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CuPETS »gINSTALL “ WATERBEDS & QUILTS 636 Boker St., Nelson _ Whether ~Veur ‘Name Starts With AorM ork, YorZ You'll Find _ Business Directory advertising Pays ———— Phone | 365-5210. 368-6114 ',VActorin, : Be Gs, V8V'kKA: - Published ‘at “The Crossroa ap s Of the Kootenays” WEATHERCAST Cloudy Thursday with occasional rlods of light rain, Highs of 6 - lows near 0, Outlook expected to | last through to'the weekend. VOL. 36, NO. 14 40 Cents 7 | le : Papen tH department CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA,, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1983 4 Sections (A, B, C&D) : The in-service pvade for the - proposed Hugh Keenleyside. and. Murphy Greek * power projects have been delayed until the’ arly 1990s, BC. Hydro revealed Tuesday. Citing a reduced demand for power, Hydro community affairs ‘officer Bill Mykes told a Genelle . citizens committee hat’ the’ start-up date’ for the . 3 Keenleyside general 8: Project has‘ been’ set back"'to © «Local reuction, page A2 1992 and the re lurphy Creek ‘Dam projet’ has been “delayed until 1993. ‘ Earlier, in-service dates had been. 1988 for . ‘Keenleyside and 1991: for.the Murphy. Creek dam. By CasNews’ Stait ‘The Robson volunteer fire decided that The Projected cost for the Murphy Creek. Project — une n it’s’ better to switch’ than’ hi Starting tomorrow (Thurs: ‘day), the he cmergeney fire will be \ Fire ‘Chief Dennis’ LaHue® explained: Tuesday that the. fi DERE, A. ~- Tea gre story in the Castlegar’ News, ‘LaHue had num bers are picked up by 7 the de- § partment's pager syatom, Te- sulting in false alarms. alarms. F He! said people have been getting the phone numbers for Sears and Trowelex con- fused withi the fire’ number. “It slowed down ‘for a couple of weeks’ and ‘.then slowly started back.” LaHue. said. He added that about 20 volunteers will be delivering. stickers with the new phone: numbers tonight. Property appeals down . By CasNews Staff - : Appeals for 1988 property JUST AROUND THE by- more than 60 per cent in RNER . . . Verna Hemmons with. assessments have dropped pussy willows, which are a sure sign that spring can't inchiaite interest charges and taking into’ account ths inflation — is expected to total $1.9 billion. The Keenloy “side project: will cost $858: million. . = sMykes‘and> Hydro" Engineering Coordinator Neil: Nielsen met ‘with ‘about eight members of the Genelle committee to discuss the inipact of the Proposed Projects on the community... «;: : During the meeting, held ‘at ‘the ‘Genelle Improve- : ment District office, Mykes said Hydro plans to apply to which will pave the way for the multi-million dollar project, Mykes ‘also said the Utilities Commission hear- ings will likely take place in 1984. He noted ‘that the: July: application will give Hydro" ; some. flexibility in case the demand for power changes. If démand ‘forecasts show an increased 'need for‘ por start-up eae. for the project ‘could ‘be ‘moved aheas ; “Baded 01 gin get ‘padaeeay the B,O. Utilities Commission in July for a water licence es : the’ demand is 4 ristrueti for the Keouleyside project is slated to 1986 and'construction for the’ Murphy Creek projéct;is expected to begin in 1988. i * “That 'is a fairly tight schedule,” Mykes commented noting that if the 1984. hearings last for most of the year, “that leaves oy one’ year for tendering.” Mykes also’ promi i public once. Ampact reports: ‘are released in early March. We will will start di Murphy and Keenleyside projects. In a December meeting, the committee had determined four “areas of contention.” these areas are Beaver Valley, which will be affected by transmission lines and Oasis and Rivervale, which will be ‘affected by dust, Inoise and transmission lines, South Castlegar and Genelle will both see flooding and they will, likely be affected by transmission lines as well. The committee also drafted a number of questions dealing with: and: flood for the based’ ‘on that di Mykes fad.” The’ public, discussion will take place in two phases. Mykes explained that once. discussion of the impact. report has-taken ‘place,’ compensation’ negotiations with afected property’ owners will get underway. Engineering Coordinator Nielsen said questions of -.