Page 12B The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, January 4, 1995 HOUSES FOR RE AVAILABLE FEB, 1/95 - 900 9q.ft 2 bdrm grassed, fenced yard, owner $750/mo. plus utilities Contact Barry Brown at 965-2111 BRIGHT AND spacious above- ground basement suite. Private Business of the Month | _ and budget. The kitchens, exciting pr are generall Kootenays. CANAC KITCHENS | ‘anac Kitchens of Castlegar is located at 3124 Waldie Avenue, Robson, and ( as been your local dealer for Canac Kitchens Ltd. for more than 2 years. For more than a quarter of a century Canac has been one of North America's leading kitchen cabinet manufacturers. In the process;-it-has established a reputation for innovative design, fine quality cabinetry, on-time delivery, professional installation and highly competitive pricing of kitchens for every taste Wetsesinsses ; door styles and accessories in stock represent a selection from the ret range available. Within each group, door colours and hardware interchangeable. 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VIN 3H4 BUS:604-365-7208 FAX:604-365-3098 RESIDENT PARTNER NEIL E. SURGENOR C.G.A Controls and Refrigeration Ltd. ‘. maintai , /s, » laun- dry on site, separate storage area, CLEAN 3 bedroom home in Bril- liant, N/S, N/P, large yard, $690/mo. 365-6708. 2 ROOMMATE TO share-2 bedroom. house. Downtown Castlegar. $240 23010, + BATCHELOR suite $350/mo including heat and light. * 2 BDRM: townhouse. 365-5228. MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE 14 X 70 Velaire on rented pad in Genelle, 2 bedroom, can be 3. Fr ainted, furnace and hot water hei Kitchen appli- ine 15. 2 MOBILES ACROSS from “The Met": Singlewide, 2 bdrm., 4 appli- ances, open floorplan. Doublewide in adult section, 2 bdrm., 3 appli- Phone ances, skylight, view lot, 365-0062, EXCEL MOBILE Home sales. BC Qualified, clean 14° wides, 2 & 3 PRE-OWNED and bank repo Mobile Homes for Sale, $10,000 and up. We deliver any where. (We also buy good clean homes). 769- 0059, Lakeshore Mobile Homes, Kelowna. DL# , ROBSON - 4 bdrm.., fr/stove, deck, pad rent $150,00/mo, 365-0062. _ VACANT 14x70 3 bedroom. F/s, gas furnace, front bay window. Pos- sible financing. Robson. 365-0062. DL# 6563. - MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT 18 CLEAN mobile homes on large Ard 14° 57-2234. 2 BEDROOM mobile home in Tarry’s. Private setting, no. smokers or pets. Damage deposit and refer- ences required. 399-4349. APART. FOR RENT 1 BACHELOR suite. Utilities includ- ed. Phone 365-2460. eae 4-bedroom apt., downtown Idcation Suitable for tor 2 people. Non- smokers. Heat included. New paint, carpet, & blinds. $400/mo. Ref’s required, Reply 365-2624 or 365- 7634 (eve). 1 BEDROOM basement suite. Includes utilities. $425/mo. Avail- able Jan.1/95. 365-7636 or 365- [a 1 BEDROOM suite on Columbia Ave. Fully furnished. Available immediately. Call 365-2622 leave messa: ae 2 BEDROOM suite for rent. $450 per month. Feb.1/95 365-6121 2 BEDROOM suite, newly renovat- ed, in quiet 4-plex, S. Castlegar. Available immediately. Non-smok- ers, no pets. Phone 365-2622. or 352-5659. 2 BEDROOM suite, S. Castlegar, $500/mo. 365-8096. 2-BEDROOM basement suite in South Castlegar. $500/mo. plus one-half utilities. 365-8096. 2-BEDROOM condo in South Castlegar. References required. , separate laundry facili- ties, 2 big bedrooms, plus firepit and plenty of storage space, close to Selkirk College, grogery store and bus routes. Available Dec. 1st. 365-2980 or 365-3024. esilinen CEDAR MANOR apts, - 1 & 2 bed- room furnished apartments. 365- 6213, _ saeiigh clean 2-bedroom suite upstairs near downtown Castlegar. Private entrance, storage, carport, hot water included. Laundry facilities. Available immediately. $485/mo. 229-4342 evenings or leave m ; 2 BEDROOM apt. $500/mo. including utilities. Call Barry at 365-2111. FULLY. FURNISHED apartment. ntrance. Utilities included: et, non-smoker adult. N/p. 7: after 5:00pm. FULLY FURNISHED suite. Utilities included. Downtown, non-smoker, 365-7319, __ LARGE 1-bedroom furnished or unfurnished ground-level basement sui Full bath, nice view, private entrance. Carport. Laundry facilities and utilities included. 365-3873 or 965-3087, LARGE 3-bedroom suite. W/d, close to downtown. $650/mo. Pets ok. 365-2419 ~’ Please note...ALL c 11:30 am Monday morning. ROOMY ONE bedroom furnished suite in Ootischenia. § minutes from college, N/S, N/P, utilities included $490.00/mo. 365-6708. SELKIRK MANOR 1& 2 bedroom a SEMI-FURNISHED basement suite in North Castlegar. No smokers or pets. References & damage deposit wired. 