hotel ‘ennatruetion 7 \dman. Proposal to increase its number chi Club ‘for its student ‘exchange - program. attending school in Celaya, Mexico for a ear. ug. 4 > : ‘ - Construction ‘peat on -a_ $18 taillion © 34-unit cooperative housing’ pro; on “bth Ave. near cen * Rivers Elementary. 2 2 +” Aug. 5 “Some 110 provincial osccdmeee' axiplayioe: in : walk off-the job, shutting down liquor stores,” local ferries, highways ‘maintenance crewa and some’ Ministry of Human. Resources ‘facilities. Selkirk College ioontng tee Supe to aldan'tts 1982-88 budget by $881,000 in order to comply with-the. . provincial government's new. restraint ‘guidelines. BBO Timber is ins $1,000", each af to counda dt pollution in Rossland provincial court..Both charges are for the period Jun e 15:to Dec. 15, 1981 and come after Ald. Len Embree initiates ‘action against the company. . * . a Kootenay Boundary Visitors Associatién reports almost a $4,000 profit for the year ending Mareh 81. 10 Ang. Mayor Audrey Moore greets wheelchair athlete Dan Altan during a:‘short welcoming ceremony at Castleaird Plaza. Altan is on the last leg of his 6,000 km journey that began June 1 in Halifax. s * . : Castlegar council gives green light to Northland Properties Ltd. to proceed: with plans to rezone a parcel of land near ‘the "Bandaran [nn from \resigentiat ‘to commerciai. : age 1 : _ Canada Safeway toe says it fas reached an agreement with local developer Paul Boel to purchase about half of the Boel:property on Columbia Ave. just north of the’ Hi-Arrow Motor ‘Hotel for a new. store. Ang. 15 Cas Media Allstars and Recreation tio fot irs place in the first sonal Castlegar slow- pitch tournament, Ang. erra: Bays. DO liege "principal . ‘Leo Ar tt babe despite Castlegar a g , immediate plans toreplece Mike Lauriente, who Seelgued z as aoe i teeta cals meh Uae pit as ‘Ruperintendent of. schools in Creston: "Jackie Yocum, 96, is jpoin by city canal es Castlegar’s.new aninial protection officer..She. ‘replaces Jin Viguo who. has resigned: he Z Castlegar’ town pace idewalksy get a $16,000 me - Iacalift a2 the laying of the Stet-of the red bricks gots Handicapped people: from Castlegariand Trail! join z forces to form a chapter of the Péople First deganization Riést for this area. ‘A major goal ‘of Peop! ” handicapped -citizens get the‘sami people enjoy. ae af ©} Leanne Smalley of Fits tea leaves for. Penticton to represent ths City of Castlegar the 1982 Miss Interior of B.C. Pageant. . - Gver 40. Castieg : amongst many other West Kootenay resiients~repre- penting » zone one (Kootenay) at the B.C. Summer. Games. - : Aug. 29 Leanne Smalley: wins the: Miss’ Interior.of B.C. Peseaa meting bet 4 esnctinte for the ai ec caaie crown.” . Oe ee | * Gastlegar Ni forward ‘David. Peak is named. most valuable player of the Kootenay Soccer league and is elected to the all-star team. | Bopt.8 BO Hydro nofifies the B.C. Utilities Commission of oi eens Prowomed sets Poste ates te project by almost.two years. The 900-megawatt dam is ‘Sept. 14 ‘nla: Doug MacKinnon ‘Fesigns roca sity, council due to il health. x Sept. 16” Ceatlegar and District Senior Citizens’: Association celebrates its 25th anniversary with, a hangust: at ita Centre. “Sept 17 : “Castlegar school. board .rescinds- 19 of the: 87 termination notices to teachers, banded ou Sort. 1 and ; 18 “The art-of speed ekating is’ introduced to many ‘Castlegar residents ‘with. an’ on-lco demonstration by members of. the Kimberley ‘Speed ‘Skating Clob ‘and Lower Maintind sbatars. tlegar Rispiars 1 registered nurses : wonkiag a as att dit bo dleeoutinns tho nrnetios of taking a > halt. hour unpaid. leaxe: of aboonce - Castlegar’s two abeaaes aa with a reanent from Johnson‘and Johnson Inc. pharmaceutical company D ‘to sell Tylenol capsules from the. dispensary, rather than from the’ self-selection area of th ae : -, Oct. A The’ ‘majority of Castlegar’s 10 doctors appear to be e of a. scheme. to repay $80. million to the B.C. ‘Bovernment, according to local doctor John: Walton. - Oct. 12 i Castlegar counell ‘serves notice to the owner of. the 3 ire revesea Castlegar Hotel toclean up the site within 90 da p : a *. . * » City works crews begin conversion of area’ between Dixie Lee and Marlate Hotel on Columbia Ave. into'a new inini-mall, complete with interlocking red brick. ‘sidewalk, ‘benches, lanters and trees. Oct. 15. i “Regicnal Recreation Commission No. 1 is awarded a $116,000 grant to turn Pass Creek regional park from a day. use facility to an’ ovaenlght camping arehe Oct. 16 BC Timber agrees to form a committee to try to iron out problems:at its Kootenay Forost Products plywood and sawmill operation, in Nelson.” . ‘Enrolment takes a ngs jump at Selkirk Caltage’s in Castlegar campus and David Thompson University Centre. f Oct. 18 Selkirk College receives 4 B- on its first report card from Castlegar residents in a survey on the community’s overall feelings about the college. . _ >. Kootenay wis a ile eoddiaas announces that $466, 000 has been_ allocated for Ri creation Projects in this area —up from $205,000 last year. ~. Castlegar cess yew neal toads SK GOH cemetery: bylaw which calls for a 10 to 180: per cent ~ increase. in the price of Plots. ‘A Vancouver firm appresches Castlegar council about the possibility of constructing. a pedestrian overpass linking Castleaird Plaza with the new Safeway store. Oct. 23 p organized by several plies Sisters in 1947, rainy as Castlegar’s Happy Gang, celebrates its - 96th reunion at the Monte Carlo. 