& : compensation would have to be dealt with by Hydro’s properties division. But he noted that residents located on properties slated to be below: the proposed water . level: will’ be and This is the first time the Genelle i has met with Hydro officials to discuss the’ implications of the d.for their loss,’ And homed conttavedon pegeA2 = EN cn en Atsvaneasinasnett be too far off. 7] FEW AFFECTED HERE ‘Insurance policy — holders warned | canéellation ‘of Northern Union. Insurance’ Co. -Ltd., business licence, according to ~a Castlegar ‘News survey ‘of local: ‘insurance agencies.’ Inguratice Ltd. carried Northern’ Union insurance polices, The Winnipeg-based "Northern Union had its li- cancelled last week by ' the: Manitoba government : and the B.C. government fol- licence Friday. Kootenay Savings agency . pany we ‘used very, yery sparingly.” He added that the two insurance policies are being replaced with other insur- ance policies. Garbe called Northern In surance “a maverick type of y” with rates lower ‘than t the average insurance the City of Castlegar. irs rural assessment appeals have dropped by ‘alinost 83 per cent over last year, ac- cording to B.C. Assessment Authority figures. Trail assessment office spokesman Derek - Turner said in an interview today filed for properties in the city. Hospital board Saturday re- of Castlegar, down from 185. jected a proposal to hold a last year. And this year, only Teferendum asking residents 49 appeals were filed for if they want to withhold part properties in the rural areas, of their ‘property taxes as a compared to 287 in 1982. protest ‘against B,C. Hydro’s exemption from hospital Turner explained the rea- taxes. son for the drop in appeals is Instead, the board’ voted the decrease’ in property unanimously to stage a assessments over last year. slightly watered-down ver- On average, assessments are sion of the referendum, down 10 per cent. “which will simply ask voters “I guess there was a re- -if Hydro should be required duction in assessments, this to pay hospital taxes based sort of pleases people,” ho on its proporty assessment. said. Hydro is exempt from pay- But those who filed their ing property taxes on its appeals prior to the Jan. 20 property on the .Columbia deadline would like to see and Peace Ri r systems by a 1968 their property drop even further, Turner said. Hearings have been taking cue by then. Premier A.C. Bennett. wake order set aside the place at a local hotel since Columbia and Peace River Feb, 8, Turners said he systems as Hydro reserves expects the hearings to be and excluded Hydro prop- complete sometime next erties in those systems from week. Most of the decisions taxation. won't be handed down until . Area H regional director Feb, 28. Corky Evans (rural Slocan Tax strike poll rejected ‘By RON NORMAN ae Editor ee that only 85 appeals were Central Kootenay Regional ..: “The new wording will read, “Are you in favor of B.C. Hydro paying hospital taxes on a mill-rate basis as all other corporate citizens do?” will “Charlie Cohoe of Cohoe In- - surance, said Northern Union insured primarily industrial and logging equipment. Meanwhile, British Colum- bia policy holders likely won't CUPE talks he will pay for and won't payt’ for, Henderson ‘said, Henderson added. that a° municipality must by law pay the full regional hospital re-.” Thus, if The new favor of the oenia board provincial mt te rescind the 1968 ‘order-in-council. Hospital board directors rejected the original tax strike referendum because of concerns’ over asking resi- dents to withhold taxes. In response to a question from Castlegar Mayor Aud- rey Moore, regional admin- Valley) in Late January prop- istrator Reid Henderson MARTIN VANDERPOL ++. wanted rewording property owners withhold ‘continue be able to get their prénifams' back from Northern union. Jim Hewitt, the B.C, con- sumer and corporate can be obtained to ensure that policy holders who may have a claim are covered.” He said he doubted the . 