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B.C. Hospital Strike
Is Narrowly Averted

A labor dispute that
threatened to shut down 110
public hospitals across British
Columbia was cooled off Wed-
nesday of last week when the
provincial Labor Relations
Board (LRB) ordered the hos-
pital bargaining association to
immediately implement a con-
troversial contract award.

A LRB panel, headed by
chairman Don Munroe, also
ordered Hospital Employees
Union (HEU) members, who
walked off the job at four

$250 Damage
In Hit-Run
Accident

A hit-and-run driver
caused $250 damage to a
vehicle driven by a local woman
on the Keenleyside Dam last
Monday, according to police.

Local RCMP said Debra
Jean Shukin of Castlegar was
stopped at a red light on the
dam when her vehicle was hit
by the other vehicle, believed
to have been towing a boat
trailer.

hospitals to protest the hospital
labor relations association's
(HLRA) decision to appeal the
award, to refrain from further
work stoppages,

The order came after 700
employees at Vancouver Gene-
ral Hospital and another 75 at
the George Derby Branch of
Shaughnessy Hospital in near-
by Burnaby walked off the job
last Wednesday. On Monday,
workers at Mount St. Joseph
hospital in Vancouver were off
the job for 11 hours and work-
ers at Burnaby General Hos-
pital held a study session Fri-

da;

ye

HEU president Bill Black
said he believed his 20,000-
member union will have no
problem living with the LRB
order, HLRA official Jack Frad-
ley refused comment on it.

The HLRA appeal to the
B.C. Supreme Court to set
aside the arbitration award,
handed down Aug. 1, will be
heard today.

Ina letter to the HEU, the
assocation said it believes the
award is invalid and “under
protest” a four per cent wage
increase retroactive to Jan. 1
would be implemented.

Slocan Hospital Bylaws
Awaiting Final Approval

Ministry of health review
of draft bylaws for re-organi-
zation and extension of services
of the Slocan Community Hos-
pital Society, New Denver, has
been completed.

When adopted, the bylaws
will provide a base for the
extension of the society's acti-
vities to encompass the igter-
mediate patient care field and
the operation of the new 10-bed
acute care unil soon to be con-
structed,

The draft bylaws were
provided society members al
the annual general meeting in
June, and for their eventual
adoption will require a second
general meeting probably in
September, About 50 members
registered for the June meeting
and the society's 1978-79 mem-
bership year.

Construction of the new
hospital unit is contemplated
for the site of the present
Pavilion intermediate care faci-
lity and as a wing-addition to
that building. The 10-hed unit
will replace the present 80-
year-old structure which has
been operated by the sociely
for the past 51 years,

Sketch plans for the new
building are under review at
Victoria,

_Board members will be

ing the hospital pro-

suggestions regarding
the bylaws and establishing a
date for the proposed Septem-
ber general meeting of the
sovivly.

Directors at their last
meeting approved a $13,047
capital equipment program for

the Central

Regional Hospital

rict as a step in immediate

improvement of patient care

facilities. They earlier had

approved a retirement gift for
employee Mary Hawthorne.

Directors are anxious to
collect historical | information
about the present hospital and
early day patient care, and
have appealed to the public to
submit information and any old
clippings or publications.

The board at its last
mecting also approved educa-

e for the intramural

no of a nursing unit ad-

ministration course for RN

matron Mrs. Margaret Thom-
son.

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For the pust two or three
seasons, apple and other types
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SECTION
Thursday, August 24, 1978

‘Page BI

HOMELY IMMIGRANT to local wat

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from behind the

Grand Coulee Dam In Washington state, the wallaye—also
known as the pike perch—has been viewed as a threat to
local game fish since Its appearance In the area three years
age. Although considered good eating, the walleye, ranging
from one to nine pounds, boasts sharp spines atop Its dorsal

fin and behind Its gills which protect it from predators and

leave Its population growih virtually unchecked. FI

Ish and

wildlife officials are concerned about the effect of the fish on
other game fish if it reaches the Arrow Lakes. The above
specimen was caught by focal fishermen In the Columbia

River near

‘oto by Ryon Guedes

Flood Damage and Power Losses Seen
If Arrow Reservoir Filled Too Early

The Arrow Lakes reser-
voir cannot be filled in early
June to satisfy the area's
recreational demands, B.C. Hy-
dro officials have told local
residents.

