ae u NOT FROM TEXAS but right here in the City of Castlegar, this puffbal by the camera to be much bigger than a standard coffee mug. Found in the yard of Pete and Ann Makortoff at 2529 Sixth Avenue, (formerly 929 Sixth Avenue, ches in diameter, 26'4 inches In circum- f ice and weighs four pounds. If fresh and white when it comes under a knife there will be some good eating for lovers of puffballs. —News/Mirror Foto by Lois Hughes is shown South) this puffball measures eight in- PROVINCIAL support is iven the June 20 and 21 Fitness Festival in the form of a $100 cheque shown here being pre- sented to recreation director Pat Motge, right, by Wayne Taijl from the provincial tecreation programmer Rod Irwin looks on, Numerous events are planned for the two-day event which will have something for everyone. —News/Mirror Foto by Terry Gilbert recreation department as the city's ( Voice of the People ay Health care Editor, Castlegar News: “People Matter More” Years ago, before Hos- pital Insurance and Health Insurance were enacted, the people had to fend for them- selves when they were sick or in need of medical care. It was okay for those who could afford to pay their way, but even for those, many were crushed by a long spell of hospital and medical care. The people who could not afford the proper care were forced, in many in- stances, to delay that care until it was too late, with the result that many people died before their time. Iremember how private medical plans were foisted on the people with the result that many of them went bankrupt, and the people who had contributed not only lost their money, but they had no coverage when they’ needed the service. The argument was put forward by some that every- one should have the right to hospital and medical care, Money shouldn’t matter ( Recreation News / With the month of July approaching, the recreation department is all ready and geared up for two months packed full of existing rec- P! level, as well as a distance element of 10 and 15 metres is introduced on front and back. Water safety, use of hing assists Parry conducts workshop on weekend Dr. Penny Parry, associ- ate professor, Dept. of Child and basic self-rescue is in- The summer recreation Program is all set with lor Juniors: An introduction to front crawl, elementary Persons of all ages, Bro- chures outlining all the events and programs to be offered will be distributed through KJSS and the el- _ mentary schools on June 19. Those persons without school age children can pick up their brochures at Safe- way, Super Valu and Central Food Mart. Swim Program This year's water safety and swim lessons are also set for both the Bob B: and other strokes with an increase in distance to 50 metres required for each stroke, Rescue breath- ing is introduced. Intermediates: This level is designed to perfect swimming strokes with in- creased attention to ad- vanced swimming strokes, water skills, self-rescue and safety of others, Seniors: The highest of the learn-to-swim levels, the student must achieve a high and Robson pools. Regis-: trations for the summer pro- grams, as well as all swim lessons, will be commencing at’ the Recreation Office at 8:30 a.m. on June 23. Registering yourself or your child for swim lessons can lead to confusion because the appropriate level for each swimmer is dependent upon ability rather than-something as straightforward as age. When deciding what level to register a candidate’ in, it is of utmost importance to remember that being reg- istered in a program above a swimmer's ability will do him or her much more harm than good. Rather than learning the skills the swimmer could master at a lower level, a swimmer can become demoti- vated and negative about chieving a higher level of ability if the goals are ob- viously beyond his or her reach, So, to help avoid this problem, below is a short explanation of the various swimming levels in the Red Cross Water Safety Pro- gram. level of pi in sur- vival, safety and swimming skills and provide an intro- duction to lifesaving skills, A distance of 75 metres is required on five well-exe- cuted strokes. Prerequisite to Bronz Medallion. Lead The Care, Uni ty of Victoria, will conduct a workshop on learning disabilities this Fri- day, Saturday and Sunday at Selkirk College. The Friday night session is open to the public, free of charge. The theme will be education in the primary grades, and how to.deal with behavior problems arising from learning disabilities, Time: 7 - 10 p.m. C Liquor Distribution Branch INVITATION ‘TO TENDER LIQUOR STORE RINOWATIONE, HOI ath freer, Conlopers B.C. are insted For addition of acce, Ten Tenders will be received by nch E tho British Columbla Liquor Distribution ra Broadway, Vancouver, it by registered mall an Pi dune 13, 1980, Tenders will be athst5 py June 18, 1980, Ten- opened In public at this a: ane iad: clearly ders must be filed on the forms prov ig the work- shop are the Kootenay Branch of the B.C. Pre- School Teachers’ Association, the Kootenay Columbia Child Care ‘Society and Selkirk College Community Educa- tion Dept. Joy Keillor Bridge club results A dane ta te site to this is the RLSS_ Bronz Medallion award, and successful com- pletion of this course is re- quired to go on to the in- structor level. This level is designed to produce well- educated personnel who may . assist in the instructional phase of swimming programs or the guarding of swimming areas, Stroke Improvement: This level is recommended to