399-4349. UNFURNISHED 2 bedroom apt. located in North Castlegar. Avail- able immediately. Private yard, good parking, easy walking dis- tance to.town, laundry facilities. Call 365-2622 days, ___ * BACHELOR suite - $300/mo. including utilities. + 2 bedroom apt. $450/mo. including hot water. Call Glen at 365-2111. RENTALS WANTED MATURE STUDENT & wife (author) n/s & well behaved house cat are looking for low-cost accom- modation in Castlegar/Pass Creek area. Also interested in caretaker position. Tom, Tet 365-0134 after 6pm. SHARED ACCOMMODATIONS EXTRA LARGE furnished room to rent. Utilities ihcluded. More info call 365-2195. Support Jour cal | businesses Patting Partnerships Together! a. research projects. CANCER SOCIETY Cancer Society volunteers are a team: they offer emotional support, teach prevention, and raise funds for 2 part of our team! bps, ure Local Cancer ociety to-day! CANADIAN | SOCETE Du CANCER B.C AND YUKON DIVISION Cougar RON NORMAN Sun Editor killed near Zuckerberg Island “It had basically set up home there.” Krause said the concern is that young cougars don’t dif A cougar that prowled the north end of Castlegar was tracked and killed by conservation officers last week. The cougar was shot about 10:30 1000 block of 7th Ave. near Zuckerberg Island. Conservation officer Mike Krause said the cougar was a healthy two-year-old female about dog. It had killed several pets in the area “We got four dead cats, one dead dog and two dead racoons,” Krause told The Castlegar Sun Oe BLUE RIBBON AWARD and dogs. am. Wednesday in the the size of a medium en small chjjdren,and other prey, like cats Schools.in the area had issued warnings to parénts about the cougar. The big cat had been in the area for more than a week, said. with residents reporting “at least three sitings”, Krause said The last was Tuesday morning on Columbia Avenue at the bottom of 9th Street near the Castlegar and Dis trict Hospital. A tracker and hounds were brought in from South Slo- can Yo search for the cougar “That's the only way to tack cougar,” said Krause He said conservation officers couldn't relocate the ani mal to higher ground because there is no food at higher elevations and the cougar would have just returned. “It was probably looking to set up its.own territory,” he Krause pointed out that the cougar population in ‘the Castlegar area is “healthy” because of the large deer popu lation, which the cougar feeds on. He said the deer come down into the valleys insearch of food and the cougars follow. The Castlegar Sun BIER Vol. 5° No. 1 ve. - v newspaper with a daily commitment’ 75 Cents + G.S.T. Carreiro, and Antonio and New Year's baby Lisa Marie was born Jan. 5 at 6:28 a.m. to Albert and Sylvia Cancela of Castlegar. Lisa Marie weighed in at nine pounds, 12 ounces and has a brother Andrew and sister Crystal, along with grandparents Silvino and Norbina Julia Cancela. SUN STAFF PHOTO /Ron Norman Library v RON NORMAN Sun Editor Residents in the Lower Arrow- Columbia will go to the polls this spring to vote on whether they want to help pay for the Castlegar and District Public Library. Library board chair Jean Sylvest said Monday that Ken Wyllie, regional director for Lower Arrow-Columbia, indicat- ed the referendum would likely be held on March 15. Wyllie has given.the library ote set for March $12,000 to allow residents in his area continued free access to the library until the referendum. Area I director John Voykin has: not yet decided whether his residents will also hold a refer- endum. However, the library board is meeting with Area I residents tonight in a bid to garner support for a spring vote. Sylvest said a of The library's regional member- ship nearly tripled in 1994. It went from 680 in 1993 to 1,613 last year. Last year was the first year library access was free to all Area I and Lower Arrow-Columbia residents. Prior to that, residents paid a user fee of $50 per family. The library is hoping that Area I residents headed by Denise Evans has been formed to look into a referendum. 4 will pay some 40 per cent of the library's oper- ating costs, with the city picking up the remaining 60 per cent School board and CUPE ink deal KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff Non-teaching staff and school districts in Castlegar, Grand Forks and Nelson have reached a memorandum of agreement, but ratification might not happen until the end of this month. John Dascher, secretary-treat surer for the Castlegar school dis- trict said that although the Castlegar board has ratified the agreement, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) mem- bers and the Grand Forks and Nelson boards have yet to ratify. Because of this, Dascher refused to comment on the specifics of the agreement “T can't until all have ratified.” Typically, the three boards have bargained together as the West Kootenay Labor Relations Council. And although the last contract Alzheimer Canada — Help for was valid for three years, the newest contract will only be binding for only one year. “It’s because of the economic uncertainty with funding and such,” explained Dascher. CUPE members are essentially non-teaching staff such as clerical workers, bus drivers, teacher's assistants, and maintenance There are some 100 CUPE members in the -Castlegar school district SLU s H Y Weather. Council hits roadblock on truck traffic RON NORMAN _ Sun Editor Castlegar council has hit-a roadblock in its attempt to restrict heavy truck traffic on Columbia Avenue. Council had planned to halt chip and logging trucks over 5,500 kilograms on Columbia Avenue north of 18th Street effective Jan. 1 But the Ministry of Highways is balking at the proposal “We have run into a snag,” city administrator Jim Gustafson told The