es _ Castlegar News March 23, 1986 Births & BALE — To Charlene and John Bole of Costleger, © girl, born March 18. Robson, o girl, born March 8. Miretle and Frank DEVOTTE Deyotte of Fruitvale, @ boy, born Feb. 27 MAH — To Debbie end Brien Mah of Nelson, o girl, born Mar- ch. OSBORN — To Susan and Trevor Osborn of Slocan, @ girl, born March 10. POLONIKOFF MocDERAIO Te Lovrise Polonikelt end Stuert MacDermid of Genelle, « boy, born March 13. SABATER — To Joaquime end Josep Sobater of Nelson, o boy, born March 19. URQUHART — To Urquhert of Trail, @ March 1) ond Jim , born DEATHS BUSH — Kathleen Muriel Bush of Troil died March 14. She is sur brother Bill Hogg of V: Memoriel donations may deon Bi Trail Regional Hospital DETTA — Edward H. Detta of Silverton died Feb. 27 ot oge 73. by daughters ond ver; Wer Doreen ond Lorry Grierson of Hills; brothers Albert of Devon, Alte... Gus of Burton end Cecil of Rossland; sister ide Baily Mission: and mony Siem To Brenda and Doug | Funerals not of Crescent Valley Lektin of Nelson; dchildren: grondchildren Accounting “BUSINESS DIRECTORY | Auto Rentals son Gordon Victoria; eight. Grendchildren; toven grest. stopeons Roy of ore aevile, Ont. « “nd Pet ot Ste, Malo Kington “Om. Margot ron of Golden and Gall ol Windsor, On. Switzer — Frederick Swituer of Trail ded March 12 af tera briet diness at 7). Hels survived by wile Nora daughters Liability insurance on buses drops been dropped to $10 million from $50 million — but the board has to pay an extra $2,500 for the reduced cover- age. School district secretary. treasurer John Dascher ex- No word on transit system By CasNews Staff There is still no word on Castlegar’s proposed transit system. However, Ron Drolet, dir. ector for B.C. Transit’s small community systems, says the Castlegar system has been submitted to the provincial treasury board for funding. “The Castlegar proposal and others are currently under review and there is no indication yet of the out come,” Drolet says in a letter to council. Drolet said he would con. tact the city as soon as a decision is made. Castlegar has proposed a single bus that would start its run this September. to trustees at Mon- day's board meeting that the situation arose when Reed available through the private insurance industry. That means school boards in B.C. must now insure — ICBC. But the > Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. v Ph. 365-2151 SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Henry John, B.Sc. C.A. 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Dascher said the cost of the insurance through ICBC is approximately $100 per vehicle for a total cost of about $2,500 on the district's Se Dascher added asked ministry Poet - who gave him one day's T1 General Cures contents wt look into over 300 money: deductions, exemptions and credits. bpeclpeoatel ag Pay the least tax 1! of tax hese” $4 1 7oo .*20° We'll investigate —— that saves you the YOU COULD GET MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR AT: ——— HeR BLOCK —_—_—_———L THE INCOME TAX SPECIALISTS Gpen e's -6 p.m. Weekdays — 9-5 Saturdays 444 Columbia 365-6151 or 365-3347 AMWAY® PRODUCTS Come to You SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK. PHONE ,, 365-2267 FAST COURTEOUS SERVICE GENUINE MAYTAG PARTS CASTLEGAR PLUMBING & HEATING LTD. 1008 Columbia Ave. , B.C. 365-3388 Beauty Salons THE HAIR ANNEX Chimneys AFT RUMFORD ind) Pune * Ceramic Tile . 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Call now Hours: Mon. - Fri. 7 @.m. 10 12.30 pm Set. —80.m.-9a.m Legislative Victoria, V8vV ix4 B.C. By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer wibrary. Parliasent Sldgs.. ‘The head of the industrial section of the Ministry of Timber’s Celgar Pulp Black liquor is the chemical left over from the pulping ownership and the name change, Skogstad has been unable process. It is burned to recover sodium and sulphur to establish that Westar is a continuation of BC Timber to emission of hydrogen sulphide gas by cutting back on production. Carl Johnson made the statement during the second or of a triaLin which Westar faces 28 counts of of evide: maximum allowable daily limits of hydrogen calehide emissions authorized by the company’s pollution control permit. Responding to questions from Nelson lawyer Donald Skogstad, acting for the Crown, about possible reasons for and other gases ate During the burning process, h: ydrogen expelled into the air from the mill's from the mill, until June 4, 1985. wen sulphide Council wants local people hired By CasNews Staff Castlegar council wants contractors working in the city to hire local residents “wherever possible.” Couneil adopted the position in the wake of a march last Thursday on city hall in which some 35 demonstrators demanded that local workers be used on local projects. “I thought that the people .. . had a valid point,” said Mayor Audrey Moore, who met with the demonstra- tors. Moore pointed out it is “very diffi- cult” for local people to get hired on local projects. Moore suggested council go on record as encouraging contractors to hire as many locally “as they. possibly can. But Ald. Len Embree suggested the wording wasn't strong cnough. It doesn’t go as far as I'd like to see it go,” he said, adding, “It’s a start.” Embree pointed out, “They're telling us right now that they're hiring as many as they