CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thuraday, July 21, 1977 NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE! Doctor, Lawyer, indian Chief — Butcher, Baker or Candlestick Maker... Castlegar's Sunflower Fest Is for all the citizens of Castlegar to enjoy. Come on out and revel In the one thing weal! havein chat _ pres, In our city! Enjoy Castlegar’s very own... ower Fest Tomorrow! Saturday! Sunday! July 22, 23 and 24 ° Schedule of Events @ ‘Friday Castlegar Daukhobor Hall ae Kinnaird Park Ird : Doukhobor Women's Bazaar and Bake Sate Sate, 5th ‘Annual Softball Tournament, Contact: Alex Cheveldave Concession Booth: Lady Lions a Saturday Super-Valu Parking Lot Rotary Pancake Breakfast Plaza Office or start of run PARADE MARSHALLING Parade Marshall: Sam Brown FLOAT JUDGING PARADE Kinsmen Park \ Doukhobor Women’s Concession 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Doukhobor Supper, Castlegar Doukhobor 3 7:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. - Sunflower Run, 4.3 miles, Sponsored by R.R.C. No. 1. Register at Reereatten 215 a.m. 103 CO am 30 a.m. it "00a m. * Kinnaird Park Lions Dunking Tank (Dunk your favourite enemy) . Lions Celebrity Dunk 3:00 p.m. Special Events: Skydiving, Aerobatics and Fair Rides for the kids, Sponsored. by Lions Club K.J.S.8. Grounds Skateboard Competition, Sponsored by Lions Club Curling Rink BAVARIAN NIGHT DANCE, Sponsored by Castlegar Setkirk Lions Club 8:00 p.m. to? Castlegar & District Community Complex TEEN DANCE, Sponsored by Youth A Council « 9:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hall. Contact Marilyn Verigint 365-5053- -12:00 to 4:00 pM Parade Presentation Ceremonies 1:00 p.m. 1st Annual Bed Race on Pine St. fram 3rd Ave. to Columbia Ave. 1:30-p.m. Vintage Car Games 200 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Sth Annual Lions Softball Tournament :00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Concession Booth by Lady.Lions 8:00a.m. Lions Bavarian Gardens 10:00 a.m. Legion Horseshoe Tournament Contact: Earl Rourke 365-6274 12:30 p.m. Greased Pole Climb, Sponsored by Llons Club -1:00 p.m. -— Sunday Golf Club Golf Tournament, Contact: Golf Club Presenting the Lloyd Ackney Trophy : Super-Valu Parking Lot Retary Pancake Breakfast Kinnalrd Park Sth Annual Lions Softball 8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 00 a.m. to? Pass Creek Park Legion Fun Ball Game Kiwanis Bavarian Gardens Kiwanis Cc Stand. . Hang Gliding Demonstration, by Members of Nelson Acrophobla Hang Gliding Club. : Lions Bavarian Gardens 12:00 noon Lions Greased Pole Climb 12:30 p.m. Spectator Sports, by Lions Club ©. 1:00 p.m. Lions Dunking Tank - 1:30 p.m. Special Events: Skydiving, ‘Aerobatics and Fair Rides for the kids, Sp: 2 by Lions Club © Canadian Frog Jumping Competition 11:0 a.m. Noon to 6:00 p.m. ‘Noon to6: 00 p.m... ‘ Tug-O-War Contest, Sponsored Kiwanis Pig Pong » Drop . and 4:00 p.m. Log Burling, mat : cere .-by Kiwanis Club © ‘Leg! lon Bingo Kiddies Fun Events, Sponsored by Kiwanis Club. 1:45 216 pm. 2:00 p.m. pai by Kiwanis Club 3:00 p.m. e This Page ‘Appears Pane "Through the Courtesy of the Castlegar. Sunflower Fest Committee and the followirig Community-Minded Businesses: City Centre Motel and Restaurant 91 Main enone Bosse’s Jewellery Ltd. 385-7141 76 Pine Hadikin Bros. Lumbering Brilllant 365-3212 Nutri-Health Shop 365-7750 ‘ 276Columbla + Trowelex Rentals No. 3 Hwy. 8. 365-3315 e Sentinel Building Supplies and Service Ltd. Roofing, Cement and full tine of Bullding Suppiles rums A 21 Skyway Distributors | West Kcotenay Agents for Molson's Brewery and Carling/O'Keele Brewery > 365-3396 Inland Natural Gas Castleaird Plaza -“ 365-7272 Blue Top Burger ” Fast Food, Chicken. . orkal 162 Column : “Thew 365-7600 ‘Anderson Insurance armapto Agencies Ltd ss.0302 @' Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 295 Columbia . and. Castlealrd Plaza Interior Armour Plating Ltd. Columbia .Auto Service Columbia Avenue Stedman's 331 Columbia 920 Columbia 365-5367 365-7368 | ‘Kootenay Savings Credit Union 108 Maple Street 365-3375 South Slocan 359-7221 Ed’s Recreational 914 Columbia Sales Lid.. 365-5686 Fields Store Ltd. 310 Columbia ~ 395-9255 Kalesnikoff Lumber. Co. Ltd Tarrys * 990-4211 Husky Service ‘yoliament Bldga. “vy Potorda, Bec... EY NEWS Published Every Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” Two SECTIONS 1AgB) a : VOL. 80, No. 80 ‘CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, .THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1977 eRe. 25 CENTS (HOME DELIVERY 2 22 CENTS) Castlegar Water System Fits DREE Terms Questions ‘Not Fully Answered’ Bari with the Cutest Frog and Dinna Holuboff with Oi Smallest Frog: Winner of the 5 jump was Travis Green, whose frog leapt 96 inches.