Ry. Castlegar News september 14, 1908 risco opposes Murphy dam By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco has come out strongly against the construction of the proposed Murphy Creek dam. Brisco, who met with reporters in his Castlegar constituency office Friday, said the construction of the dam would hamper fish runs and keep U.S. boaters from coming up to the Arrow Lakes. He recently secured a $500,000-study to have the Arrow Lakes charted for boating. He is also emba?king on a program to increase the public's understanding of the Columbia River Treaty. ‘he development of the Columbia River system's hydroelectric projects (has) dramatically changed the natural fish and wildlife habitat, both in Canada and the United States,” he said. “It falls to this generation to rebuild the natural resources that flourished on the Canadian side of the Columbia River basin 30 years He said the proposed $655-million Murphy Creek project on the Columbia between Castlegar and Trail would quash any chances of improving fish and wildlife stocks in the area. “I go on record as expressing my strong opposition to the construction of the Murphy Creek dam,” he said. “It will destroy one of the best kept secrets in British Columbia in terms of the trout fishery on the Columbia River from the U.S. border to the Keenleyside dam.” He also said the proposgd dam will cause “enormous siltation for a very long time and a lot of slippage of the banks for a very long time.” He said that power projects'on the Pend d’Oreille and Columbia rivers would be far better in terms of environmentally-acceptable hydro projects. “There is still power generation to be added to the Keenleyside,” he said. “There are enough hydroelectric projects on the Pend ‘Oreille and the Kootenay that I am sure some of them could stand upgrading for additional power generation. I think that would be a much more acceptable environmental option.” Aside from the environmental concerns, Brisco said the West Kootenay will have to take a great interest in the renegotiation of the downstream benefits section of the treaty, which expires in stages 10 years from now. The U.S. and Canada signed the original treaty in 1961 — for the Duncan, Keenleyside, Mica and Libby dams, The 1961 signing provided $64.4 million US to Canada for providing flood control. In 1964, the terms of sale were finanlized and the U.S. received 30 years of Canada's downstream benefits for about $254 million. Brisco said it is important that the next round of negotiations on the treaty provide more for this area. Unlike other B.C. Hydro facilities, dams built under the treaty Have been exempted from local taxation. “Mr. Davis (provincial energy minister Jack Davis) there should be a provision for real substantial mitigation (for the West Kootenay).” Brisco stated he will approach the federal Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans this week in Ottawa to have it review the treaty. He is hopeful that if the committee studies the treaty, it will convince the provincial government provide the Kootenays more funding for environmental issues a result of the treaty. “It is time that the two Kootenays received their fair share,” he said. “If we don't plan ahead and have some idea of the direction we want to take, we might as well stop now.” Brisco said he hopes the committee will study the aréa and recommend a local committee be set up to review the environmental concerns. The U.S. set up a $750-million council in 1981 to develop a prograin to CAMPUS TOUR... with Norman Fields during Hagen’s visit to Selkirk College Monday. The Advanced STAN HAGEN PLEDGES MORE FOR COLLEGES By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The provincial minister for Advanced Education and Job Training was in Castlegar and Nelson on Monday, bending the ears of Selkirk College faculty and student groups as part of his ongoing B.C. college tour. It was Stan Hagen's second visit to Selkirk since he became Advanced Education Minister. He said college enrolments are up around the province and the provincial government is increasing provincial funding for students. “In 1986 the budget (for student financial assistance) was $19 million,” he told reporters at the Nelson campus Monday. “In the next fiscal year it will be close to $84 million.” He said the funding is allocated through a combination of equalization grants and loans. The Passport to Education program for high school students is included in that amount The main concern facing Selkirk College and other community colleges in the Interior is the availability of third- and fourth-year university programs, he said. “My job now is to come up with a program that will improve accessibility to university programs,” he said, adding that possible improvements are being studied at the moment as a result of reports submitted by regions across the province. Hagen praised the work done by the regional access to education study recently completed for the Kootenay area by Selkirk College chairman Elizabeth Fleet and other college board and faculty members. “The report was very well done,” he said of the report from the West Kootenay. “Their concern . . . ie quality post-secondary education.” 