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God Ble Fred, Elsie, Plotnikotf, and In Memoriam IN LOVING memory o} and grandmother who passed away, May 8: In the Fall's light rain. In the Cool Winter's snow. In the spring's new growth by her daughter Hazel ond son-in-law Sem Loretta and husbond John. 37 THE B.C, HEART FOUNDATION accepts with gratitude “In Memoriam’ donations which help promote Heart Research Cards sent to next-of-kin, Box 3023 Castlegar, B.C 104/81 @) NEEDLES FERRY The Ministry of Transpor- tation and Highways wishes to advise that the Needles Ferry will be replaced by barge service commencing May 8, 1989 for a period of approximately 6 weeks. There are no anticipated changes to the present ferry schedule We apologize tor any incon venience this may cause D.P. WILLIAMS District Highways Manager Ministry of Transportation end Highwoy: Central Kootenay Highways Di precy ws MOVE HIGHWAYS — TENDERS Electoral Highway District: Kooten: Project or Job Number tract No. | Project or District: Boundary ay Boundary £5652 Con Job Description: This {the installation Kootency Tender Opening Date/Time: May | 989 at 2.00 p.m. loca Surety Bid. Bond ertitied Cheque enveTope D.H. HUTTON Ministry Official dividuals, the” college Will” arrange weekend workshops in Castlegar next fall and spring, ay part of its ongoing commitment to provide yisual arts in struction outside the Vancouver a Here is ah opportunity for people in Castlegarto work with an outstan ding professional artist, right in their own community,’ said Judith O’kKeelle, program director of Outreach, “All we need is for local groups or individuals to advise us what subjects are of interest, and\ to work with us to set up the workshops. ECCAD struction in artist-teachers offer. in drawing, painting, printmaking, New topics continue to be added, including ceramics, photography, color, design and art history art marketing, art framing, portfolio presentation and copyright ECCAD has offered local weekend 1978, winch time thousands of peopte have ated throughout B,C, Over the art workshops since during partici years, many artist-teachery have been invited back to the same community to pfovide ongoing instruction. Through the experienve they enrich their own perspectives, which are ultimately reflected in their work workshops can be cheduled Oct. 14 to Nov to March 31, 1990. 16 and Feb. Jones in Ph.D. program Former Castlegar resident Craig Jones has been accepted into the Ph.D. program at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont He recently completed a master of arts degree in political science (with international and completed his honor's specialization — in relation bachelor of arts degree in political science and history at the University of Winnipeg Jones. graduated from Stanley Humphries secondary school in 1975 and was the graduating class valedic torian for that year Gar’ Diann Caroli ADVERT! Year ‘ts after year, government after government, TREND '89 Luxurious jetted baths ¢ and spas are 'IN' Ml Retail dealers urgently needed in your area for an exclusive Canadian manufacturer line. Call Don or Brad 421-7721 Collect calls are welcome 44th Field Engineer Squadron OPEN HOUSE Saturday, May 13 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Trail Armoury, 1990-7th Avenue, Trail, B.C. 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The CP Rail workers Tuesday replace a section of Np said thi arts it derailed three Forest Service may suspend logging permit By CLAUDETTESANDECKI aff Writer The Forest Service-has recommen- ded the suspension of a company’s permit that would essentially end logging in the Little Sheep Creek watershed area near Rossland, Arrow Forest District manager Ken Arnett said. However, the Ministry of Forests must _make the actual decision to suspend the tirfiber mark of Premanco Industries, Ltd. of Quesnel and the ministry isjunsure if the suspension can or will be granted, Arnett told the Castlegar News Tuesday Premanco owns the land and the WKP rate By CasNewsStaff West Kootenay Power has received final approval from the British Columbia Utilities Commission for a $3.8 million, 6.7 per cent rate increase. The increase will pay for additional wholesale power purchases and facility improvements WKP had been granted an interim increase on Jan. 1 pending the com- mission's public hearings into the in- crease which took place in February in Rossland Jack Fisher, public relations ad- ministrator for West Kootenay Power, ‘ hi 4th Canada has built up a debt that now totals over 320 billion dollars. So that today, ” one third of every tax dollar is wasted just paying the interest on % this massive debt. Let's stop short- ya Hae changing ourselves. We've got to sin ha ake: Sena deal with the debt now. That “agar way we can guarantee our ii social programs in the J future. And that’s j in everybody’s = best inter- est . 