10 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, August 17, 1972 Castlegar Council Briefs the minimum standards set out by Burnaby. es * @ @ Mine Lauriente was ap- corppliments ointed as the town’s re- for Regional ed to all their * cooperation. Recreation Commission No. was the resignation A well balanced budget finance ing extends for to be slightly higher than estimated with costs belng kept in line with the am- ounts budgeted, resignation be ef i mediately as he In other Fase: coun- ed a job away from Castle- cil was faced with the re- gar. j peated prob! Pronlem of John Swe herbike has been un- Council said it would successfull eno eine noise not be regulatin, from a transformer lessened deliveries accor by’ Wer Kootenay owe Power size of the vehicles. would now look into regula- WEP requesting they eee ting the time of gas run- wy. NZ, ACCOMMODATION WANTED Selkirk College requires student accommoda- tion for the coming academic year. Anyone will ing to make accommodations available should send a description to Student Housing, Box 1200 Castlegar, B.C. or phone 365-7292. 2-33 —= CASTLEGAR HOTEL UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Invites you to try our RUSSIAN dinners, STEAK dinners, (CHICKEN dinners, or drop ; infor snack WE CATER — by reservation — to party dinners, dinner mestings and get-togethers. ROOMS AVAILABLE BY DAY, WEEK OR MONTH — Very Reasonable Rates — Open 3 - 8 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday Sunday 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. — Closed Mondays Natalie & Mike Andruff CASTLEGAR HOTEL Phone 365-7474 2-32 ning. An Investigation f9.° to te termine which suitable time to both ve transporter and the retail outlet will now take place. Council” eee down the sitet from Hipwell Re- to purchase the Kerr on Columbia Ave, Canaan Tuesday did not voice concern for less efficient delivery should air mail service be dropped. It was felt truck ing of mail could prove ‘s be quite efficient. It did, however, show concern for some side affects this move may bring, such as increas- ed limousine and air passen- ger costs. e* @ & Council allocated $4,- 950 for arena expansion which means the Increasing of the ice surface and. the moying.of § of sence boards. 0 write the Minor en "Resvclae tion advising them the list unter Jabor mentioned by them would be greatly ap- preciated. ee 8 Delinquency was xepor- ted to council of about 20 watt and sewerage ac- its. The town will abide ty eS bylaw which calls for water to be cut off from delinquent users. ee @ & Ald. Bob Madodcks was given permission to attend the Sept. 12 meeting of the Union Board of Health in Vancouver. Highway Shrubs To he Tended By Department Mayor Colin Maddocks of Kinnaird has termed an offer from the dcpartment of highway to maintain thi interchange as being “a sa isfactory arrangement.” We Hate To SayIt.... BUT School Supplies Are On Display All School Lists Are Available = For Reference ‘Tommy Biln, Corner of Pine & Columbia, Ph. 365-7818 Open Mon.Sat. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m, to 9 pm. Sunday & Holiday Hours: 12 noon -1 p.m. 6-7 p.m. Highway En- gineer J. W. Nelson inform- ed council of the following proposal: That the department provide financial assistance the amount of $15,000 te the Town of Kinnaird to help defray the cost of in- lation of the latest well, providing that the town as- sures the department that an adequate supply of wa- ter will be available for a * possible to COLIN MADDOCKS Door-to-Door Swing Through Riding Conducted by Grit Liberal candidate Colin Maddocks is continuing his “get to know the people” impaign. OF the past two weeks he has been stumping from door to door up and down the Rossland-Trail riding and “feels great satisfact- jon at the enthusiasm” he has received, “I have found there is an Increasing desire for a change Victoria, and ae have express- ed. "confidence in my ability to represent them in the Legislature.” Working on an almost dawn to dusk schedule, Mr. Maddocks said that ‘he in- tends to cover as many homes as possible before election day on Aug. 30. Zoning Requested For Mobile Park Near Cemetery An zoning has been made by a trio of local businessmen for a mobile home park in Kinnaird. Appearing before coun- cil on Tuesday night were David Cooper, Don Wickett and Carl Henne, who out- lined some of thelr x plans for a park opposite the ceme- Aldermen told the del- egation that it would not be, hold a public isonet on the zoning un- application for Continued from Page | Sentinel Baseball Winners er hit a homer, ad in the Hird, “Robert sherstobltoft lid the same. In the fifth, Joe Nevakshonolf hit a two baser, and two of the Sen- tinels, as a result, came ome. Delta embarrassed the by the Sentinels 2-0, but bot! teams played an excellent game, enee was Robert Sherstobi In hard-fought fifth uae again against Delta, the Sentinels went down 4-1. Until the seventh inning the score was tied 1-1, then Delta hit a homer . and scored three more runs. In the bottom of the sev- enth, Sental had the bases jaded but ao could break away to off a win. speaking of the game afterwards, the coach, Phil Sherstobitoff and Bill Ker- aiff_and manager Red_War- ner, said the fielders show- ed up with their ability to pick up the ball from any place, and “the catching by Carl Kooznets off was, as usual, tops.” “The fans from’ Delta and area complimented our team for thelr sportsman- ship,” Mr. Warner sald, “and the umpires told us how much they enjoyed umping when our boys were lay! the parents who either travelled with the team of appeared at the park showed that Castlegar and district has more sport blood and spirit than most other areas,” Mr. Warner “Coaches ‘Bill Keraiff and Phil Sherstobitoff, as well as business manager Red Warner,” said one of the parents, “can now sit back and say, ‘well, done, fellows.’ "' We never. took top money but second ; is, darn good, but without the club's backing and many supporters this wouldn't have been done.” The players all had high praise ‘for the ladies who kept them well fed and in high spirits, particularly Mrs. Keraiff, Mrs. Sherstob- itoff, Mrs. Townsend and Mrs, Warner, Cost Factor Seen as Problem In Crestview Pedestrian Walk The minister of pst ways, Hon. W. D. has told Kinnaird ann he is “hesitant to make any final judgement without more information” on a re- quest for a pede: ssing at the ‘Crestview subdivision Mr. Black said in his letter to council that there “are many. hundreds of similar points throughout the highway system and it is not possible to consider the construction of over- passes or underpasses at all of them.” it Wasn’t Easy But Downed Plane Took fo the Air An aircraft, which land- ed on the banks of the Koo- tenay River Saturday, Aug. 5, remained a conversation plece until it Rise Succene Speaking ioe the group, Davia Cooper said rezoning would be requested on two parcels of land, one seven acres and the other 10. . These properties he id- entified as being the Mor- an and cipping petorerty and the Deptuck The design ort i would be cloverleaf in si would seoomamadate’ when completed, 48 pads. would. be in aie rigating the eas of the interchange. It also offered to as- sume full responsibility for installing and maint an automatic underground sponsibility for ance of the grassed area and shrubs. This, Mr. Nelson advis- ed, would realize a saving to Kinnaird of at least $i, 000 per year. Candidates Meet An all candidate meet- ing will be held in the main lounge of Selkirk College next Thursday. Sponsored by Selkirk College the meeting comes one week before the pro- vincial election on Aug. 30. It will start at 8 p.m. Garden Automotive. FOR ANY OCCASION “Everything for the Do-lt-Yourselfer” SEE OUR GRAND SELECTION OF GIFTWARE “Remember, We Are Closed Mondays [vchel Supply FRONT STREET, CASTLEGAR PHONE 365-7252 Raves as demands on space. rentals warranted, he As the town does not have adequate facilities to supply water at this time to the area, the developers will put in their own wells. The mobile home de- . velopment, Mr. Cooper said, would have a park-like atmosphere, with trees, landscapping plots, a cen- tral park and a green swath out in front. Forest Service Posts Wools ‘Extreme’ Forest conditions in the Castlegar district remain “extreme” the local office of the bene Forest Service reports, ‘Although there have been no new outbreaks in this immediate area, there were 166 new outbreaks re- ported throughout the pro- vince last ‘week. At pres- ent, according to the latest figures released by the for- on service, 182 are ning. ne Mcanwhite, the 30-day forecast issued Tuesday predicts above normal tem- peratures and below norm- al precipitation. Shy Je landing re ast "Sa The Cessna 150, owned by Tri-Air of Calgary and piloted by Gordon John Taylor, was firet reported tohave made the emergen- cy landing after runnig out of fuel. It now appears the cause may have been fuel starvation. One instrument registered three hours and minutes flying time since Fetueling: ie plane was succes- sfully removed to solid ground by being placed on skids then toed. The water has been ris- Bp feet short of the Castlegar Airport on what could be described as a _ slowly shrinking island. Once out to the highway the local RCMP provided an escort while the ‘craft taxied to the Castlegar Air- port. Deer on Highway _ Upsets Vehicle From Kelowna A Kelowna driver roll- ed his car between Syringa Creek and the Hugh Keen- leyside Dam to avoid hitting -a deer on Friday . Allan Munroe reported the incident to police at 10 pm. and said estimated at $800. Don Brothers. KINGAR CONTRACTORS LID. BACK-HOE, TRUCKING, DISPOSAL FIELDS, SEPTIC TANKS & EXCAVATING HOURLY OR CONTRACT TELEPHONE ROBSON 365-6638 BA Box 1248 — Castlegar, B.C. “In fact,” he said,” be- cause of the very extreme- ly high cost we have to limit them to the occassion- al freeway application or in some most unusual clr- cumstances where no other solution is Ms The was asking his department Soria‘ reporton;the}matter. 