4 Fleet, who headed up the committee, was Stan Hagen (right) chats Education and Job Trainin: community colleges aroun Minister is touring the province. optimistic about the effect the regional report may have on future education funding from the province. “The provincial access report, which is a combination of all the regional studies, will be released shortly,” she said. “There are some indications that the new funding system which is to be introduced may give a little more security to our funding, but this is not definite yet.” On behalf of the college, Fleet said there are some immediate concerns she expressed to the minister. “We wanted to point out that the teaching areas at the Castlegar campus are becoming over- crowded,” she said. “Many of our teaching areas are overcrowded and we are very short of faculty office space.” College spokesman Joe Lintz backed up those claims. The college's enrolment figures are up about 10 per cent from last year. There are currently 1,061 students at the Castlegar campus and Lintz said class sizes have grown to 35 to 40 students from last year's average 30 students per class. The college has extended operating hours at the Castletar campus to handle the increase in students. Hagen said funding will continue to increase for post secondary education in the province as the demand increases. “We have increased the budgets every year in the post-secondary system,” he said. “It depends on what the enrolment is, what the demands are and what arguments I can make at the treasury board table for the fair share of the pie for post-secondary education.” Fleet said she agreed with Hagen and is hopeful her contribution to the provincial access report will provide Hagen with the ammunition he needs to free more funds for post-secondary education at Selkirk. “We were able to point out through the ministry's own statistics that Selkirk’s results vis-a-vis other colleges have been outstanding, so we hope that the minister will recognize that the province is getting good value for money,” she said. “As decision-makers, their job is not an easy one, and I think that we need to recognize that while at the same time pushing for what we think are justifiable needs in our region.” LOCAL BATS Rabies a concern By CasNews Staff The British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association has issued a warning about Kootenay dogs and cats bringing home rabid bats. Rabies is found in local bats year-round, but is particularly notice able at this time of year, says the BCVMA. A Trail veterinarian was recently For the record one The Sunday Castlegar News re. ported that Ivan Grewcock was fined $300 after pleading guilty to driving without insurance and $100 after pleading guilty to failing to stop for a peace officer. In fact, Ivan Grewcock was not in court and was not charged with those offences. forced to destroy a four-month-old unvaccinated kitten that brought home a rabid bat. Dr. Peter Morgenthaler says be- tween one and three bats a year from the Trail area test positive for rabies. “People find a bat that a cat has caught or one that has been acting strangely,” he said. The bats are sent to a federal government lab in Calgary for testing in such situations. “It’s an ever-present, low-level danger” that pets will contact rabies from bats, said Morgenthaler. However, instances of rabid bats don’t seem to be that common in the Castlegar area. Dr. David Williams, a Castlegar veterinarian, says rabies are more prevalent in Canada, “east of the Rockies.” “It’s not an epidemic. Here in B.C. veterinarian or the it’s not a problem,” he said. Williams noted that he hasn't heard of a case of rabies in a dog or cat for years. But, he recommends that people get their pets vaccinated for rabies. “Your average cat will catch a bat if they could,” he said. The BCVMA recommends resi. dents not touch bats that seem unable to fly or are seen during daylight hours. “For safety’s sake, place a bucket over the bat and call a local Agriculture Canada district veterinarian for ad. 1 disease that can kill animals and humans and is inflicted by biting. Bats, which squabble constantly, carry the virus and will bite eats, dogs, horses, cows and humans. is talking in terms of billions of dollars in return for downstream benefits,” Brisco said. “So I think thai protect, mitigate and enhance fish and wildlife along the Columbia and its tributaries. Western U.S. fires cooled by weather U.S. and Canadian firefighters battling blazes in western United States got a helping hand from weather so cool and wet a crew was pulled out near Yellowstone National Park for fear they'd be trapped by snow. “Things are real calm,” said park spokesman Greg Kroll. “We've had some pretty good precipitation.” Fires also burned in California, Utah, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alas- ka, Wyoming and Washington state as the worst fire season in 30 years continued. Calmer eight- to 11-kilometre-an- hour winds, lower temperatures,and higher humidity were a blesythe, to California's Gold Rush country, where a fire that has burned 135 square kilometres since Sunday has destroyed 97 homes and 60 other buildings. The thousands of residents evacu- ated Sunday or Monday were al- lowed to return to their homes. About 30,000 firefighters were battling 32 fires in eight western U.S. states, said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. Eighteen firefighters from the Northwest Territories have joined other Canadians in battling the fires in the U.S. Northwest. The director of forest fire opera. tions for the Northwest Territories, Bob Bailey, said most of his crew will be using and managing helicopters. Also in western United States helping U.S. firefighters were 20 of Saskatchewan's best forest firefigh- ters. They were flown out of Prince Pulp mill employees return By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Celgar Pulp mill workers returned to the job Thursday afternoon fol. lowing a three-day wildcat walkout. Picket lines came down after 3 p.m./andunion workers began their evening shift after the dispute was settled during informal meetings with the Industrial Relations Council. But, neither management or the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers Union will say how the dispute ended behind closed doors