6 Stats 4s pnd For more information call 1-800-267-6620 1-800-267-6650 (T.DD:) Canada Council OKs pay increase for mayor By anon BIRCH itor Castlegar sity council Tuesday adopted the recommendation of a citizen review committee calling for in- creases of $750 year for the next three years to the mayor’s annual indemnity Council also approved the commit tee’s recommendation that Castlegar’s aldermen not receive an increase to their indemnities this year and that in future years increases to their indem- nities be tied to the previous year’s Consumer Price Index for British Columbia But council balked at a recommen dation that the workload of aldermen be apportioned on a more equitable basis, defeating Ald. Terry Rogers’ motion to accept the recommendation asa guideline. “It’s ludicrous,” Ald. Marilyn Mathieson said. ‘‘All you can do as far as I can see is receive it for infor mation."* Council members who spoke against the recommendation said the workload an alderman carries is in- fluenced by other commitments such as a full-time paying job,and aldermen shouldn’t be judged on the basis of someone else’s workload Report says Castlegar high in cancer deaths By CasNews Staff and News Services The death rate for stomach cancer is high for both men and women in Castlegar according to a newly released report mapping cancer deaths in British Columbia over the tast 27 years. In Grand Forks, the death rate from stomach cancer is high for women, the report says. The report could lead to further research into environmental causes of the disease, said the report's author, Dr. Pierre Band, head of Ovarian and brain cancers are above average in Merritt, in the southern In- terior, as in non-Hodgkins’ lym- phoma Band said the map detailing death from cervical cancer is one of the most interesting. It shows a significantly higher rate in areas including the North Thompson, Lillooet and the South Cariboo in the B.C. Interior, the central coast, in- cluding Prince Rupert, northern Van- couver Island and Port Alberni — all areas where on at the Cancer Control Agency in Van couver. Several of the 45 maps showing can- cer deaths according to school district likely will stir interest among people searching for environmental links, Band said The Kamloops school district is significantly high in prostate cancer, Band's report showed, though other types of cancer don’t vary substan tially from the norm in the southern In- terior city, cervical cancer is deficient, Band said. FALLS SHORT. “There isa high native population in those areas and we fall short when it comes to educating that population,” he said. The risk of lung cancer was highest in Prince George and Vancouver Band said maps that show similarly high death rates from specific types of cancer for either sex living in the same continued on page A2 “I don’t see what the heck it has to do with anyone else,"’ Ald. Albert Calderbank said But council members otherwise ap plauded what they said is a thorough job by the four-member committee of Bob Pakula, Gerald Rust, Laurie Renwick and Ingeborg Thor-Larsen. They found that the indemnity of $9,085 a year for Castlegar's mayor is less than that of mayors in cities of similar size. However, they said she $5,342 a year aldermen receive is higher than that of aldermen in similar cities and recommended the one-year pay freeze. Beginning in 1991 — after the three annual $750 pay increases for the mayor, the mayor’s indemnity will maintain a two-to-one ratio with the indemnities of the aldermen company to. increase its efforts towar- ds conservation of power by en- couraging customers to use electricity more wisely and-keep consumption down Fisher explained that WKP doesn’t have enough power to supply all of its customers. The problem comes in the timber in the watershed area and can do as it pleases on its own. property, Arne’ said. But the company is required to have a timber mark — permission to tag\log loads before they can be transported off private land, he said Arnett said he recommended the suspension because of concerns by the people of Rossland and the Forest Ser- vice of the impact of logging on water quality Little Sheep Creek supplies about 25 per cent of Rossland’s water. If the _ lifted until the company produces a logging plan that satisfies Rossland city council and the Forest Service, he said “It’s time they. put down in blatk and white what their intentions are."” Arnett listed the main road being too near the creek and siltation of the water as major concerns in the area now being logged. The suspension of the timber mark would prevent logging in west Little Sheep Creek where the actual watershed is, he said Premanco ‘suspended logging at the end of March until it which Premanco was informed of April 21 — is approved, it will not be gets hike when power consumption is at its peak. WKP is forced to buy additional power from B.C. Hydro. “They (the commission) have asked us to investigate other sources of pur- chase power," Fisher said. ‘We have to go out on the market place and see what's available.”” Fisher said the company is satisfied that ‘‘we’ve got what we need to con- tinue through 1989." “*Whenever we. put in for an’ in- crease, we expect the commission will realize this is what we need,” he said. The increase is based on a rate of return. We feel we are entitled to make a certain amount each year,"’ Fisher said WKP_ hasn't increased its rates in three years. Although Fisher agreed that the increase is higher than the in- flation rate, he said based on a three- year period the increase is actually cold days of January and February Bus for disabled to arrive early By CasNews Staff Castlegar’s new transit bus for the disabled will arrive in July, two months earlier than expected, and the existing service will be expanded once the city receives a conventional 25-pass. bus to replace the larger bus flow in Mayor Audrey Moore told Castlegar city council Tuesday night. Moore, who met with B.C. Transit officials earlier Tuesday, said plans are in the works to have Castlegar's transit service link up with Trail’s transit ser vice, giving residents in both cities a chance to use public transportation servic between the two cities The mayor said B.C. Transit is also looking at serving Ootischenia, Shoreacres, Thrums and possibly Glade with the transit service for the disabled. * Moore said the expanded service will stay within the existing budget because of the savings that will result from removing the larger bus from service and replacing it with the smaller con ventional bus. The 16-passenger lift-equipped bus for the disabled is expected in early July “‘received clarification’’ on Rossland’s concerns, Premanco director Jerry van Halderen said The company can’t do any logging in the midst of public outcry anyway, headded. Van Halderen said the company has done nothing improper and the Forest Service has no jurisdiction over a private company operating on its own land, he said. Arnett said van Halderen indicated in a recent telephone conversation that the compatiy is willing to discuss con- cerns over its logging practices. Van Halderen said he will meet with city officials on his next trip to the area to “‘inform the Forest Service and other concerned parties of our inten: tions in the area.”’ Rossland participated in meetings with the company last spring but “hasn't commented in a direct fashion” since, he said. Rossland Ald. Alan Underwood said he was sure city administrators dealing with the company *‘took what action they could’? to communicate with Premanco and make recommen- dations for asolution to the problem. The city has not been able to offer a proposal that would alleviate fears continued on page A2 INSIDE Fraser dies page A2 Lottery numbers The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in The B.C. Keno lottery were 1, 5, 12, 20, 37, 44, 45 and 55. By CHERYL CALDERBANK Five different companies, with ‘head offices in Canada, the U.S. and Japan, have expressed an interest inthe construction of ahydrodam at Murphy Creek and @ power plant at the Hugh Keenleyside dam on the Columbia River The five companies are among 13 companies that have responded to a all by Powerex for expressions of interest in the construction of projects which would generate power for export to the United States. Columbia River hydro projects draw interest 180-megawatt power plant Long Lake Energy has also expressed interest in adding another 202 megawatts of generation to Hydro’s 607-megawatt Seven Mile project on the Pend d’Orielle River, a Columbia tributary. The same company is proposing a 308-megawatt project, at Waneta, on the Kootenay River, where Cominco already has its own plant but where there is still potential for further development B.C. Hydro expects to complete technical and Powerex is the B.C. Hydro subsidiary ible for sales to the U.S. market. North Pacific Power of Vancouver, Electric Power Development of Tokyo and-Long Lake Energy of New York, are all id in a 275 plant at Murphy Creek near Trail. The project has already been identified as a site for a future hydro Project Further upstream, at Hydro’s existing Keenteyside storage dam, two separate Vancouver firms, Sandwell Swan Wooster and Stothert Engineering want to build a financial eval of the export submissions by the end of June and will then compile a short list before in: viting the selected companies to make more detailed proposals. All environmental and regulatory approvals will be the responsibility of the proponents. Long Lake Energy Corp. and Sandwell Swan Wooster Inc. could not be reached for comment on their proposals for Columbia River projects. Electric Power Development Co. Ltd. wasn't prepared to release any details on its Murphy Creek continued on page AZ Habs lose page B1 Sunfest search