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A helping hand SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper Paramedics work quickly to remove the driver of a car involved in a single vehicle accident at the South Slocan Junction of Highways 6 and 3A last Monday evening. The driver, Eileen Anderson was taken to hospital with minor injuries after she lost control of her car, entered the ditch and rolled. Ootischenia residents think waste plan is garbage J JASON Magnan —s Suf sti . Just say no. Ootischenia residents copped that line from Nancy Reagan when it came to the discussion about their back yard garbage dump at a public meeting last Wednesday night. “Move it (the dump) out of there,” yelled one of the long- —_Chained to his work SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper ates. Herb Friedel was part of a volunteer labour team which recently completed some impressive upgrading and additions on Blueberry Creek Park. time Ootischenia residents at the meeting “There's a lot of open fields. Move it out of the residential areas.” He told the plans’ presen- ters that all of Ootischenia has become a dump. The 67-year resident of the area said he lives next to the dump, and his front yard is often littered with garbage. He spoke of drivers of pick- ups laughing and saying “I didn’t even have to unload the thing. It all blew out!” The stage two Solid Waste Management Plan was prepared by Stanley Associates of Kamloops for the Regional District of Central Kootenay. The plan presents the various options the region has for dealing with garbage, including reduction, recycling, reuse, recovery, and residual man- agement (landfills). Stage three will combine this report with the concerns and comments expressed by citi- zens at the meetings held across the district last week. “We're not here to preach or dictate to you,” said Peter Shand from Stanley Associ- “We're hear to listen to you.” And they heard a lot about the planned consolidation of the regional garbage dumps. About 75 residents, mostly Area firefighters killed in crash “Sun Staff Two local area firefighters were killed last weekend when the ConAir TS-600 twin piper Aerostar plane they were piloting crashed in Yoho National Park. Pilot Richard Cline, 40, of Grand Forks, and Dennis Perci- val, 43, of Nelson, dies instantly in the accident Saturday after- noon, said Golden RCMP. Both men were working for the B.C. forests ministry, leading ‘an acrial attack on a fire west of Field, 165 km northwest of Cal- gary. The Field blaze is one of about 350 fires that have started in B.C. since Friday. Cline and Percival were in the lead plane ahead of bombers car- rying water and chemicals when the plane went down. Both men were experienced firefighters, said Sylvia Pang of the B.C. Forest Service. Cline, had more than 12,000 hours of flying experience. ConAir president Barry Mars- den said the crash will be investi- gated by his company and the Canadian Aviation Safety Board Last August, readers might remember the front page photo The Castlegar Sun carried, which pictured Cline standing next to a ConAir Firecat at the Castlegar Airport. from Ootischenia, showed up to vent their anger about the landfill options. The meeting started out calm- ly, with Eva Walters, a recycling consultant with Stanley associat- ed, explaining the various reduc- tion, recycling, and reuse options that were outlined in the stage two solid waste management report. Upset Ootischenia residents could only hold back their anger about the possibility of an expan sion of their dump for a short while. “It's a garbage dump outside the gates,” said another resident Increasing the garbage load of the dump will just make a bad situa: tion worse. “It's already a problem.” While one of the options out- lines Ootischenia as the only dump to remain open, Peter Shand from Stanley Associates said this is also the most unlike- Mediation fails in labour dispute Vince Ready enters and leaves scene in one day SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor A mediation process involving cess on Saturday “pointless” and says the two sides are no closer than they were a week ago. “It doesn't look like there's any Vince Ready on failed miserably according to both sides in the on-going pulp and paper labour dispute. Stan i of the P for a in the near future,” Shewaga said. The PPWC president said Ready angio met with union repre- Pulp, Paper ‘and “Woodworkers Union called the mediation pro- Local sawmill to close Friday SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor who only reaffirmed th their earlier position, which includes more money and made whatsoever in the media- tion attempt. "I think it's unlikely that medi- ation will be tried again,” said Pope & Talbot will be clos- ing the doors on its sawmill operations this Friday due to the pulp and paper labour dispute, which has workers at the Celgar Pulp Mill on strike. Due to the on-going labour dispute, the local sawmill has not been able to continue its operations either, since it elies heavily.on, the pulp mill next door, Subsequently, mrore than 260 workers were-laid off early last week, and the ly option. The Ooti option is the most expensive ps the five fill site options exam- ined in the report. It would cost the district just under $2.5 mil- lion, while the two most likely options would both cost around $2 million. A more likely option would be a reduction from the present eleven to four land fill sites: Ootischenia, Creston, Nakusp, and Salmo, with the last fill even- tually being phased out. Walters told the i that are to leave Thursday evening. "We're taking Friday as our statutory holiday,” said Mill Manager, Bob Coutts. "For all intents and purposes, it's a complete shut down.” ‘Coutts continued to say that sawmill workers are feeling discouraged about the result- ing layoffs. “Finances are beginning to be a real problem for these people,” Coutts finished. The industry's final offer to the unions has remained the same. Regarding wages, this includes a 30 cents raise in year one, followed by a 70 cents raise in year two. “We're waiting for the union to define a position that they are prepared to take to their mem- bers,” he continued. Pulp and Paper workers have been on strike for over two weeks and both sides are saying they will continue to hold out. 2 sections 26 pages the most important part of the five-part plan is reduction, recy- cling, and reuse. “If waste is not generated in the first place, we don’t need to dispose of it,” she said. Reduc- tion methods suggested include a lobbying of the federal gov- ernment and industry to reduce packaging, waste reduction in RDCK and municipal offices, and a public education pro- George Markin, a member of the Recycling Advisory Group (made up of community members from across the regional district), said that a dialogue should be opened up with the Regional Dis- trict of Kootenay Boundary on the recycling process. “We need one large recycling and processing depot. We have to get the government involved in marketing the product,” he said. Right now, recycling is done through Nelson, and the economies of scale are not large enough to make sense. . Ootischenia residents made their point. “This is one case when public input meant public input,” Wal- ters said. The message came through loud and clear. She said the large turn out made an impact. Only 30 people showed up at a similar meeting held in Nelson. “I don’t think the other areas’ garbage will be shipped to Ootis- chenia, and hopefully the mess will be cleaned up.” -A swingin’ time Tarrys Elementary. (L-R); Stephanie Tarasoff, Colleen Vogt and Michelle Barabonoff take a swing during recess at ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper