! 3% POUND RAINBOW trout was caught in ‘ Slocan Lake by Chuck Gordon of Brantford, Ont. : Sunday at the mouth of Springer Creek only 50 * .yards from the weighing in station of the Slocan Recreation Club's Fish Derby, which was in progress. But Chuck hadn't registered for the Gordon. derby. The prize winner was Benny Lister with Bring-in-the-Public Campaign Underway Objective -- Valhalla Park By Molra Farrow Sun Staff Reporter Boats, maps and trails will be used this summer to get at many people as possible across Slocan Lake and into a pro- posed new park, * This bring-in-the-public campaign {s under way because the Valhalla Committee ts con- vineed that every person who sees the area will join in efforts, to save it from logging. The Valhalla Committee is a group of West Kootenay residents who have been battl- ing since 1974 for establishment 4° of a 122,000-acre nature con-’, home of bis grandparents, Mr. and Mra. J. —Castlegar News Photo by Les Campbell More SHSS Honor Roll Four names, three of which are Grade 10 students and onea Grade 11 student, were inad- vertently missed from the Stanley Humphries Secondary School Honor Roll for the 1975-76 school year when sub- mitted for publication, Missing names of the Grade 10 students are Judith Pryce, Irene West and Shelly Nixon. The Grade 11 student is Norman Wickett. KOOTENAY BLDRS. LTD. Successful Candidates In Recenf Music Exams The following is a list of successful candidates in exam- inations held recently by the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto in Nelson. The names are arranged in order of merit: Grade IV phillies Pass—Lois B. Olson. History First Class Honors—Eliza- beth A. Lanigan, Honors—Donna Hannah. Grade II Rudiments First Class Honors—Donna Hannah, Heather C. ‘Drew, . Joan G. St. Goddard, Tammy L.. Honérae More Lee Nay- diuk. , Pass—Elizabeth A. Lani- gan. Grade Il Theory Harmony and History Honors—Mary J. Hamm. 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Save Time! —- Help With Financing EDMIN PERSSON Box 43, Nelson Phone 352-3783 ¢ WESTWOOD | Sawer Ra aH Dstt VASE 1S 2677 servancy—a form of park—on the west side of the lake. The committee's name comes from the spectacular Valhalla Range, part of the Sel- kirk, Mountains, of which a Jarge section would be included in the conservancy. fF Ifthe conservancy is es- tablished it. would | preserve from industry and development. one of the most beautiful areas of B.C. Included within its bound. aries would be 18 miles of lakeshore, trees up to 200 years old, mountain peaks up to 7,000 feet, six major creeks tumbling “down to Slocan Lake in a chain of waterfalls, ancient Indian petroglyphs and an immense variety of wildlife from mule deer and black bear to moun- tain goats and golden eagles. ‘There is no road into the Valhallas and the main access is by boat across Slocan Lake. The high country is reached by trail from the lakeshore. The west shore of Slocan Lake is the last undeveloped shoreline ofa major lake in southern B.C. No existing Koot- enay park now extends from a major lakeshore to high, alpine country so the proposed con- servancy would be unique. The isolation of the area has protected it from develop- ment so far, but change is likely soon. Triangle-Pacific Forest Products Ltd. (known locally as Tri-Pac) owns timber leases in the area and now plans to log along some of the creeks in the proposed park. ‘As a result, the Valhalla Committee has switched its park-promotion efforts into high gear and the old, familiar Kootenay controversy—loggers versus conservationists — has erupted again. In the last few weeks, the war of words between the B.C. Forest Service, Tri-Pac and the conservationists has “become bitter. There have even been alle- gations in the Nelson press that B.C. Forest Service employee Jack Floyd used a confidential forest service report in an attempt to convince some local groups to oppose the Valhalla project. The’ report claims that removing the park area from timber production would cost approximately $706,000 a year and would result in a possible loss of about 70 jobs. “Our momentum to publi- cize the conservancy project is building up,” Valhalla Commit- tee spokesman Gretchen Jor- dan told The Vancouver Sun in a telephone interview from New Denver this week. “We're working on a plan to get people across the lake and into the park this summer. We want local residents to volunteer