A need for available stor-
age capacity to handle in-
ereased runoffs or sudden rain-
fall, plus up to $5 million in lost
power at the Mica Dam, are the
reasons Hydro-officers gave
during recent visits for turning
down their request for higher
June lake levels.

Doug R. Forrest, the Hy-
dro official responsible for
overseeing the Columbia River

Heritage-Culture Theme

Treaty with the United States,
told locals that flooding and a
loss of power could occur in
both the USA and B.C. water
were not held back in the Mica
reservoir rather than the Ar-
row.

Hydro representatives met
with residents of Arrow Lakes
communities last. November
and with Revelstoke city coun-
cil: last_ month -to.diseuss the
expected future operating pat-
tern of the reservoir.

‘Thé'ineetings were held in
response to suggestions from
area residents that Arrow
reservoir should be filled to its

normal full pool elevation of
1,444 feet (440 metres) by early
June of each year to improve
‘recreational opportunities,

When spring and summer
stream flows are normal or
above normal, the Arrow reser-
voir is expected to refill before
the end of July.

When run-off is below
normal, approximately one
year in four, the reservoir will
not fill to the full pool elevation,
but it is unlikely that‘summer
levels will be as low as they
were last year, 1977.

The low level of the
reservoir in 1977 was a result of

the lowest April-to-August Co-
lumbia River Basin run-off in
the 50 years records have been
kept, Forrest explained.

Under the treaty, Hydra is
required to operate the water
storage at Arrow and the other
treaty projects in British Co-
lumbia (Mica and Duncan) to
provide flood control and power
generation benefits both in
Canada and the United States.

Under high streamflow
conditions, significant flood
damages would result if Arrow
reservoir were filled in early
June.

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Out of Land Freeze

Building Lots Scarce

The Regional District of
Central Kootenay will seek
deletion of Area I from the
provincia! Agricultural Land
Reserve to make land available
for residential housing.

The RDCK board Saturday
supported a motion by Area I
director John Moran, whose
constituency includes Brilliant,
Glade, Shoreacres, Tarrys,
Thrums and part of the Pass
Creek area, that the B.C, Land
Commission be asked to release
the area from the land freeze.

Moran said prospective
homeowners in this area, par-
ticularly young couples, are
forced by the scarcity of
building lots “to go someplace
else or pay $20,000 for a piece of
land.”

He said the Agricultural
Land Commission Act, the
legislation governing the ALR,
prevents homeowners from di-
viding large properties into lots
for their children,

“It has been the tradition
amongst the Doukhobor people
to subdivide their land and
make home sites available for
their offspring, and they are
not permitted to do this under

this Act,” Moran said, “They
want their children to tive
beside them but the children
have been driven to live some-
where else and pay exhorbitant
prices for property.”

He noted the RDCK plan-
ning department previously
requested the B.C. Land Com-
mission to exclude Area I but
the request was turned down.

“The only thing they took
out of the ALR was the West
Kootenay Power and Inland
Gas rights-of-way,” he said,
“Why the discrimination
against local taxpayers?"

Area H director Norman
Brewster, representing the ru-
ral Slocan Valley on the board,
questioned the justification of
asking for the “blanket ex-
clusion” of an entire electoral
area from the freeze.

He said such an exclusion
should first be studied in an
RDCK planning di

“I know damn well in my
own constituency that there is a
lot of people who have prob-
lems with the land

The land on the banks of
the river in the area is owned
by West Kootenay Power and
very few people own that much
land, Moran told Brewster.

Area J director Martin

whose i

and very grievous ones," Brew-
ster said. “But the majority of
the people still want the land
freeze to remain, and I think
ins js the case throughout

ooke Area H director cited
a large tract of good agricul-
tural land on the bank of the
Columbia River at Thrums as
an example of how the ex-
clusion of Area I could be
misused.

“Suppose the land freeze
was lifted holus-bolus,” he said.
“That guy would have to have a
regular batallion of children in
order to divide it.”

“What I think would be
happening is that he would be
dividing it amongst the real
estate developers.”

includes Robson, Raspberry,
Blueberry and Ootischenia,
suggested a different standard
should be applied by the com-
mission because of the “socio-
economic background" of Area
I residents, :

Vanderpol said commission
officials were receptive when
approached by the RDCK pre-
viously with the proposed two-
acre subdivision minimum for
land in the ALR.