improve the quality of swim- mers’ strokes and propar- ation for advanced Red Cross lessons of Juniors and above. It should be mentioned that this year will be the last year that the above-men- tioned Red Cross levels will be used. Next year a new system of levels is being introduced which will add more continuity and flow to bles iT in Monday night's session of the Joy Keillor Bridge Club, with the following results: North-South With an average of 72: first (tied with 87'/), Lorne Musclow and Jude Goodwin with Irene Hess and’ Judy Sheppard; third, Grace Don- aldson and Jean Fischer — 85%. East-West With an average of 63: first, Terry Sabourin and Connie Miller — 91; second, Jan MacDonald and Otto Walker “— 66; third, Dot Tatchell and Louise White- head — 63%. CR the entire p here is on water orientation, adjustment and basic floating and stroking skills, Beginners: An expan- sion on knowledge gained at $1 per day against the pati- ent. The present B.C. gov- ernment upped this co-insur- ance to $4 per day. So, lo and behold, they are going to increase it to $5.50 per dayl To people who can afford it, ° or those like myself, who worked for a company where they have a built-in scheme to take care of such in- creases, we may think it does For all your T-Shirt Needs Buttons Hats Custom Transfers 253 Baker St. Nelson 352-7712 Put Us On Your Shopping List not matter, but for those that can ill afford the extra costs ; y At it makes it very difficult. Rey It looks as though we are Apes gradually returning to the- old system that made two classes of citizens when it came to health care. 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SPECIAL... BLACK LABEL $5.50 965-5424 P DRUG 350 7 B.C. HYDRO ENGINEE proposed Kootenay River diversion Saturda D Sted RDCK an a | y 7 * = CAST LEXIS NEWS June 11, 1980 R Nigel Grant, revi eli of the b displays for the benefit of in lIversion T-Shirt. The shirt was a gift from the Save the Kootenay Committee. (See story at right.) exapccanner am Re ide Two potential dumps selected Crown - owned sites in the Barrett Creek and Rover Creek areas are the most likely locations for a dump serving Nelson and Salmo and outlying areas, according to those communities’ region- al district directors. Central Kootenay board © chairman G.E. MacNeill, who is also the representative for Salmo, announced Saturday the two sites he and directors for Nelson and Areas E, F and G selected from 11 prop- erties examined in a report by cénsultant Gordon Stein of Intermountain Engineer- ing and Surveying Ltd. “ap- pear suitable for use .as refuse disposal grounds,” Although he said the en- gineering report will not be Board asks for local ALR official Central Kootenay directors decided Saturday they need a resident B.C. Land Commission official to deal with agricul- tural land reserve matters within the re- gional district. The RDCK board sup- the provincial government to station in the regional dis- trict a representative who would be capable of making prompt on-site inspections of ALR lands and accessible to directors. Blackwood, who repre- sents the rural area around Salmo, said ALR rules ap- plying “to lower mainland farm properties do not nec- essarily apply to gravel pits in Central Kootenay.” “What I'm referring to is not hiring someone up from Victoria but someone who lives here, along the same lines as a building inspector,” he said. A motion proposed earlier by Blackwood called for the assignment of a rep- resentative with the author- ity to make decisions on ALR matters, but after Creston , director Mayor Blidio Salva- dor such final decisions are made only by the commission | made public at this time, MacNeill said the 49.54-acre Barrett Creek site, 16 miles south of Nelson, and the 50-acre Rover Creek site, 17 miles.west,of Nelson, will be s“investigated in more depth.” Announcing the selec- tion in a Saturday news re- lease, the chairman said he was optimistic one of the two sites named would prove the Nelson waterfront, Salmo and Balfour. He said the proposed use of the Barrett Creek site has been discussed with repre- sentatives of the Nelson Rod ~and- Gun—-Ghub;-which: According to the release the RDCK will file an appli- cation for a pollution control permit for the Barrett Creek site “with drilling of test holes to commence. immedi- tely.*..Should soil .. tests ently uses the-site. “Although details are yet to be finalized; both the district and the Nelson Rod and Gun Clubare prepared to yasa for the overworked sites at perate with one another,” he said. prove positive and the prop-* osed method of its operation is le to the provincial Diversion impact target of CK board criticism A declaration of war highlighted Central Kootenay directors’ discussion with a B.C. Hydro engineer Saturday of the potential, en- vironmental impacts of the proposed Kootenay River diversion. The protest by Area A director Charlie Wilson against past fluctuations in Kootenay Lake water levels was among criticisms levelled by regional district board. members in a two-hour session with senior planning engineer Nigel Grant and other Hydro officials on the proposed $80 million diversion of up to two-thirds of the flow of the Kootenay River into the Columbia River at Canal Flats by 1984, as permitted under the Columbia River Treaty. Grant's review of studies of the proposed 80-to-90-mega- watt project — which would mean increased energy output at Hydro's Mica Creek and Revelstoke projects and reduced output at