the use of their boats and they have to be boats of a decent size because this is a huge, deep lake. “It’s almost like an ocean— very rough when the weather gets up. Canoes are okay, but you have to be very careful. “We're also making maps of the trails and we've hired two students under the labor department’s summer work program to mark and improve the trails. “The trail work will start July 1 and every day one of our committee members will go across the lake to work with the students.” “Miss Jordan said Nemo Creek in the proposed park area is scheduled for logging in 1980 and that would mean the end of its ancient, moss-covered 328 “Your Floor Covering Centre * Vinyl & Tile Flooring * Custom Draperies * Carpeting * Furniture Recovering Gordon Wall Ltd. EXPERT INSTALLATION Phone 364-2537. 801 Victoria, Trail + the provincial gx trees with diameters of up to eight feet. The committee is particu: Jarly anxious to save this forest because it has nevey been logged before or been damaged by fire. Attempts to preserve the Valhallas starled in 1970 witha proposal for a provincial park (covering a smaller ares than is now suggested) from the Koot- enay Mountaineering Club. But the 1970 scheme was not well publicized and drew little public support at the time. The efforts were renewed in 1974 with the presentation i ‘ provincial park in the southern portion of the proposed conser- vancy, but the Valhalla Com- mittee does not think that's good enough. The committee feels the northern Valhallas must be Included in the conservancy be- cause of the need to protect the stands of virgin trees from logging companies, Committee members point out that’ there are already 200,000 acres of Crown land in the Slocan Valley leased to Tri-Pac and over 650,000 acres are committed to logging. The Valhalla Committee 5 detailed brief by biologist Abo Eweson, who was killed in the crash of a small plane shortly after he made his submission to Victoria. But Mr. Eweson's work was continued by the Valhalla Committee, which was set up in January, 1975, as a sub- committee of the Slocan Valley Resource Society. The campaign of the Val- halla Committee was rewarded witha survey of the area by the provincial parks branch in 1975. The branch recommended the establishment of a class A From Page 1A’ the Sierra Club, ‘the ‘Trail Wildlife Association and Revel- stoke-Slocan MLA Bill King. But the future of the park now rests with the B.C. govern- ment’s environment and land use secretariat, which has been considering the proposal for the last few weeks. “The land in question is public land—ultimately the public must decide its use,” says a committee brochure. And that's why members of the public are being invited to go and see for themselves this summer. Awards Day-Lucerne School Track and Field Awards went to Bob Maxinuk for Sr. Boys; Laurie Hicks, Jr. Boys; Chiyoko Tatemichi, Sr. Girls; and Bonnie McLeod, Jr. Girls. The interhouse compe- tition was won by the Shims, Service Award for the 1975/16 rie year was won by Lawrence Yofonoff and the Citizenship Award was shared by Carma Sherrod and Vern Gustafson. Mrs. Janet Amsden pre- sented gifts to the Teacher Aides who had helped out during the year: Mrs. Mary Duncan, Mrs. Muriel Harris,.. Mrs. * Mrs, Doreen Price, Yvonne Maxinuk, Mrs. Agnes Emary and Mrs. Sarah Botham. The local Scholarship win hers were announced and pres- entations were made to: Grade 12—Shelly Kerr, The Kamegaya Scholarship (presented by Mrs. Kamegaya); Leslie Cooper was the recipient of the Recreation Commission No. 6 Scholarship, the New Denver Silverton Communities Award, the New Denver- Silverton Kinsmen Award and the Arrow Lakes Teachers’ Association Scholarship. - Members of the 1975/76 Graduating Class were: Bhonds. Casley, Leslee Cooper, beth Frank, Arlene Peechert Shelley Kerr, Dan Flynn, Stu- art Nelson, Leilani Schlaffke, Carma Sher- tod, Fred Wilkowski, and Law- rence Yofonoff.. Perera TRene Palmer, . We've got a bigger window Display Advertising Because not everyone _sees your store window sign. ‘ CASTLEGAR NEWS DISPLAY ADVERTISING calt Brad Wallons 365-5210 $219 RETURN Take advai INTERVAC offers nata’s lowest airfares to antage of Intarvac's Advance Booking Charter Hit jhis, non: SiO, ‘Vancouver to Honolulu fetum. Planning your: igh it isi easy with Nardair' NO CLUBS TO JOIN. JUST BOOK AT LEAST 60 DAYSIN ADVANCE, VANCOUVER to HAWAII return oeraTuae rue ‘Sun. Oct.31 ‘Sun. Nov. 14. ‘Sun. Nov. 21 ‘Sun. Nov. 28 ‘Sun..Nov. 21 bay Nov 7 Sun. Dec 5 Sun. Nov. 14 Sun. Nov. 14 ‘Sun. Nov 1s Sun. Nov. 21 on Nov. ES jun. Dec. 5 an Dee. 12 Sun. Dec. Sun. Dec. 12 Sun Mer 19° ‘Siar ue. Su, Dec’ 19° Mon, Dec 27¢ Man. Dees 2° Moa, Mar Jay 10° “eetune wa Veardee TAT Additional Departure Dates Dec. 20, 1976 = April 11, 1977 Durations of 2, 3, 4 weeks Sun. Nov.28 ‘Sun. Dec. 12 Sun Dec: 12 Sun. Dec. 12 Wied, oe B Sodas Wea, oat 3 BOOK WEST'S TRAVEL ‘These lights are re aya ahle as of May 31. 