But Vanderpol questioned
the wisdom of Moran's motion
and said he doubted whether it
would be considered seriously.

“This motion will start
someone thinking somewhere,”
Moran told Vanderpol. “Even if

.it's denied we haven't lost

anything.”

survey before board members
vote for “a fundamental blow
against the concept of the

$64,246 Allowed Here
For Employing Students

B.C. ministry of labor's
Youth Employment Program
has committed a total of $64,246
in the Castlegar area to create
jobs next summer for 40 young
people between the ages of
15-24 and post-secondary stu-
dents.

Support for the program
came from all levels 6f employ-
er groups. The ministry of labor
offers to pay 100 per cent of
youth wages for approved pro-
jects in the provincial govern-
ment ministries, regional dis-

Campaign Planned to Attract Tourists

The Kootenay Boundary
Visitors Association is initia-
ting a major campaign to pro-
mote the entire area through
the common unifying theme of
heritage-culture.

They are requesting that

each locality within the region
identify its heritage attractions.
To assist in this, they are
asking for the help of historical
or cultural societies, tourist

bers of commerce, arts councils,

heritage advisory councils, and ©

other interested parties.

The plan is tocome up with
a comprehensive list of all
heritage ions within the

P groups,
councils, boards of trade, cham-

tourist region. Every commu-

Recovery of Man’s Body
Ends Three-Week Hunt

The body of Christopher
-Wells, 28, was found in heavy
bush five kilometres east of
New Denver Friday afternoon
by a tourist.

Discovery of the body

brings to a close the three-
week hunt for the young man
and a boy who disappeared
from the streets of New Denver
July 27. The body of Peter
Urea, 8, was found in nearby

Local Man to Stand
Trial for Murder

A 20-year-old " Castlegar
man has been found fit to stand
trial in juvenile court in Cal-
gary on a charge of murder in
the death of an 82-year-old
woman in her Calgary home
June 17, 1973.

The man, whose name has
not been revealed because of
his ‘age at the time of the

killing, has been returned to
Calgary after a 30-day psychiat-
rie examination at Ponoka,
Alta. He will stand trial Sept. 4.

Calgary police said a sub-
mission will be made at the
juvenile court trial to have the
man raised to adult court. The
man was arrested at his home
last June 24,

Carpenter Creek Aug. 4.
RCMP report there is ho

nity within the region offers the
visitor a variety of heritage
aspects including museums,
buildings, sites, relics and

events, which typify the life

and times of early days.

In short, identification of
attractions means: what they
are, where they are, and the
gature of their historical sig-
hifieance.

A central aspect of this
approach is the creation of a
logo or symbol which would
represent the heritage-culture
theme of the entire region.

This logo would be used to
mark heritage attractions.

Placed on signs, displays, maps,
and brochures it would guide
visitors. Guided walks or pro-
posed ‘loop’ drives would fea-
ture the symbol,

Once a visitor comes into
the area, he or she would be
encouraged to stay ‘on track’ by
recognizing from the logo
where to go and what to see in
each locality along the route.

A contest to create a
suitable logo starts today with
entries accepted until Nov. 30,
1978.

A first prize of $500 is
offered for the winning design.

sign of foul play in
with the deaths. An autopsy
has been performed in Nelson
on both bodies, but results have
not yet been released.

Cpl. Herb Stengert said
Sunday evening that Chris
Wells was found fully clothed
on a trail known locally as the
continuation of the old road to
Sandon, an abandoned mining
town. Stengert speculated the
young man may have died from
exposure.

The tourist who discovered
the body at mid-day Friday had
been searching the area for old
mine sites. RCMP officers
reached the scene by later
aflerncon and removed the
body. *

tricts, improvement districts,
hospital boards, school boards
and municipalities.

Approved projects from
businesses and farms receive
one-half of the young person's
wage, on a cost-sharing ar-
rangement.

Non-profit organizations
can receive 100 per cent of the
young person's wage, plus em-
ployee benefits, plus 10 per
cent of the total gross wage for
project expenses. Recommen-
dations for funding of business,
farm and non-profit applica-
tions rested this year with
committees of local citizens
with a knowledge of the area.

The application deadline
for the program is in early
spring for projects that can run
for a maximum of 110 days from

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