at the Castlegar Fireside Motor Inn Thursday. “We've decided, in the interest of good relations with management not to release any details,” said Mike Espenhain, vice-president of PPWC Local 1. More than 200 union workers walked off the job Tuesday morning when management refused to with- draw reprimands issued to a dozen yard crew workers. The yard crew was reprimanded for work stoppage in a dispute over seniority. Mill manager, Wilf Sweeney said it was a “misunderstanding” over who would drive a part to Calgary for preventative maintenance. Sweeney said the senior driver who had a back problem declined to make the trip and the driver next in line for the job was on vacation. Not all of the regular workers at the mill were affected because the plant was in a maintenance shut- down. But more than 100 workers doing contracted maintenance were effected by the walkout. Sweeney, who also declined com- ment on the resolution of the walkout said, “we came to a satisfactory resolution.” He said it won't take extra time to get the plant operating because the walkout happened during a maint- enance shutdown. Albert to Washington State to get a foothold on the fire before other help arrived. CREW CO-ED About 35 firefighters from Yukon and Northwest Territories, including one wgman, left Couer d'Alene, Idaho, on Tuesday morning to battle a number of fires on the south and north sides of Yellowstone, Wyoming. Meanwhile, about 550 U.S. mar- ines from Camp Pendleton, Calif., the first of 1,200 sent to reinforce the 7,200 firefighters in the park, arrived in West Yellowstone, Mont. Fires have burned 380,122 hec. tares of the 890,340 hectare park. North of the park, a 37,640-hectare fire that threatened Cooke City and Silver Gate was declared 90 per cent contained with complete containment expected by Saturday. The weather was so cool officials began distributing cold-weather gear donated by residents of Wyoming communities. Few firefighters had been prepared for the cold and wet. A crew was pulled out of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness north of the park, said fire infor- mation officer Ted Coffman. “We were afraid if we put a crew in there we might not be able to get them out if it snowed,” Coffman said. At Glacier National Park in Montana, 1,300 firefighters joined by a Canadian “hot-shot” crew had a 12,750-hectare blaze 30 per cent con- tained. The fire has destroyed 21 homes, killed one firefighter and in- jured six others. Firefighters were to be joined to- day by 1,400 U.S. soldiers from Fort Lewis, Wash. Controversy has surrounded the Yellowstone fires because of the Park Service policy. of not fighting most naturally caused blazes. President Ronald Reagan said Tuesday he had not been aware of the policy, but said Interior See- retary Donald Hodel told him it was being withdrawn. Canada helps U.S. fight fires COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO (AP) — Canadian air tankers made re- tardant drops Tuesday as they help- ed American firefighters tackle for- est fires. “This morning we made the first dispatch of two DC-6 tankers,” said Allen Gibbs, spokesman for the Pan. handle National Forest. “They're on their way to Medford, Ore., working on fires there in the Willamette National Forest. “Another DC-6 tanker made the first drop on a fire north of Sandpo (Idaho) — the Little Star Lake fire,” about 70 kilometres north of Coeur d'Alene. Still in Coeur d'Alene were five Canadian B-26 tankers, which each carry about'4,500 litres of retardant, and three more DC-6 tankers, which each hold about 11,000 litres, Gibbs said. Two dozen Canadian helicopter ground-support personnel were sent to help fight a roadless-area fire in Challis, Idaho, and fires in Missoula and West Yellostone, Mont., Gibbs said. About 55 Canadians were still on standby awaiting assignment or fin- ishing required orientation, he said. The Canadians, who began ar- riving late last week, are from British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Coeur d'Alene is the entry point for the Canadian aerial assistance program. Gibbs said U.S. authorities were still anticipating the arrival of 15 to 35 Canadian helicopters that had been requested. Contract terms and paperwork were believed to be holding that up, he said. By CasNews Staff Watch out. It’s that time of year again. The Leptoglossus occidentalis is looking for a place to hide for the winter, warns the Nelson Forest Service. Also known as the Western Conifer Seed Bud, Cedar Bud, Cecar Beetle or “stink bug,” this annoying insect is presently making its seasonal appearance in Kootenay homes. The stink bug, so named for the disagreeable odor it emits as a defence when disturbed or crushed is: hibernating. The fully-grown adult bugs seek hibernation sites in the fall and often enter houses in large numbers. “They like protected cracks and crevices,” Ernie Morris, pest management specialist for the Nelson forest region ex- plained. In fact, they often become permanent winter guests. In the spring they will usually leave and find host trees where they lay their eggs and soon die. The stink bug has spawned a number of myths. One of the more imaginative of these claims Stink bugs back again this year that the forest service intro- duced the Western Conifer Seed Bug as a control agent for the spruce budworm. : “That's certainly not true,” said Morris. “Leptoglossus is native to western North Amer- ica. Besides, it is a plant feeder, not a predator.” The bug is found from Califor- nia to southern B.C. and Alber- ta: It has __ piercing-sucking mouthparts and feeds on the de- veloping seeds of many conifer- ous species, notably Douglas fir, Grand Fir, Incense-cedar, and a number of pines. 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