can — which is none.” He said he would like to see it made clear it is council policy that local workers be hired. Moore agreed “it would be wonder ful” if council could enforce local hiring, but it can't “We cannot legislate it,” she said. Ald. Nick Oglow added that he would “have some concern about strengthen ing the resolution.” Oglow said he has children looking for work in Calgary and Timmins, Ont. and he would hate for those communities to say they want only local people hired “We should have open throughout the nation,” he said But Embree pointed out that Og. low’s children wouldn't have to look for work in Calgary or Timmins if em ployers in Castlegar hired locally Embree also said council sent a letter to Cominco asking that when the company proceeds with its lead moder nization project that it hire local workers. “It doesn't tie our hands. It isn't par ochial. It’s just common sense,” he said. Council eventually agreed to a com promise stating that it is council's “position . . . to encourage contractors to hire local people wherever possible.” travel Zmaeff sent to hospital MATSQUI (CP) — Sons of Freedom member Tina Zmaeff, now in the 46th day of a hunger strike, was transferred Tuesday to hospital from the Matsqui Institution in this Fraser Valley com munity Zmaeff, 61, was sent to hospital after being examined by a doctor at the prison. She was reported in dehydra ted, but stable, condition today. Fellow Freedomite Mary Braun, 65, who has also gone without food since Feb. 11, remains bedridden in the prison's psychiatric unit Both women are serving eight years for burning down a house last April in the Doukhobor settlement of Gilpin, near Grand Forks. They are on their second lengthy hunger strike in six months. Mary Astaforoff, who fasted along with them in Matsqui last fall, died Nov. 24 after 54 days without food. All three women were pardoned in 1983 of an earlier sentence for arson after they fasted for more than a month. nce, par ty the polluti it. Defence lawyer for Westar, John Carpenter, continued to successfully argue against the admissibility of the permit. at 4 p.m. on May 19 to below five parts per billién on two held by BC Timber at the time of the alleged violations. Westar Timber’s name doesn't appear on the permit the satisfaction of Judge S.W. Enderton. Also testifying today was Environment Ministry air technician Gary Bell who provided the court with Both sides today continued arguments over the peak readings of hydrogen sulphide taken at the ministry's control measuring site near Castlegar and- District Hospital during May of last year when the alleged violations occurred. ‘The readings ranged from a high of 393 parts per billion Under cross-examination from Westar lawyer Michael should be laid. said. Kew, Bell acknowledged that readings under five parts per SPRUCING UP... Highway 3 interchange. By CasNews Staff Castlegar’s Highway 3 inter. change is getting a facelift. The Ministry of Highways has started extensive landscaping on the shoul. ders of the interchange. “We're going to get some new shrubs and new landscaping,” Ma yor Audrey Moore told Castlegar council Tuesday night. The landscaping is in addition to the planned Expo 86 flower garden at the interchange. Moore added that the ministry will also be able to provide proper Wayne Pederson of Dave's Landscaping in Vernon prepares up ground at The ground and new tu is being Interchange gets facelift watering for the new shrubs and flowers because it tied into the city's water system last fall. The ministry has had trouble maintaining the grass at the inter change during hot spells because it didn't have enough water pressure. Moore recommended council write a letter to the ministry thanking it and encouraging it to continue to spruce up the inter. change. However, Ald. Len Embree op posed the letter, saying he is con cerned that the landscaping work is landscaped in preparation for Expo 8 sign, shrubs CosNewsPhoto by Chery! Celderbonk being done by a Vernon contractor. Embree said he has difficulty thanking the ministry when it hires out of town people to carry out the work. “I'm not prepared to support that letter of thanks,” he said The letter was approved by a 4-1 vote, with Embree opposed Meanwhile, the ministry has also called for tenders on its Expo 86 flower garden. Tenders will be opened April 4 and work should begin shortly after. Board OK’s Hyd By CasNews Staff The Regional District of Central Kootenay board agreed Saturday to set aside $25,000 in its 1986-87 budget for a possible legal battle with B.C. Hydro and the provincial government. The money will be used in the event the regional district decides to proceed with a challenge to the 1968 provincial order-in-couneil exempting B.C. Hydro from paying taxes on its properties along the Columbia and Peace rivers. The regional district filed a petition Jan. 2 in B.C. Supreme Court claiming that B.C. Hydro’s tax exempt status is discriminatory under the Charter of Rights. The board won't decide until April 26 whether to proceed with the court case. However, it had to decide by Saturday if it was to include funds for the legal battle in this year’s budget because the deadline for regional aE district budgets was March 22 If the board opts not to carry through with the court challenge, the $25,000 will be used in next year's budget. A