Sun Monday. Gustafson said the ministry will only allow the city‘to resttict truck traffic if Columbia's desig- nation is changed from a se¢- ondary highway to a local road. That has financial implica- tions,” explained Gustafson. With its present secondary highway status, Columbia is eligi- ble for a $40,000 annual High- ways maintenance grant. As well, the ministry will pay for-SO per cent of any capital improvements. However, once the designation changes to local road, the city must pick up 100 per cent of the maintenance .and_ capital improvement costs. Gustafson said it is the min- istry’s share of capital costs that could be substantial—as much as $500,000 when it comes time to upgrade Columbia north of 18th Street. But there are other problems. The city and ministry are at odds College, over the city’s legal right to unilat- erally restrict traffic on Columbia. The city’s solicitor says that under the Municipal Act the city can proceed with the bylaw restricting heavy trucks without ministry approval. The Attorney General's Ministry disagrees. And the Ministry of Highways has threatened that if the city goes ahead on its own, it would cut off any Highways funding “We would get no further grants. Period,” said Gustafson As well, the city wouldn't even be able to erect signs informing trucks of the weight restriction Gustafson said Columbia Avenue south of 18th Street is an arterial road and as such any sig- nage requires ministry approval But the ministry won't approve the signs unless the city gives up Columbia Avenue'’s secondary highway status. “We can't even get the signs up,” said Gustafson. “High- ways can do just about any- thing it wants.” He pointed out that the city has requested that trucks voluntarily comply with the weight restric- tions and that chip trucks operat- ed by DCT Chambers Trucking are doing just that But logging trucks and other chip trucks are still using Columbia Avenue to get to Cel- gar Pulp Mill and the Pope and Talbot sawmill. Gustafson said the city is still negotiating with Highways to resolve the impasse BCGEU reach agreement KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff After being without a contract for over a year, British Columbia Government Employees Union (BCGEU) instructors have reached a memorandum of agree- ment with Selkirk College. The deal came during an all- day negotiating session Jan. 4 Dale Schatz, vice-president of administration for the college said financial issues stalled talks, result- ing in mediator Stephen Reinfret being called in by the union. “The union requested it, but we agreed—it was a joint thing. We felt a mediator might be helpful.” Although both sides have agreed to keep the details of the agreement confidential until after ratification later this month, Schatz said the agreement is fair. “We're pleased to be able to work out an agreement that both could live with.” The two-year agreement will be effective from Jan. 1, 1994 to Dec. 31, 1995 House values drop KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff By now area homeowners should have received their assess- ment notices in the mail, and most should be pleased with the increase in property values. But local realtor Jordan Wat- soh cautions homeowners to not celebrate their good fortune yet the assessments are based on a local real estate market which has now gone flat “The market has fallen Assessments are always based on values one year behind.” Watson said there was a time when optimism ran high in the business community, but the reality of today’s market is much different "It’s. been quite dead since the summer time.” Watson believes that since May, 1994, market value Has dropped by 10-20 per cent Assessments arc based on the market value of homes in the area and are a reflection of trends in the market place. Variables used when calculating assessment value include location and size Today, Hope for Tomo WEDNESDAY January 11, 1995 PROFILE A great day for plowing powder at Big Red Verne Anderson Memorial Race was just one of the attractions at Red Mountain on the weekend/1B LOCAL Canfor's bid for Slocan Forest Products is before the courts The B.C. Supreme Court will decide it Canfor's offer violates Securities and Forests Acts/3A Publisher's message You may have already read about it, beard about, or seen it on TV. But the story on the Business page (B2), off. our | press in Nelson is making every effort to obtain sup- plies elsewhere, there is hardly any newsprint to be As a result, you'll see a few changes inside this issue of The Castlegar Sun. These are not changes we have made by choice; they are changes we must make because of the favorite reading is missing, and some of your favorite stories and sections have been moved within the pages of the | paper. Fear not, all will return once we have secured a teliable source of newsprint. It’s not just The Castlegar Sun that is making moves to economize. Most newspapers in B.C., and many in the west, will be doing the same. We are doing our best to keep The Cast Sun, the weekly newspaper with a daily commitment, your weekly newspaper. 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