Legislative Parliasent Victoria. B v8v 2x4 Lidrar Bldgs... « Ce Bellevilis 50L Fébi 28 Vol. 39, No. 99 60 Cents k> Castlegar Sa seal il LEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1986 oore raps businesses By RON NORMAN Editor Mayor Audrey Moore rapped the knuckles of downtown property own- ers Monday for delaying the proposed downtown revitilization program. “It seems ironic to me that Castlegar was the first city in B.C. to activate this program a number of years ago and still some of our major property owners fail to recognize the immense benefit of this worthwhile program,” Moore said in her inaugural address to Castlegar council “It wili be a shortsighted move indeed, if Castlegar fails to take advan tage of this attractive financial package for enhancing our downtown area,” she added. Moore pointed out that a revitili zation committee is still actively pur suing the “much-needed” program. Mapre touched on a number of issues in her wide-ranging speech. She noted that the one-bus transit system carries about 130 to 140 nders a day “I would expect some positive mod: fications in schedules after the run-in period is completed,” Moore said. She also complimented the city works crew for erecting the bus stops “in record time, both inside and outside the city.” Moore also pointed to the Ministry of Forests office building and shops which were completed this year. She said the city was involved in helping to preserve as much of the tree cover as possible — “a good example of council BETWEEN SCENES Movie newcomers Sara Walker (left) and Andrea Burchill discuss their next People wait expectantly along the bottom corner of 3rd Street in Castlegar. Two girls are playing in front of the CP Rail while a bearded man with shoulder length dark hair stands silently thinking hands clasped in front of him. He speaks quietly to the girls and they back inside the station ‘Quiet please!” the third assistant director yells. A man holds up a sign on 3rd and stops traffic “Rolling!” he yells and no one speaks. Christine's Lahti’s stand-in muffles a cough in her mitts. The scene inside the station is about one minute long The microphones they explains Brigitte Prochaska, almost inaudibly. She i publicist for the film station his use are very sensitive Stories and photos by Mike Kalesniko As we talk, the whine of a jet circling to land grows increasingly louder somebody yells “Cut!” People begin milling around again. The movie being filmed is Housekeeping starring Christine Lahti and two newcomers from Andrea Burchill, 12, and Sara Walker, 15. The movie is in its final week of production in Nelsox and Monday filmed in Castlegar But Nelson may never have seen the production at all if not for the diligence of Scottish director Bill Forsyth While staying in New York more than two years ago. Forsyth was handed a copy of the book Housekeeping b. American author Marilynne Robinson simply for the sake of something to read — and he liked it Forsyth liked it so much, in fact, that discovered that film rights to the novel available, he decided to go ahead and produce the book that many ha red \o as ‘unfilmable Forsyth first looked at Sandpoint, Idaho called Fingerbone in the book — as a possible location, but felt it Everyone looks up to watch and Vancouver for one day only, scenes were when he were still refe ROLL ‘EM: scene outside Castlegar s CP Rail station during a short dinner break Moviemaking in Castlegar too modern’ novel ohed to ever reflect the 1955 time period of the So, in a rented car, Forsyth began to scout for better locations. Nothing he saw in the U.S. pleased him so he north into B.C. Still, he location to his liking Frustrated, Forsyth the BC. Film Promotion office in Vancouver where he chose the hundreds of he shown Ironically, Forsyth missed Nelson while on his scouting tour by only 70 kilometres. orsyth ined the and mountains ibed in the book But production was plag Diane Keaton. know drove was unable to find a went to from Nelson towns was vider look of Nelson, and tr the ar ge lake were similar to geography deser ed with setbacks for her roles in Shoot the Moor continued on poge A2 STATION USED AS BACKDROP Castlegar's CP Rail sta tion was the site Monday of | ti several short scenes in ior shots of Christine Lah Andrea Burchil Sara Walker walking along the tracks and terior takes inside the sta and he movie Housekeeping. pres ently being shot in Nelson and the surrounding area The North tion some in tion itself Shooting ran from 5 a.m and movie is the American for Scottish director 5: For syth Scenes first produc 8 pm attracted award winning wds of onlookers Academy probably Lahtr 1s Award nominee an compieted in Castlegar included