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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, May 18, 1994

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Selkirk College goes green

“Submitted —

invited to join
mental Par m1 prepcen

“Tt isn’t casy being green,” to
quote the refrain of a popular
children's song. Nor is it the least
expensive option in the short

today’s economy. How-

d and by
A iation of Canadian Com-

strated commitment to issues of

munity Colleges. Geography
instructor Wendy Hurst was nom-
inated as Selkirk College's dele-
gate to sit on a steering

igned to create a

ing from the public purse, are

network of colleges, CEGEPS
and institutes which offer envi-

back several years, In some
instances, college initiatives were
the result of

on behalf of adults with physical
and mental disabilities.

Selkirk College now has col-
lection boxes located at strategic
intervals around campus which
are emptied weekly. The collect-
ed ial are sorted and bun-

influences, but int many other
areas the College adopted a

dled for iene teret to a central

ground water at 5 degrees C

pumped from beneath the College.

This the environmen-

tally unfriendly chemical
i to

his

recycling depot which

P iP to
mental issues.

ii of public pi jure,

and, in the interest of establishing

themselves as “good neigh-

bours”, are electing to go green.

Selkirk College is no exception,
is since

studies are beginning to figure
prominently in of many of its
progtam offerings. The college
recognized some years ago that is
was better to practice as well as
preach.

Recently, Selkirk College was

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as part of their

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com-
munity-based educational man-
date.. It is the hope of ACCC’s
Environmental Citizenship Pro-
gram that this network will
become an effective vehicle for
the sharing of information, strate-
gies, practices and experiences
among colleges and their com-
munities as well as others in

and various

of such as provin-
cial Worker's Compensation
Board and the greening con-
science of some Selkirk College
staff led this school to inaugurate
the greening of its college cam-
puses in 1990.

In that year, a survey of work
environments was undertaken to
identify areas exhibiting aller-

by the Regi District of Cen-
tral Kootenay.

In addition to the obvious
environmental benefit, the clients
of the KSCL feel accepted as
members of the college commu-
nity who perform a valuable ser-
vice and even realize a small
return for their efforts.

That same year, reacting to a
proposal from staff and students,
the College Board changed from
the use of styrofoam and Plastic

systems,
proceeding to ascertain the viabil-
ity of using the returning water to
gravity-power a small hydro gen-
eration plant.

1993 saw the completion of a
campus re-roofing project which
bcagcone the insulating quality of

the roof from R10 to R40. Con-
currently, phase | of a campus re-
glazing project saw the
replacement of a large number of
single glazed windows with low-
E double glazed thermopanes

networks interested in this vital
issue.

Continued from 9A

We all have a large base term
policy and have been converting
this to permanent insurance over
the last few years. Good luck
and join us next week when we
will examine disability insurance.

Note: Should you have any
financial concerns regarding

your personal or business affairs,

Your

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genic poor

sub-standard lighting and similar
aspects dan-
gers or discomfort to staff and
students. At Selkirk College,
efforts to remedy the ions 80

in College
to a more environmentally sensi-
tive choice of china, glass and
stainless cutlery.
An obvious resource and land-

heat mirrors. (
College was built in an era of
PP ly cheap and abund.
electricity. Consequently, owing
to its resembling California-style

1991 was the year that saw the
College Board react to a regional
initiative to reduce the amount of
material entering the waste

tions with local profe

and attempt to provide informa-
tive answers to as many as possi-
ble in future editions of CASH
CORNER. After all the buck
stops here!

stream by embracing a Campus

to the Kootenay Society for Com-
munity Living (KSCL), a provin-
cial organization who advocate

Castlegar Works
Manufacturin

SUN STAFF

They're a big part of our
business community, and with-
out them, we'd: be travelling
long distances to get even the
smallest repair or item.

They are manufacturers, and
weer they serve industry or
in uals, they play a large
role in the economics of our
community.

Castlegar Machine and
Chrome is one such manufac-
turer which serves big business
and industry through its
machine shop, located at 920
Columbia Avenue.

Owner Frank Zmavc was.
always talented at building
items, and at one time, while
still living in Manitoba, was
known for his expertly crafted
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stoves. Zmavc relocated to
Fruitvale, and from there to
Castlegar where his new busi-
ness Castlegar Machine and
Chrome, was put in place.

“We. repair a -tot of
hydraulics and engines. Our
biggest jobs are for local
sawmills like Kalesnikoff and
Atco Lumber,” said Zmavc. ~

In business for cight years,
Castlegar Machine and Chrome
first employed two people.
Now, the company employs
anywhere between cight and
ten people, and has expanded
its role to also service local
garages, as well as sell stain-
less steel and aluminum.

“It's been a lot of hard
work,” said Zmavc.

Castlegar Glass and
Windshield

The future looks crystal clear
for the folks at Castlegar Glass
and Windshield. A family busi-
ness started seven years ago,
Alex and Donna F now

fill vation the
decision also generated an addi-
tional position on the cafeteria
staff. This decision was not with-

increase in the cost of replacing
“disappearing” items and more
intensive use of detergents. In the
same year, all incineration of
burnable material was curtailed.
With the construction on cam-
pus of a new education wing in

heat loss in winter is
(was) enormous.

‘The College heating and light-
ing systems have been switched
to computer controls which sense
the absence of motion in a room
and shuts off lighting after a 10-

in Castlegar

on motor vehicles to finding the
perfect cut for that special glass
frame in your living room,
Castlegar Glass and Windshield
is the place to call for all interi-
or and exterior glass and win-
dow replacements.

A growing economy over the
last five years has meant the
local company has had to
expand its product line as well,
keeping the crew of four
extremely busy.

“It’s hard to believe we were
a one-man shop when we first
opened,” said Alex. “We're
really looking forward to the
future. You never know, we
might have to hire new people.”
Spstagback Upholstery

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your living room furniture,
families in Castlegar have
very individual needs. So
when they need something
specific in domestic uphol-
pteey. Springback Upholstery
in Castl is often the man-

employ four people, including
a journeyman and second-year
apprentice, both of whom are
skilled at glass installation.

Although the company,
located at 2228-6th Avenue,
doesn’t produce glass or win-
dows, they are experts at
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Owned by Carl and Jeanette
Linkletter, this successful
business was recently awarded
the Chamber of Commerce's
Service Award, after being
nominated by many of their

Jeanette, laughing. It’s not
often that business, operated by
a husband and wife team is
successful. But after being in
business for a few years togeth-
ex, this married couple of 27
years has no plans for change.

While Jeanette does book-
keeping, customer service and
other tasks at the front end,
Carl is Working inthe back
shop, manufacturing or refin-
ishing household furniture.

But the couple isn’t limited
to indoor items. Springback
Upholstery also refinishes and
manufactures furniture for RVs
and boats.

For do-it-yourselfers, the
business also sells fabrics and

for customers wanting
to tackle their own repairs. A
Springback Upholstery specialty
might be the creative mushroom
stools, which the couple puts
together from leftover material
and hardware, all of which is
crafted second-to-none.

Both Jeanette and Carl have
notice an increase in business
as a result of new people arriv-
ing in the Castlegar area, and
while they are excited over the
prospect of meeting new
clients, they 4 are grateful for

peers in the
nity. The year prior, the two
received an Excellence In
Service Award from The
Castlegar Sun, after the news-
paper received a nomination
for the award by a highly sat-
isfied customer.

“We like being busy. It keeps
us out of trouble,” said

their old

“I'd just like to say thanks
to the people of Castlegar and
area who have had the confi-
dence in us and continue to
use us for their needs,” fin-
ished Carl.

Castlegar Works is a month-
ly feature focussing on the
diverse economy of Castlegar.

The Castlegar Sun

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The B.C. Branch of the
Canadian Bar Association’ 8
second peti the

” said B.C. Branch
fooslaous J. Parker MacCarthy
upon hearing news of the deci-
sion. “Legal services are a
necessity, not a luxury. We
to stress that this tax

imposition of the provincial
social services tax on legal
services was dismissed by
Madam Justice Mary
Humphries in the Supreme
Court of British Columbia.
“This tax-grab by the
provincial government simply
reduces access to justice and
makes legal services far less
affordable for ordinary British

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is ultimately borne by the users
of legal services — the elderly
client who needs a will, the
injured. victim of a motor vehi-
cle accident, women or chil-
dren who have been sexually
assaulted, entrepreneurs setting
up anew business, and the | new
home owner.”

MacCarthy added, “British
Columbians need access to

affordable legal services and to
our court system. The continu-
ation of this tax does not assist
in achieving this end.
Although we have been
unsuccessful in challenging
of the
that the
tax is a regressive, selective
tax and an unfair burden to
consumers of legal services.
Unfortunately, our unsuc-
cessful challenge now opens
the door for similar social ser-
vices tax on other professional
services in British C

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interpretive centre to provide the
local community and tourists
with information on the ecosys-
tem of the Columbia Valley
post-glacial terraces which com-
prise most of the College
grounds, and already provide a

For the past.several years the
College has, been: purchasing
recycled paper products. Cur-
rently, envelopes and some sta-
tionery are made of recycled
Paper, as are the paper hand tow-
els and toilet tissue used in the
system.

The major consumption of
paper is in the College's dupli-
cating centre and recycled paper
lacks long enough fibres to pre-
vent jamming the equipment and
generates too much dust for the
sensitive machines.

The College was successful in
its bid for a FRDA grant to
revert agricultural land on the

environment
for students in the environmental
sciences.

College colleagues and the Min-
istry, but credit transfer may be
blocked due to entrenched Uni-
versity resistance to educational
innovation.

The College’s Department of
Renewable Resources has a
commitment to producing gradu-
ates who have not only technical
expertise. but are capable of

The Dep of
mental Sciences has a depart-
mental objective “ “to provide a
role in i
education” , including recom-
courses for
education, incorporating envi-
ronmental issues and concerns
in the regular curriculum, estab-
lishing an arboretum dn College
land, and providing the interpre-
tive stations along the College
trail system that would create a
self-guided education to the
ecosystem found on campus.
The same department has

College gr ds to

tion forest. The site study, selec-

tion, planting and care of tree

species is an educational experi-

ence for students as well as

recreating an ecosystem more
to site conditions.

In 1992 the College received
capital funding from the provin-
cial government to install a
biodigester to provide secondary
sewage treatment to campus
effluent.

The result has been a huge
increase in the quality of effluent
introduced into the adjacent
river. There is ongoing research
on tertiary treatment, including
draining of liquid effluent into a
wetland vegetation filtration sys-
tem and the use of solid and
semisolid sludge in forest fertil-
ization projects.

d funding from the Min-
istry of Skills, Training and
Labor to develop a course on
“The BC Environment” as a lab
science aimed particularly at stu-
dents pursuing a liberal arts
degree.

A draft outline has been
received with enthusiasm by

social and environ-
mental issues.

This same department has a
Woodlot Management License
for a 400 ha parcel of crown land
which is used to educate forestry
students in integrated resource
management and sustained yield
of resource value. The parcel is

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shed and requires exceptionally
sensitive management

Whether or not the initiatives
described above place Selkirk
College in a leadership position
provincially or nationally with
Tespect to issues environmental
is of little concern.

What is important is an under-
standing of the impact we all
have on our environment and
what steps we can take to miti-
gate negative effects. Clearly it
is up to us all to “think globally
and act locally.”

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