3 Hewitt warned policy hol- ena minister, said Tuesday the policy holders will get any" firm had lost its licence be- relief for their premiums cause it was in financial from the firm because “it is Aifficulty and did not have. my understanding that they. -enough reserves and assets in effect do not have much in” to pay claims. the way of realizable assets.” ~ “As a result there may not, tbe much of a recovery there jurdtice to pro- because there are claims.that ecktboe assets becausethey are outstanding and they. are no.longer covered by can't meet those claims at the Northern: Union. ~~ * present time.” The By C. minister ‘said the .. NOGUARANTEE Mi has T + the firm, appointed a 4 liquidator tode- which did about $16 million in - termine'“how many assets continued on page A2 Colbert college: board chairman By CasNews Staff Dr. Jack Colbert of Trail was ‘elected chairman of ig Selkirk College Board at its annual general meeting Tues- day night. Father Walter Donald of Nelson was elected vice-chairman. Both were elected by acclamation, Colbert replaces board chairman Web Webster, whose term expired at the end of January. . Colbert, who served ‘as vice-chairman last term, is appointed by the Ministry of Education and has served on the board since 1976, He works as a plastic surgeon in , Trail. JACK COLBERT Donald is beginning his third term on the board and is also appointed by the Min- istry of Education. Donald serves as dean of St. Sa- viour's Cathedral in Nelson. Meanwhile, Minister of Education Bill Vander Zaim ++ new chairman: The chairman's honorarium fell 87.5 per cent, from $4,000 last year to $2,600 this year. As well, stipends for board members dropped 38 per cent, from $3,000 last year to part of their property ‘taxes in protest “the mounicipality will be the one that loses out.” : 3 Area’ J director Martin Vanderpol said the refer- endum isn’t a bad idea, but the wording should be changed so that the hospital board isn't ing resi- By CasNews Staif cluding “Castlegar — will meet tomorrow (Thursday) with school district repre- sentatives to discuss prop- osals for a new contract for dents withhold taxes. He said if the referendum asks residents to withhold taxes, the hospital board will to break osed the initial referendum, warned that by withholdi asking the boardtoapprovea property. taxes, residents tax strike vote. , “might close the hospitals,” The wording of the original because the province may not referendum asked,.“Are you forward its share of the hos- in favor of continuitig to pay - pital budgets. Regional Hospital District. Henderson also noted that taxes while B.C. Hydro re- if a property owner with- mains exempt from taxes on holds a portion of his taxes in ‘any-of its p¥operties or im- protest, the taxes aren't nec- provementg within the Cen- essarily withheld from the tral Kootenay Regional Hos-: hespital district. He doesn't pital District?” have the right to decide what Meanwhile, the regional district has instructed its lawyers to examine ways to fight the exemption under the new federal Charter of Rights. The regional district con- tends that the exemption is discriminatory because Hy- dro pays: property taxes elsewhere in the province. of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. CUPE National Represen- tative Ed Haggan said both sides have exchanged prop- osals and “now we're just getting to discuss what they mean,” Haggan declined to com- ment on the proposals at this time. “Everything is just up in the sir because we really don't ‘know where we are with Mr. Vander Zalm (pro- vincial Education Minister,” he said. cut board stipends this year. $2,000 this year. © John Charters completes his = two-part feature on one of Casiiegar’s foremost citizens, Nick Oswald, page C1 Bill Vand: firm on his opinion that teachers will have . to forgo'any wage increase this year to prevent layoffs, page Ad A li guide was J to 75 days & in jail and fined $2,500 after pleading guilty # fo four counts under the Wildlife Act in “B- Kimberley provincial court, page A3 Castlegar scouts and Guides celebrate Scout- Guide week beginning Feb. 20, page 36