exter continued on poge A2 and citizens working together for the benefit of the city.” NEW COUNCIL: Judge Bruce swore in two incum- bent . aldermen and one newcomer at Castlegar council's i 1 i di She said that with the library board's fundraising drive and a possible in- crease in the Expo legacy grant, the project should be underway in the “near future.” “I wrote to provincial secretary Elwbod Veitch in November stating the library's meed for the additional continued on poge A2 || night. Mayor Audrey Moore also d the new which will remain virtually un- changed from last year... A4 thickening clouds and milder temperatures 4 Sections (A, 8, C&D) | ROCKETTES TOPS: Stanley Humphries secondary school Sr. Rocket- tes coptured the Lumby Classic basketball tourney over the weekend... 81 TSR OT TaD ens CELGAR PULP CO. Mill directors impress council By RON NORMAN Editer Castlegar council met for the first time Tuesday with the new owners of the Celgar Pulp Co. and came away impressed. “I was particularly impressed with the warmth and rapport,” Ald. Nick Ogiow said Mayor Audrey Moore said the meeting was called so council and the mill's new directors could become “ac quainted.” By CasNews Staff Castlegar council brought down its 1987 provisional budget Monday which includes a 4.75 per cent tax increase. However, Mayor Audrey Moore cautioned that the budget isn’t final. “This is just that — a provisional budget,” Moore said. “Priorities have not been decided and this budget will not be finalized until May, 1987.” City administrator Dave Gairns pointed out that the 4.75 per cent hike in this year's provisional budget com. pares to a 3.7 per cent hike in the 1986 provisional budget and 4.5 per cent in 1988. Gairns added that in both those years council reduced the provisional The mill was purchased earlier this year for $100 million by a consortium involving the Chinese government, Power Corp. and Consolidated Bath- urst. Moore said the meeting was a “good exchange of information,” and she in vited the management group to meet with council again in March when it holds its next quarterly meeting in Castlegar Moore explained that the mill's board of directors intends to meet in Provisional budget up 4.75 per cent budgets when the final budgets were adopted in May Gairns said the 1987 provisional budget reflects a continuation of ex isting programs and levels of service in the city, as well as the 1986 taxes the city collects for the Regional District of Central Kootenay, Castlegar school district and other agencies. The budget also contains $375,000 for the library expansion and $133,533 for other capital expenses Gairns adds that council can dip into the city’s equipment replacement re- serve fund and other reserves if it needs to cover capital costs once priorities have been set Castlegar four times a year Ald. Albert Calderbank said he was pleased with the directors’ commit ment to upgrading pollution controls at the mill. He said the directors gave council “very strong assurances” the pollution control program established by the former owner, Westar Timber, would be carried out. “I was very pleased,” Calderbank said. And Calderbank said that because the new directors will meet regularly in Castlegar, “we are obviously going to see a lot more of the new man agement than we ever saw of the old.” Ald. Cari Henne said that he under stands the mill will run smoother under the new owners because the local management will not have to call Van couver every time it needs to spend money. Oglow added that the new directors don’t foresee any mill shutdown in the near future, except {c weeks to install pollution control eq Oglow also said he was with two Chinese directors who could not only speak English, bu well Oglow said he also spoke Desmarais of Power Corp former Liberal cabinet minister Jean Chretien’s son-in-law Oglow assured Chretien was given a warm when Chretien ing the 1984 Liberal leadership cam paign twe pment mpressed Russian as to Andre that reception dur Desmarais visited Castlega Couple retrieves lost cake By CasNews Staff Jim and Oiga Ferrier can have their cake and eat it too — thanks to some sharp detective work by Air Canada employees. The Perriers were married Nov 29 in Montreal and were on their way to a wedding reception in Cam WAYWARD CAKE. . . Jim and Olga Ferrier happily pick up much travelled wedding coke at Castlegar Airport Tuesday afternoon . misplaced their wedding cake. Jim, the minister at Grace, Presbyterian Chureh in Castlegar, says he carried the cake onto the plane from Montreal to Toronto as band luggage to make sure it sur vived the flight But in the shuffle of arranging a rental car to Cambridge and putting on page A2