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The premier's decialon' poones Sum three days "before Ted Hughes is scheduled to release a report of his investigation into the premier’s handling of the sale of Fantasy Gardens, the biblical theme park Vander Zalm owned with his wife Lillian. ter the premier, campaign. he’s quitting. continue serving the people of this great province until ty successor has been chosen.’ Friday’s:announcement came less than one week af- in @ generally upbeat mood, visited Castlegar where he promised to return during an election Ed Conroy, the NDP’s candidate in Rossland-Trail, said he’s “‘suspicious’’ about the way Vander Zalm said “I don't see him gone yet,"’ Conroy said Friday. “I'm suspicious. If his intention was really to do the Proper thing for the party, he would have announced his resignation and he didn't do that.’” Rossland-Trail Socred candidate Walter Siemens said he liked the first part of Vander Zalm's speech. “I liked the first. part of it. He record this government has accomplished and | think he was quite right, some I would not like to see that have been point,”” tehearsed the good “And I guess the other side is somewhat mixed emotions. I personally like the man he’s very capable. And he’s done a the other hand, likely from | public perspective, the change probably had to come.” very much. I think good job. But, on He said he has some personal preferences but wouldn't réveat wie they are at this point. “I have some ideas but I wouldn’t publicly suggest SATURDAY Castlegar, B.C. 3 Sections (A, B & Update '91) ad 75 Cents paign. but I really wouldn't want to name names at this Conroy said the NDP is ready for an matter waa the er Deseo Ma “We're dealing more with the record of gover- “IL was hoping I could go today (Friday).”” WEATHER Council on the move By SIMON BIRCH Editor Castlegar city council is moving out of city hall. Council is switching places with the city’s engineering department which moved to 1402 Columbia Ave. from city hall last June. The engineering department will move back to city hall effective April 6 and council will meet in its new chambers at 1402 Columbia. No city staff will move up the street and Mayor Audrey Moore’s office will remain at city hall, located at 460 Columbia. Planning, engineering, zoning, building inspection, business licence and subdivision inquiries and ap- plications will ) handled at city hall after Aprit’6: Meanwhile, the second phase of a structural evaluation of city hall is almost complete, said Kenn Hample, the city’s director of engineering and public works. “A draft report is being reviewed now and we'll take it to council shor- tly,” he said Thursday. The second phase of the assessment involved evaluating the mechanical and electrical systems at city hall as Well as the architectural to bring the in conformance with the Building Code, Hample said in a report to council in January. The city commissioned the firm of Holovsky Mansfield Architects of Cranbrook in November 1990 to complete an engineering and ar- chitectural assessment of city hall to determine whether the building can stand further renovations. The first Phase of the assessment was a struc- tural evaluation. A subsequent report of the written by ng Ltd. of C concluded that the building is struc- turally sound but requires some upgrading, particularly in the main floor office area. The estimated cost for the im- mediate upgrading work is $14,500, Hample said in his January report. The estimated cost for work to ac- commodate renovations is $15,000 to $30,000 for an estimated total of $29,500 to $44,500. his plans for an — Cosntews photo by Ed Mills By ED MILLS Staff Writer became a circus. establishment. ahead with the patio. Elmer Pellerine remembers well the day his life Tt was that cool February day when the owner of the popular Lions Head Pub in Robson decided he wanted to build an outdoor patio for his Since that day, he’s jumped through more hoops than a lion in Barnum and Bailey's. And to this day, ‘‘the system,” hasn’t spit out’’ a decision on whether he can go Elmer Pellerine, owner of the Lion's Head Pub in Robson, wonders what he has to do to get outdoor patio past several layers of government bureaucracy. ‘System’ has pub owner jumping through hoops In the meantime, he’s seen five people in five different agencies — Nelson — trying to get someone to say it’s OK to build. things work. “I think the process is just crazy. It’s way too much running around for a 20 (square) foot patio,"’ said Pellerine, who then proceeded to tell his story about his travels through the labyrinth of he says, “‘still bureaucracy. please see PUB page A2 If you ask Pellerine, and he doesn’t need much prompting, there’s something wrong with the way three in Castlegar and two in By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer The Ministry. of Transportation and Highways got what it wanted from the residents of Castlegar and | Robson — enough input to narrow down to a pair of locations the num- ber of proposed sites for a bridge across the Columbia River linking the two communities. The ministry held a public meeting and open house Tuesday in Castlegar to hear public opinion on preliminary information the ministry has gathered so far on five possible bridge. sites as. well as related high- way