plants on the Kootenay River — mainly concerned East Kootenay environmental impacts. But RDCK directors’ questions and criticism were mostly aimed at the project’s potential impact on Kootenay Lake. The Area A director noted that since the Kootenay Canal went onstream Kootenay Lake "has been subject to a long series of low water levels." “In May, 1979 the level of Kootenay Lake dropped five inches overnight,” Wilson said. “A boat in the Bonneville area was damaged to the extent of $700. Later we learned the sudden drawdown coincided with the power outage ai Mica Creek.” ‘ Pointing out residents “don’t enjoy having to pry our docks out of the sand,” he asked for guarantees from Hydro of more stable water levels and notification well in advance of future drawdowns. A Speaking for 22 lakeside residents “plus thousands of transient tourists and summer residents there,” Wilson said they are “just fed up" with drastic fluctuations in the lake. Reporting lake levels of “four feet or lower” in the summer, he said many swimming beaches on the lake “become hazardous because the shelving area is close to shore.” “We're not going to stand Hydro or anybody else coming in and interfering with our heritage,” he said. “And as of today Area A has officially declared war on Hydro and its diversion project. Remember Area A because you're going to hear a hell of a let about it.” Asked by Grant where the Area A boundary is located, Wilson suggested he “just drive a Hydro truck and you'll find it” The engineer said that despite the anticipated &-to-1l-per-cent drop in the inflow to Kootenay Lake no impact on the water level is expected because of the restraints imposed by a 42-year-old international: agreement on maximum levels, Grant said that under a 1988 International Joint Commission order Kootenay Lake, in order to deal with seasonal flood conditions, must be drawn down between January and late March to a predetermined level “so it can have enough space in the lake to absorb the flood coming in.” The B.C. Hydro officials told the board that under the IJC order the level of the lake must be lowered to an elevation of 1,744 feet by Feb. 1, 1,742.4 feet by March 4 and 1,789.32 feet “on or.about April 1,” and after Aug. 81 the level may be Faised to 1745.82 feet..... pastes “To optimize power generation they want to keep the. water level as high as possible,” Grant said of the order. “If the diversion goes ahead water levels will still be kept up to environment ministry, “a public meeting will be held that IJC limit.” Wilson was also critical of Hydro’s plans to use a to-be-released federal g study, rather than for the purpose of di: site operation.” conducting its own, as the basis for determing the diversion's Director ‘declares war’ on B.C. Hydro effect on water quality in the lake. Grant noted B.C. Hydro had commissioned a study of the projected impact on fish but for inf on water quality “we don't see any point in spending a whole lot more money on Kootenay Lake than has been done already.” Among targets of criticism from Area J director Martin Vanderpol was Hydro's study of the potential impact of the on Koot Lake © The study, which, identified the migration of small shrimp and the spawning; grounds of Kokanee Salmon as aspects of the environment _ which would be affected, represents “a very limited approach to ecological study.” “If you reduce the outflow of the lake, consequently the enlarged turnover time it takes to flush out the lake will undoubtedly raise pollution in the lake,” the Area J director said, “In my estimation, by reducing the outflow you will also do something to the temperature of the lake. If you propose just to study the spawning grounds and the shrimp in the lake I propose that as usual B.C. Hydro is only looking at some of the asnects of the envira: tal impact your plans will have on the surrounding areas.” é The Area J director also pointed out that in a meeting two years ago with the RDCK board B.C. Hydro chairman Robert Bonner asked directors not to oppose the proposed diversion because the province intended to use it as a means of “forcing the Americans into a deal.” “Now it’s two years later,” said Vanderpol, who represents most of the rural area surrounding Castlegar. “We are being told that you have continued your studies and the flag-waving has disappeared and all that is left is 80 megawatts of power.” Asked by the Area J director about the progress ‘of the bargaining with U.S. power authorities in which the diversion project was reportedly a lever, Grant said, he had no knowledge of such negotiations taking place. = __ ? Nelson director Ald. John Neville noted the construction of B.C. Hydro’s Kootenay Canal project has forced his city to shut down two in its i plants on the Kootenay River. Pointing out the city plans to apply for an additional water licence to enable Nelson to make full use of its facilities, he asked whether Hydro planned to compensate the municipality as well as West Kootenay Power and Light for the loss in power the diversion would mean for plants on the river. Grant said all Hydro’s calculations on the diversion take into account the potential power reductions and both the city and West Kootenay Power's losses would be replaced. He said he did not believe the power to compensate for the loss would be supplied at a greater price. Castlegar director Mayor Audrey Moore, asking whether Hydro had studied the impact of the reduced flow on the quality of the water