proposal by board chairman George Cady to set aside $75,000 was rejected, apparently after directors learned that estimated legal costs this year won't be more than $25,000 The board made its decision behind closed doors after debating the issue in public for more than an hour The debate was often heated and sometimes acrimonious. At one point Cady accused Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore of serving her own interests. Moore shot back that Cady seemed to have a “hidden agenda” of his own. Earlier, Cady made an emotional plea for support, saying “We are trying ro fund to do something in a meaningful way here. “We have a unique chance now because of Section 15,” he said. Section 15 of the Charter of Rights states that everyone enjoys equal protection under the law. The Supreme Court petition charges that the regional district and a private company, Meadow Creek Cedar Ltd., have been denied equality under the law Cady said the board's approval of the $75,000 legal fund would streng then his hand when he and adminis. trator Reid Henderson meet today with Energy Minister Tony Brummet and Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Ritehie. Area J director Martin Vanderpol agreed, saying, “If we sit here and continued on poge AZ Carpenter asked Syd Environment officer who laid the charges what data he had that led him to believe the “The figures indicated that on the Sist day of emissions were greater than what is called for,” continued on page A2 firm City in support of Westar By RON NORMAN Editor Casth council firm Tuesday in its support of Westar Timber’s application for variance or- ders allowing Celgar Pulp Operations to exceed pollution control restrictions. A proposal by Ald. Len Embree to the motion, which would have allowed it to go to a vote. ‘Ald. Bob Pakula was absent. “We have few options,” said Ogiow, chairman of the health and welfare committee. said if council doesn’t back Westar’s application, the Ministry of Environment could set down the pulp mill for pol put itself in a “untenable position” by supporting Westar's application before meeting with the ministry represen- tative. “What are we going to talk about position. “I can't agree that we must wait for the minister's appointee. The situation is quite straightforward and simple,” he said. Council either lets the pulp mill's p control permit lapse and “These are the “realities,” he said, adding that council recognizes the “critical necessity” of the mill to the livelihoods of the hundreds of employ ees’ families. However, Embree also a member of the health and welfare committee, dis- agreed. Embree called council's sup- port “irresponsible” and asked that council reconsider its position until after it has met with the environment minister's representative. Environment Minister Austin Pelton intends to appoint a professional to look into Westar’s application. Mayor see the mill closed, or it allows the mill to continue to operate and to upgrade its pollution control system. “You either close them down . . . or allow them to operate,” Ogiow said. “Those are the choices and we had no choice.” But Embree argued that council shouldn't simply have issued the mill a “earte blanche.” He said it is necessary to look at the mill's history in the com. munity. “The history of Westar . has just been atrocious, Embree said. He also said a “large segment of our Moore told council the will likely be made about “mid-April.” Moore said the ministry is appar ently awaiting confirmation of some technical aspects of Westar's proposed pollution upgrading program before appointing the representative. Westar has proposed a $35 million y is ly upset” with couneil’s position. Embree dismissed the “blackmail approach” that the mill will close unless it receives its variance orders. He pointed to the mill's upgrading report which states that the mill would continued on page AZ INSIDE HOLIDAY DEADLINES: Sunday. However, deadlines for the Sunday edition example, the classified deadline Thursday from 11 a.m. Friday FIRST LOSS: Costlegar's Dole Hockley dropped a 7-6 decision to Saskatchewan in 11 ends today at the Canadian Police Curling Championships in Halifax. Hockley’s record drops to 6-1. He is in second spot behind Saskatchewan, which has won all seven of its games More details 81 The Castlegar News will publish Easter because of the Good Friday holiday, all will be advanced by 24 hours. For will be pushed forward to 11 a.m. EASTER SERVICES: Want to know when this year's Easter services are going to be held? A3 FREE MONEY: MUSKEGON, Mich A mysterious man wearing a pin-striped suit and carrying a thick wad of cash has residents of this western Michigan community buzzing about where he'll turn up next to hand out free dollars During the post week @ crowd of hundreds. He has also the man has passed out $5 and $10 bills to downtown pedestrians in Muskegon at one point drawing picked up tabs at restourants. On Tuesday, the man strolled into a food store, singled out two shoppers and paid their grocery bills, said store manager Don Beishuizen. ‘He just walked in the store and | looked at him and said That's got to be the man with the money said Beishuizen. “He walked up to one of the customers and said, ‘Ma'am, | want to buy your groceries,’ and paid her $40 tab Then he walked up to a man and bought about $40 for him.”