—CasNewsFoto by Byea Guedes: HUSKY HUMP! proved to be the later in the first knnaal bed pi race during C Castlegar Sunflower, Fest activities on. the weekend. By RYONGUEDES Editor, Castlegar News Terms of reference for the recently-signed $59 million fed- eral-provinclal government in- dustrial development. subsid- jary agreement are broad enough to iriclude funding for a -new Castlegar water supply, Mayor Audrey Moore said this week... Moore told, the Castlegar News -the city and outlying areas fill the agreement's cri- teria for target communities to be designated for funding to service land required for indus- trial parks. i She said the assistance program is designed to over- come the disadvantages of - locating manufacturing ‘activi- ties away from the already highly-developed centres and to serve regional economic func- tions in areas demonstrating growth potential. Castlegar has been designated a growth area and will soon be greatly. af- fected by’ CanCel's ‘planned expansion in the area, she said. “When it does, I think that CanCel will expect the city of Castlegar to be able.to house its workers and service local indus- try,” Moore sald. “It would be good planning to ensure that the proper water supply is in Moore said the designation of the funding at this stage appears from the terms of place by the time the takes place.” “Otherwise we can’t be a city that’s ready to accommo: | te the people when it ex- pands.”- Such a vital function has got to be funded by the senfor levels of government,” she said, “We have an industry ready to expand and we can't pay for past mistakes or for. the fu- ture.” y ae Prleet Completi m Could Horm City Economy Negative Impact Seen ‘The most drastic’ impact the B.C. Hydro Seven : Mile Project will have on Castlegar will be on its completion, Mayor : Audrey Moore said this week. Referring to a B.C. Hydro- + funded. socio-economic. study the Regional District of Central Kootenay board of directors cause a drop in real estate prices and local merchants who have depended heavily on the | workers” ‘spending ‘power to suffer, Moore said, Ee “Schools which have had to add more cla: ms to accom- modate more’ students will no longer be full,” she said. “That's d Thursday, Me id . + the winding-down period _fol- lowing peak employment at the + project’ will exert a strong influence on the city economy. Moore—representative ‘of Castlegar on the board—said 49 per cent. of the employees ‘ working on the project, which is scheduled for completion’ in 1981, live in or around Castle- gar, “The people working there now worked on the Kootenay Canal and on.the Hugh Keen- leyside Dam before. that,” she said. “When this project winds downy it's going to have a real impad outattown employm nt will : Couple New Owners: Of Hi Arrow A ~ busband-and-wife team are the new owners of Hotel, the Castlegar News learned this week, Paul Boel said Tuesday. he and his wife: Anna have “been here since July 1.” The Boels,- formerly of Calgary,.