improvements. Nearly 200 residents attended. An initial open house was held March 20 in Brilliant. “We got the feedback we were looking for,’’ said Barry Eastman, the Highways Ministry’s regional manager of professional services. ‘‘It was a good meeting, we were quite pleased with it.”” However, he added that the meeting wasn't everything the ministry representatives had thought it would be. “It was a little milder than we expected. We had expected to hear a By SIMON BIRCH Editor The Robson-Raspberry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee is pinning its hopes for a return of the Robson- Castlegar ferry on either an NDP government or the B.C. Court of Appeal. Terry Dalton, the committee's lawyer, said Thursday the committee will seek assurances from NDP Leader Mike Harcourt and Rossland- Trail NDP candidate Ed Conroy that an NDP government would put the ferry back into service during the three to five years the Ministry of Highways estimates it will take to build a new bridge across the Columbia River between Robson and Park plan around a long time F rie 4 rafal cut HT 7 + that’s contributed to this,” work,”” Maddocks said. ‘‘What it was is a quiet groundswell of com- munity support.” Maddocks said there’s always a danger in naming people who have — worked to develop plans for a Project such as the proposed park because somebody will always be left out. "I wish I had a list of everybody Mad- docks said. “You run the risk of leaving someone out. A lot of people pitched in and made this possibie.’” “anybody,” Maddocks said. ‘He's an ‘unsung hero.” Twin Rivers Park would help complete Pryce’s vision of an exten- sive system of walking trails — already well underway and dubbed Three Bridges Trail, Maddocks said. “He had @ vision for Twin Rivers Those who sat down to discuss the park included representatives from B.C. Hydro, Selkirk College, the city and the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce. “‘We brought Hydro people in to see the possibility of developing the whole area,” Stan said. ‘From there, that’s when the city took it (the plan) and started quietly acquiring the property."’ The board also researched the property. “We put together an inventory of all the parcels of land and who the ‘owners were,"’ Stan said. The city has spent approximately $110,000 so far acquiring the proper- ty for the park, city administrator Williams said, but is still dealing with two property owners. Premier Bill Vander Zalm during visit to Castlegar this week gave eity $200,000 from GO B.C. lot- please see PARK page A2 Castlegar. “We'll ask the NDP — Mike Har- court and Ed Conroy — if they'll ‘choices now clearer few more concerns with the Brilliant interchange in terms of the work to be done.”” Based on the concerns and ideas the ministry did hear at the meeting, ministry staff will now “look at the whole picture again in more detail”’ but with particular attention paid to Site No. 1 and Site No. 3, Eastman said. Site No. 1 — parallel to the train bridge — received the most attention at Tuesday's meeting from opponen- ts and supporters. Preliminary studies rated Site No. 3 — just west (upstream) of the ferry.ramps — as the best overall. The studies, conduc- ted about one year ago, looked at the social and environmental impac- ts, cost, engineering and construction Perspectives, utilities and services at the five sites. Ken Wyllie, Regional District of Central Kootenay director for Area J, suggested at Tuesday’s meeting that the ministry modify Site No. 1 so the bridge starts in the same place on the Robson side of the river — close to the train bridge — but in- stead of building the bridge straight please see BRIDGE page A2 Ferry committee pins hopes on NDP, court commit themselves to the principle that the ferry will be returned until the bridge is completed,"’ Dalton told the Castlegar News. ‘‘Should the NDP not be elected, we'd be definitely taking our case to court.”’ He said if Premier Bill Vander Zalm stays on as leader of the Social Credit party, or even if he steps down or is forced out in the wake of substantial criticism by conflict-of- interest commissioner Ted Hughes, it’s unlikely the Socreds will return the ferry. “We would never realistically ex- pect a Social Credit government to voluntarily return the ferry,"” Dalton said. Hughes is scheduled to deliver his report Tuesday on Vander Zalm’s please see FERRY page A2 secure this year cleanup of the Celgar pulp mill. for the West Kootenay. Leok for the stories, CasNews features special edition today The West Kootenay’s economic future looks brighter and more the start of the expansion and environmental In today’s Castlegar News, our Update 91 special edition captures that positive outlook with stories and photos of the progressive Update 91 takes = look at some of the good things that have happened in the Inst year and provides a look at some of the people whose investments in this area guarantee 2 positive economic future Update 91 focuses on success stories in business, industry, social services and recreation. And there are many, ranging from the $700 miltion Ceigar project to the almost-completed expansion of the Hospital and edacational opportunities at Setkirk College. positive outlook for the region in today's special supplement, Update 1 and histories that capture the