2 mentally handicapped. ¥ - Covaiscn’ Ltd: says ie is “Pevlowing: ti] val: ‘zine. operations. in ‘light of-an announcement ‘by Pine aint » Castlegar ‘school board: etod to! doce ‘its: indemnity by 2.75 per cent — the same cut teachers are e facing by losing five: aye PAY next yous: p Transport has discu sing the Castlegar Alzport contrel tower as an economic restraint measure.> s = and District Hospital reports 1 Castlegar births, cine Ape a er — oper a fut i the same. ‘last y ¥ Hur dary | defeat LN. Rogers of Nelson 2-0 to win the 1982 ‘Weat ‘Kootenay high Behool ‘soccer championships, : open house. rf Selkirk ‘College: ‘titled “Destin- ations,” attracts more than 700 residents.. The one-day a first for th lege and is:meant to heighten community awareness. of the’ faciliti les, programs. and services ‘at the Castlegar campus, Gordon Cooper, a member of the Stanley Huniphries Secondary School. cross-country running team, places “third: in the East-West Kootenay’ ene in os Nov.8: © The Kootenay Society for the. Handicapped plans a major restructuring -of the Clay Castle centre for the ' Git nilding Sat continue to. » defying the current econemis downturn and surpassing last year's total. : : BPS ee. : TA Castlegar girl Cynthia Harnadek, is among nine students relat members of the B.C. Government Employees Union recently awarded a $500 stholarship. She is the ‘only Kootenay winner. Nov. 19 : Harlem Clowns amuse‘a: packed ‘crowd at Stanley. Humphries Secondary; School. ‘and ‘trample the SHES Rockers basketball teami 104-87. _ Nov. 20 vee Greg Niehvalodoff;- Frank Finney and Peter Kagis -are elected tothe boardiof school trustees. Kagis unseats incumbent Vera Kanigan in Area J.: First-time alder- manic. candidate Walter red edges out former alder- ‘Tallfo manager 0: the: Arms Esposito plans a hima five-year renovation plan for the hotel. . Nov. 21 Castlegar are among those awarded medals during a workshop on Canadian Music, held in Trail. About 30 people thee at de Robson Community Momérlal Church for tha ivorsary calebration of the’ 16-year-old church. 2 Nov. 28 Travis Ready of Castlegar returns from the coast with another gold medal in weightlifting and an assurance of a position on Team B.C. to compete in the Canada Winter. Games in LacLe Jeune, Quebec, in . February. Watershed. © ‘Kooténay. beathabar ‘widirices Bociety’s property CKRD' board Province t aa have the ‘taxes owing walved. Preliminary - figures: : Hagar: district balances its 1988 budget despite reduced cane from the provincial government, ‘Dec.6. E Mayor Audrey Moore says council simply:tey to, “maintain and repair” its existing pregrems and services. in 1885 and not be any. new. projects. 2 residents donate $2,850 towards the ~ ae 2 Carapaten 6 Of pet conte ite mel For the first’ time ace devious years the South Castlegar volunteer firemen ask residents to donate . Christmas toys for the area’s' needy children: Dec. 10 ; -BC Timber’s Celgar pulp mill rejects a proposal from. tho Pulp, Paper and Woodwerkers of Canada to move toa 86-hour ‘work week because. it would be “too costly.” ec Local members os Amnesty Interna! tional commem- orate United Nations Human Rights Day with a candle- lighting ; ceremony at: the Castleaird Plaza. Dec. 14 Blueberry ‘Creek’ Irrigation District “and “Iocal ~ forestry. ministry representatives agree -to establish a - committee to’ monitor logging in the Blueberry Creek e Co Castlegar city. council reverses an eailier decision and- approves an. application, from the Pentecostal _ ‘Tabernacle for a six-month exemption from the city noise bylaw, despite warnings frdm Ald. Len Embree that the. move will set'a Precedent, : * “Castlegar San renews its efforts to-have ‘the traffic signals at the Castlegar Ferry upgraded, but so far _ the provincial highways ministry, refuses to budge. ° 3 “City council ‘det ies the ‘provincial tourism ministry considers Castlegar as a possible site for. films. made on location. * . 8 TRobeos sweatisod: fain ‘that omen spin) hadi. : choose the name Robson River Otters, a. winning ony. submitted by: ‘Jeff Schuepfer. Former Castlegar fsb: Ken Sherstobitoff, leaves... with a Southern Alberta Institute of Technology hockey ~ team for a 16-day tour that takes them to Peking, . Changehu, Harhin and Hong Kong. Dec. 21 Selkirk College projects a budget deficit of nearly . $650,000 for 1983-84 if it maintains its current level of operations. . , * Anne and Tom Titford of 2628 Columbia Ave. win first. prize in Castleger Chamber of Commerce's. first annual Christmas light display contest Castlegar Schock. aie ‘announces a five-day shutdown in February in complying with the province's . call for restraints. * 8 « Cable West announces the installation of a $10,000 back-up power system to prevent interruptions in cable service. *. * * Castleess Rebels coach Ken Swetlishoff resigns a1 as head coach.