976 76. HOLIDAYS BY WARDA. Ro NOW AT PH. 365-7782. 21 Pine Street Legislative Library Parliament Bldgs., 501 Belle Victoria, Be C. VAV 1X4 Published Every Thursday Moming at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays”” “=CASTLEGAR NEWS ss ‘VOL, 29, No. 29 bas ad CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1975 FRB. 20 CENTS PER COPY Castlegar fo Present Brief _At Revelstoke Dam Hearing! Is the City the Sp to submit a’ brief at it. 13° public hear- “an the Revelstoke pee There is a good chance if a civic minded citizen, time and effort, found to pre; brief, ahs job of finding that person "has been’ plac- ea in vite ands of ‘Alas Au a came about at of Castlegar . it “stoke wi! earlier. could be construed to su- it an individual's purpose. However, the city has resented as tats on nigh visited the city this year, he said. wpa se Pp a or city, Mr, Ge! btated hi was Blrendy Going 80, ut eclined naming the” as reasons counell “hse water L have ae and offered to. an : Planning on sending a dele- tion to at the hear do 80. Mayor Ed ios he, sald he boped his sta ment would ct ‘onde Ww ss whether or not the project should proceed. Ev- ough he and some ret Mrs. Moore in fin candidate f for the prone While several briefs are being prepared by individ: ual grou} rd tol council ie a one that ina the eff backing carried ai to: nel be preeealed wang Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco Keeps Eye on Local Gas Prices. jay West MLA Bob Brisco, who has told the vastlegar News the fe Bike-o-thon Pledge Money Still: Coming Pledge money for: the” tinh Bike-a-thon is ing to the Dirtrict Project. ‘Seciare ae wards peel erie who have findings witl report publish the "restrictive trade prac: . tices commission. Heol In view of his personal CanCel Continues Effort Io Improve Conditions “it aes and aerd the te inn ae Wilt Sweeney, manager of the the Castlegar News Sona eneral atiempis to control the tovel of dust . emissions fromthe pulp “Further investigation indicates the precipitator as the ounce, reps tha vel current kao to order fo ed Cerect the situation we have scheduled $300,000. overhaul of the RETIRE IT Recreation. Office Now . Relocated Recreation Commission No. Tis now: located in ithe ‘new ‘communi t ity centre. “offices In: the: Kinaird fal were vacated Tu thisimave, recrea- tion director Pat Metge says the commission is now rea- dy-to take requests for the rental of: the new. feellity y whether: it be the Kinnaird Community, Hall or:the:dry | floor: area‘in the arena. To cause no. confusion, mand at the Castlegar RCMP sige "Bill Sedler who. 1976 edition of lower. is fase Sender beshes soy an 3025 Tickets for the Bavar- Nit from ith a arte of new > evenls melded to pleasers © ‘Selkir! ard. og Jumpl parr on the sunday afternoon oa ip! for the ps of Uanada, e_ senior men's « soft tournament and the log bur- ling competition. ‘he softball * tournament yy“ Alex Chevel- Fri Ge vying for the top Sunflower Fest money. at Kinnaird Park the’ nationally: r already re- man has satan ie: ® Ported | that the, club had @ Davaciai Columbia Ave. Clasfied Ad Pages Now Locafed Near Back of Paper The Classified Ad pages of the Castlegar News aren't in their familiar location this week. For most of the 30 years of the Castlegar News’ ex: ° istance, the Want Ads have been located.in the centre of the paper. This location was ‘dictated by press require- ments and a desire to kee; line for the convenience o| sified Ads, a Wednesday, morning dead- people wishing to place Clas- Effective’ this week, the Want Ads have been moved to the back of the paper—a location common to most other newspapers.:As well, we are still able to maintain the 10 a.m, Wednesday deadline for Classified Ads. We hope our readers won't find the new positioning difficult-to get used to, although we admit that old habits; die hard for The! lo -burling