at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers, suggested the diversion would lead to slower dispersal of existing pollutants. - She pointed out a recent reduction. in the flow.of the Columbia River at the Hugh Keenleyside dam has resulted in the Kootenay River backing it up and increasing stagnation between the dam and the confluence. Indicating that aspect had not yet been studied, Grant agreed examination of the potential impact would be appropriate. More on B2 Shuffle will put more specialists in the field Plans for B.C. forest service re- organization are de- signed to “move the decision-making pro- cess closer to the trees,” Nelson region manager M.G. Isenor said Saturday. Explaining the scheme to Central Kootenay direc- tors, Isenor said it would decentralize the service and make experts in specialized © fields more accessible locally. He noted the forest ser- vice has historically been “al- most in a constant state of reorganization." In the 1920s AS A PRELUDE to the Kinnaird Junior Seconda there were about 20 forest. regions throughout the prov- ince, he sgid, which gradually evolved into the present six forest regions, The current reorgani- zation of the service started in 1976 with the observation in a report by the Pearce royal commission “that deci- sions were being made in the regional and Victoria offices rather than in the field,” he. said. x the provincial government, Iseiior told the board. “We're now in the initial stages of carrying out reor- ion,” he said. “It’s just The is 's recom-. mendation that the forest service be examined and re- organized was accepted by now beginning to fall into place.” Among the reasons for. Directors oppose resort subdivision The controversial application for sub- ‘ division of the 110- acre Valhalla Lake- side Resort near Stocan Lake met with opposition Saturday from .the Regional District of Central Kootenay board. owners, who have held the property for five years, “are More on B2 the move to reorganize is the development of the various disciplines and fields of ex- pertise related to forestry, “Isenor said. “This sophistication in our systems is making spec- ialization an absolute nec- essity,” he said. “Where you have a small staff you just don't have enough people to cover these functions. We can't get by with the widely-dispersed group of centres we have had in the past.” Unlike the previous practice of adding specialists at the regional or Victoria level, the regional manager said, the new application will be to station them close to the field. He said the reorgani- zation is designed to decen- tralize what has become “a top-heavy, unresponsive or- ganization" which developed as the service expanded steadily over the years. A“major misconception” of the reorganization is that the forest service is creating “super ranger districts,” Isenor said. In fact, he ex- plained, “we're coming up with mini-regional offices.” More on B3 Cominco to face pollution charges in Rossland July 7 Comi Ltd. will RDCK di de- feated an origina] motion by Area H director Conrad Evans, who represents the rural Slocan Valley, to rec- ommend the land, parks and _ housing ministry purchase School Fashion Show fo be held on the evening of June 19, Stephanie Rilkoff, 14, 1 fashions from The Klothes Kloset. A the Area G director his motion to call for an official capable of making recommendations. rt, drama p and Aaron Embree, 15, mode! a —News/Mirror Foto by’ Terry Gilbert the presently-closed resort, located in the community of Hills, for use-as a park. But they approved Evans’ second motion to inform the ministry's ap- proving officer they opposed the proposed subdivision “until such time as access is guaranteed to the public.” In a lengthy report, the Area H.director identified potential effects on area tourism as well as public lakefront access as the main issues in the dispute between the 14 families from the Trail-Castlegar area who own the property and the resi- denté of Hills over plans to create 14 %0-foot-wide lots covering’ the breadth of the shoreline within property lines. He told the board the face in Rossland pro- vincial court July 7 three charges of con- travening the B.C. Pollution Control Act. The Rossland court reg- istry confirmed the charges, connected with three alleged mercury pollution-related in- eidents between March 18 and 28, were laid May 28 by Jim McLaren, assistant re- gional manager of the pro- vincial waste management branch, Cominco is charged with failing to advise the regional waste management branch take continuous samples of its cleanout and failing to analyze mercury discharge levels. Contacted by the News/ Mirror Monday, spokesmen for both Cominco and the waste management branch declined to on the manager before cleaning out its No. 8 acid plant, failing to case, Salary and den- tal plan adjustments amounting to an in- chease of 9.1 per cent are include a one-year collec- tive agreement rati- fied by Selkirk Col- lege and its 110 faculty members. Selkirk College, faculty approve 9.1% increase In a joint statement Friday, college manage- ment and the Selkirk Col- lege Faculty Association announced they had sec- ured ratification of the tentative agreement reached by The SCFA and college management “were appre- clative of the good faith shown during the negoti- ations” which they said resulted in an amicable settlement. Retroactive to April 1, tives of the two parties last month. the ag Pp the contract which expired March 31.