‘declined to com-. ment: further ‘on’ the sale. the Hi Arrow Arms Motor | one of the facets that must te. studied. Moore said the study, which will examine the pro- ject’s. impact: on the entire RDCK, should devote special attention to the negative im- pact the completion of the. project. would have on tax revenue for such nearby muni- cipalities as Castlegar; Without ‘senior’ govern- ment funding, the city would : face financial hardship in secur- ing a new water system,’ she said. “If there's’ no ‘sort of allowance for those extra costs of infrastructures, the citizens (continued on ‘page A2) CanCel Grants Pipeline Tie-In CanCel has agreed in prin- ciple to a temporary city tie-in with. the company's interior division Arrow Lakes pipeline,. Mayor. Audrey Moore. an- nounced yesterday. ‘The mayor said a letter from company’ vice-president Roy Murphy said further nego- ations will he held before the tie detailed agreement takes place. Moore, who said she found * the agreement “very. gratify- te" told the Castlegar News the city will write the company a letter confirming the agree- ment-in- the negotiations with the city, - was unavailable for comment. ene reference to be mainly the responsibility of the provincial economic development minis- try. “We will be sending the minister (Don Phillilps) a letter this week inquiring whether he does feel that the agreements can accommodate our water. supply,” Moore said. “I am assuming that the terms of reference of the agreement are_ flexible enough to. accommo- it” In House. of Commons adjournment debate last week Ed Lumley, parliamentary sec- ‘retary to the’ minister of regional economic expansion, confirmed that the only way Castlegar ‘could fund a water supply under the agreements would be ‘through being “re- lated to infrastructure needs of an industry and in some way «meets the objectives and cri. teria of the agreement,” .' Lumley spoke in response to ‘questions from Kootenay (continued on page AS) Ranger Station Needed in Valley Retention of ‘the New. Denver forest ranger station is necessary to prevent bad log- ging practices in the Slocan Valley, the area’s regional representative said this week. Area H director Norman told the Castlegar RDCK Shelves ‘New Procedure For Applications. The “Regional District of Central} Kootenay ‘last’ week +. shelved: i i ofits -Sunflower Fest Photos \, By Lois Hughes + ‘and Ryon Guedes “Plans to Save. Several Trees Golden Arrow Invest- ments Ltd. has confirmed its intention to “save as many trees as possible” in construct- ing a new business complex on its property at 410 Columbia, city planning technician: Andy Swetlishoff ‘told the Castlegar :, Néews. Tuesday. "Swetlishort said, a design shown to him. by.a Golden Arrow representative Tuesday indicated the ‘company - was making an effort to preserve the larger trees on‘the proper- ty,~ one of three city lots included in the plan, although city parking requirements would make removal of trees at the rear of the lot necessary. Preservation of several trees in’ the planned parking "area may. be possible through’ the elimination of extra parking spaces in the design, Swetlish- off said. He said the design already conforms to city and parking bylaws. “All they really. have to do “now is apply for a paidine permit,” he said. "secondary procedurs changes for handling: agricultural land. reserve’ re" S lease ‘applications.’ The RDCK » board © oP News lack of local B.C. Forest Service. supervision. has _re- sulted in’ some “inexcusably destructive” examples of poor forest management by. logging companies in‘ the area. Brewster said the Area H Inside the: “ CASTLEGAR” NEWS : advisory’ plansing ‘commission “* ., Support.’ last proved the cause of an acute vrartaga at of ‘planning staff and ‘the recent resignation of RDCK ‘adminis- 5 trator ‘Gene Bodard.” Current .procedure’ at the RDCK—previously the - only. regional district in the province without an ALR release policy —consists of sending the appli- cations’ without recommenda- tions to the B,C. land commis- sion to decide whether the land -should be preserved. as farm land ‘or ‘released for - develop- ment. ~ The procedure change would involve district, planning’ staff in the applications and would require a comprehensive report on the land in question © to be -forwarded to ‘the land commission, to aid in the: decision. ‘Renovations, Relocations For DTUC. Residence renovations and relocation of the ‘library,’ food services and Kootenay School of Art are among the proposed changes to. Nelson's David Thompson | University. Centre, Selkirk College principal Mitch Anderson told the college coun- cil last’ week. Anderson: said a_ letter from Dr; Jack Newberry, pro-° vincial superintendent of post ims called for top-floor: renovations of the : men’s residence, McCarthy + Hall, scheduled :for completion in January. The ee Women's residence, La Sallette | Hall—for which’ no renovations are planned— would serve as a co-educational residence ‘until’ McCarthy Hall renovations are completed, An- derson said. He said Newberry's letter also suggested the kitchen area in the ‘Maryhall: building be : “fenced off and put-into moth- New Denver station, the last of ‘three stations formerly. operat- ing i in the valley. “We simply feel that’ with- : out local supervision it is not likely we will have enough ~ supervision,” he said. “A guy on the spot in’ New Denver is” going to know alot more than a guy siting in Nelson doing * paperwork.’ Brewster-said a good ex- ample of poor management of Slocan Valley forests—domin- ated by Triangle Pacific Forest Products -Ltd.—is the ‘area around | Hoder Creek, | which: - drains into, Little Slocan Lakes from the west. He, said large clearcuts made in the Hoder Creek area: by TriPac have left sections of steep hillside vulnerable to soil erosion and “a marked increase in winds” as ‘well as strewn with wood fibre debris and waste. “There. are all. sorts of physical — effects,".._ Brewster. (continued on page A2) Page AB ° FEET: Results of the Castle: «gar Sunflower Run,: Page A? *e: FACE: It's familiar, but the’ ‘mame escapes me, says Shir. "Tey Postnikotf. ©. TREES: Dr. ‘Goresky’ oe threatened ‘at 410 Colum- Page BT. e BNARIS: They're nor all bad. el pea ale —sunny today and Friday with’ a breakdown -in weather pat-: tern later Friday. The weather-~ man says it’ appears this’ breakdown-will extend into the” better part of the weekend, but,’ the - effecting, ridge ‘of high pressure. should rebuild’ with : the passing of this system. LN Slocan Plateau Area. Prospective Dump: Site The Pollution Control Branch- will investigate _ the suitability of a. plateau: area above Slocan Pool asa site for a regional garbage dump to serve the city of Nelson. > Area, H. director Norman Brewster, representative of the “ Slocan Valley on the Regional District : of Central’ Kootenay “board, said this week the site is -“logistically attractive because it is within 16 miles of Nelson.” “The it charm of it is grea » that nobody lives on that side of the _ (Kootenay) ‘river,”. Brew- ster said. “Because it's across the river and hard to get there it's remote from dwellers in the area.” : The potential site, south ‘of the river and above the West. Kootenay Power No. 3 plant, is accessible by a -B.C. Hydro | service road across ‘the river _ one-half mile” east: of South! “Slocan, Brewster said. Ne ‘Brewster said he did not... know. when the PCB will begin ‘its investigation to ‘determine “whether the site satisfied PCB requirements, “especially with respect to any drainage into a” . Water source.” Acontinued on- page A2) Day Late Next Week The Castlegar News will be distributed ‘on Friday ‘morning next week, instead of on ‘Thursday. ‘The change in publishing date rf necessary because Monday is’ +> the’ B.C, Day holiday. With 26: per cent of our staff on ansual * vacation’at this time it-is Jipoenibe. to seotiat the Paper ¢ on th regular day with Monday. being a h ‘We hope this necessary pHa sin” "publishing date won't inconvenience ovr advertisers too greatly and we ask our. carriers .. chan; 3:00 p.m. * Presentation of Trophies and Prizes to win- balls and used only for. special ners of Sth Annual Softball Tournament. occasions” and the library be moved into the ‘cafeteria space until. “a permanent site. is Tournament Sponsored by Castlegar .Concession Booth by Lady Lions . 8:00.a.m. ‘ 365-2551. Kiwanis Club 789 Columbia * Afternoon See You There! —-, “ ‘Anderson questioned the feasibility: of: locating. the: li- . brary in the cafeteria building on just'a short-term basis but said the 15,000-square-foot : area | (continued ‘on‘ page A2)-* ‘Robinson Stores Gastleaird Plaza ‘385-6400 © Plan To Attend These Festivities! SINEWS STRAINING, memberaof tug-of-war team combine test of strength with | wom event. Kiwanis aquatics ‘display at Pass Créek Park Sunday.’ Ken Healey’s team won the men event while a team, led by the: mysterious Charlene (Chuck Salisbury), won the