contest t held at Pass Cre- Bingo at on Sunday, ¢ ‘the golf tourna- ment att Castlegar Golf ch it speed swim meet, ‘the Legion Hor- seshoe Tournament, the Vin- tage Car Games and the Mish Derby, sponsored this year by the Arrow Boat ul ‘The Vintage Car Games will be run on: Main St. af- ter the presentation cere- iss following the parade. Viewers will have an“ op- portunity to look over these old beauties” and vote for ir choice, getting er to an early start a Sunday “morning and have the winners’ prizes presented in the evening. ‘The Boat Sat, lounge will * New ‘events for this; festive weekend are pole climb . at Ranaind Park on Saturday and Sun- , the. Great: Aeroplane Creek Park on Sunday, 3 and the Castlegar’ Library Pup- pet Show at the library. on Saturday af in. iternoo Pole climb will fea. ture the Tfandard forty-s foot telephone :pole as well as a ‘greased galvanized steel po- Je in open competitions. En- tries in the climb have been received from employees of: West Kootenay Power and B.C. Telephone, ite Joan Wenman' has an- sal men‘ Park at 11am. * naar TWO new events exper cing difficulties getting : bs the drawing boards are the bicycle race, om tral planned to run from Ai to ‘the southern Ate Castlegar, and the fight. ers con etition set for Sun- aird Park. cor on Labor Day, This will take to complete and “auting this period the Baro conditlons: from: mill may be greater than say ie Se activ iz Petermine the best w. improve the condo of Y ine plume leaving serub- ~ the - probably during the first ha- ba general manager says the comp: ts any discomfort wl conditions | ma; ed” and a i from. bears sweeney sald equi ‘ment willfals fe installed, altuatio CPL, BILL BAILEY has'taken up his duties as second in is\now post however, com. jachment. He replaces’ Cpl. K ipa \vet...For: the ‘will “officer néxt:two weel anding " >during’ the time lapse of Sot. Don Walker's “departure for. ‘Merritt andthe arrival of the ‘J. Bomba, scheduled for Aug. sergeant’s replacement, Cpl. 1 ol Balley has. 12¥2 years ‘service’ with: the force having served at Chilliwack, Van- ‘couver, Merritt and Alexis Creek, He is married and he and his wife, Barbara, have two ch ildren. A daughter An- < gela;:who {s 12-yeers-old, and a‘son Mark who Is nine. For relation Cpl. Bailey enjoys hunting and fishing. — Castlegar News Photo by Lois Hughes Cash Bingo $5,000 in Prize Money; Big Game Worth $3, ooo Giant Cash Bingo,- with over $5,000 in joush prizes z proceeds to go to the Cas- tlegar’ and District Project te big game a “black TOURIST BOOTH located locally hee become a reality’ for the Castlegar and: District Chamber. of Commerce, but manning it has turned out to be another matter, Chamber president Albert Calderbank says literature for booth vis- itors is not a problem. The chamber’s ‘stock is the best- ever, including its. brand-new. brochure. introduced this «spring. But money, to man the booth appears to have br- wi ought. ‘the ole issue to a Standsiill, A request for a $3,000 grant from city council was turned down at its Tuesday night's meeting. Finance chairman Ald. G. $. Rust, who says the requests will be reviewed pee in Septem- ber, suggested the local chamber underwrite the money; however, he was quick to make it quite clear his state- ment did not mean the request would automatically be granted, come fall. “We have $400 in fi fund, but 1 do not know if is would be of any significant help to the chamber,” he said. A request for financial aid from the Castlegar Tennis Club was handled in a similar manner by city council Tuesday night. — Castlegar News Photo by Burt Campbell out” worth $3,000, the 20th and ‘fin available, ing the evening. Seedlings Distributed By Tri-Pac Two thousand seedlings, distributed by Tri-Pac forestry. department, have been planted GETS Sivcaa HE, f «One thousand were plant- ed in the company's tree farm, public parks, Hoder Creek and Beaver Lake, with the others having been given to interested residents for their own use. Varieties planted included four kinds of birch, Manitoba maple, ossier dogwood and black locust. 95 Per Cent City Taxpoyers Meet Deadline Bright light in city’s tax. ure. Finance chairman Ald. G. S. Rust stated at Tues- day nights meeting, that of the $26 million to be co! lected in taxes by the Ji Joly 2 deadine, the city had be- te In receipt of $2.5 -mit- jon. amounts to 95 Pr Sa of the taxes having paid," he said.