

Sbenan: De ‘you agree with Bill Bennett's proposed restraint program?

ans rs

Gary Halber

In general I have a con-
servative view, but... I
think our main problem is
the forestry industry. That
should be the main priority
because, it is what the
province is based on (econ-
omically). Right now it's in
pretty bad shape and if
only cuts are to be estab-
lished then omit the for-
estry section.

Banny Horswill

No. It should be for
everyone, not strictly for
‘government. It’s not fair.
They're the ones that get
caught every time.

John Muir

Yes. I think it's a good
time to start restricting
some of the Public spend-
ing.

Dick McGee

I definitely agree with it.
Somebody has to take a
stand. We have to stop this 4
full cycle, providing the.
federal government steps
in and helps them. It can’t
be just the province here.
It has to be at both levels. I
hope the other provinces.
will follow the suit too.
This whole thing has got
like a big balloon, and it's
ready to burat.

Alfred MacAlpine

I don't think he should
propose restrictions on the
working person because
the inflation rate has gone
up so high and a person's
got to make-more money

> “break “evenjr-I~ think it-

should be free enterprise.
A person is worth more to
anemployer. He should get
paid for it.

_ At Central

CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 24, 1982

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Trail man

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Northern communities

injury ‘compensation Consider annexing

While attempting to go to

“the aid of a woman threat-

ened by a knife-wielding male
assailant, a 19-year-old Trail
man was attacked by the as-
sailant.

The man suffered a lacer-
ation to his left middle finger
that left him in a condition of
permanent numbness in that
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OTTAWA '.(CP) ~ High

interest rates will cause

housing starts to fall by nine

per cent and will make 1982

another, bad year for the

housing ‘industry, Capada

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ation predicts little change in -

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YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T.
(CP) — The Northwest Terri-
tories legislative . assembly
has approved a motion to dis-

victims of crimes on the
Lower Mainland and Vancou-
ver Island.

Under the Criminal Injury

Compensation Act, anyone
who is a victim of a crime in
BC. may apply for compen-
sation. A forms are

cuss annexing Churchill,
Man., and ail lands that lie
north of it into the Northwest

available at any office of the
Workers’ C

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Board.

place between the territories

and the federal and Manitoba
governments.

Member of the Legislative
assembly for Keewatin
south, Tagak Curley, says he
is concerned about the econ-

.omic health of both com-

‘munities and says now that)
Keewatin is growing it would
make more sense to make
Churchill a part of it.

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