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Pais, SHIPMENT of FALL | FABRICS Knits — Fortrel — Plaids Velvets — Printed Arnel Velours HALF PRICE SALE OF COTTON PRINTS damage was LUNCH KITS ‘at SCHOOL OPENING SPECIAL PRICES AIR TRAVEL AGENTS FOR: ALL AIRLINES ‘@ Reservations @ Tours @ Hotel Accom. — seesesiveres: An Election Feature "THE WAY | SEE IT" With the provincial * ection campaign drawin; a close, the Castlegar Ae thas opened its columns to the candidates in two rid- ings’ to allow them to ex- press their views, Each candidate in Ross- land-Trail and Nelson-Cres- ton was asked to submit ** §00 words on the theme “The way I see it.” Here are the candidates in ace ‘Trail, HON. DONALD BROTH- ERS, (Soéial Credit); A na- tive of Grand Forks, he was educated in Trail and ser- ved with the RCAF during - Soclal Credit 3 the Second World War. He graduated in law from UBC in 1949, practising in Trail, and-ran in a federal elect- fon in 1957, Elected to B.C, Legislature in 1958, enter- ed the cabinet in 1064 as minister of mines, He is now Minlster of Education. CHRIS D'ARCY, (New Democratic Party): Born in Victoria, educated at Uni- versity Benne dn the capit- al city. Mr. D'Arcy is pub- lisher of the Kootensy Sen- tinel and a free lance writ- er. A resident of the district for 12 years, he campaign (Continued on Page 14) BROTHERS, Donald Leslie As I see it, Castlegar's most spectacular develop- ment has been during the term of the Soclal Credit government. It started with the construction of the Blue- berry-Paulson hway which brought traffic to the ocr DON BROTHERS Marea. “Its future was. assur- . ed when the Celgar Com-* pany: began construction: of ~ dts pulp mill and sawmill: TENNIS WINNERS In Nelson on " Sundy Glenn Arch were Jeff f Margie Ar ted with the setae of the High Arrow Dam. govern- the canal project and the second the impending start of the highway from Kin- naird to Salmo. This impor- tant link will bring much more traffic to the area and I predict will cause the Castlegar area to become a major transportation cen- The district also show- ed leadership in having the first regional college con- structed Now that the Arrow Dam has heen com- pleted, the government has proceeded with the develop- ment of a major marine campsite at Syringa Creek, complete with a paved road. Work is underway to- day on an access road. to Deer Park, and it is my aim and objective to have this road continue along the Jake so that in time to come it too will become, a. beauti- ful scenic’ drive, ‘bringing: tourists: to the: Castle, . (Continued on Page ie New Democratic Parly D'ARCY, Christopher _ As I see it, the major issues in the campaign are bread and butter economic issues. In meeting more than 6,000 people, I have been asked again and again about the state of the ec onomy in Rossland-Trail, the CHRIS D‘'ARCY : high levels of unemploy- “ment and welfare in B.C. The area economy has af been declining since 1950. There are now 1,000 few- er industrial Jobs, an and 100 fewer small businesses than 20 years ago, in spite, ‘of the infusion! of Any Celgar pay- roll in 1960-81. Ido not blame Comin- — they have had to take advantage of lecbnole. gical change in order stay competitive in iiterna: tional markets. I do not the interior with greater transportation _ difficulties have attracted secondary ertiary industries. I ent, I met with the manag- ers of firms that’ were de- centralizing to interior svor loca tions, away from ‘high-cost urban centers. It seems I was the first lobbyist to . uggest to them that this aren was. desirable from view. This was not (Continued © on Page wm Liberal MADDOCKS, Colin Thomas. ‘As I see it, the West Kootenays is an area which provides a “complete range of natural benefits. We should be able to enjoy all , the amenities related to rivers, Jakes, mountains, and forests. These are na- ture's contribution to one of the best endowed areas in the world, Man has, how- ever, developed the ability to destroy, not. only him- self, but all the ife-giving elements of natupe. We are faced with an * accelerating trend of de- structive ‘development and neglett of our environment and its ecology. Through legislation and encouragement we must discipline ourselves, and be- come more aware of the ad- Koff, Donna McCreight, CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1972 Barry Depa ned Rolend Kemperman. — Castlegar News Photo Castlegar Tennis Club Stars Sweep Cups At Nelson Junior Open Mafch on Sunday More sports ‘honors came to Castlegar over the weekend. Of seven trophies in the Nelson Junior Open Tennis Tournament, five -of them went.to local ee Glenn Archam! and Jeff Pantages wulpped Mike and Rick Pagan of Nelson 6-0 and 6-1 in the boys under 18 coubles: es Then in the boys sin, al. Jeif Pantages beat ‘wlike Pagan 6-0 and 6-4. Glen Ar- chambault - whipped Rick Pagan 6-1 and 6-0 in the consolation round. Margie Arishenkoff and. Donna McCreight, were forced to go five sets be- fore disposing of Pat Pagan and Jennifer Stanger of Santi and:- girls under 18; " McCreight also> won the girls singles, rip and. ping Miss Pagan 6-0 DePaoli swamp-: Barry ed fellow city player Rol- and Kemperman 6-0 twice in taking the boys singles un- der 14. DePaoli and Kem- perman lost a heartbreak- in boys under He doubles, ° 6 to losing 46, 6-3 a Mike and Rick Pagan in the first round, é * measures” Weyerhaeuser to Spend Money on Environment ~ “Several million dol- lars” will be spent for “ad- ditional environmental pro- Minister Ray Williston as saying that one of the con- ditions of the provincial ction at Castle- gar," according to a. state- ment issued by Weyerhaeu- ser Canada Ltd. which is expected to purchase the Celgar operations. Announcing that negot- jations were. being carried out between the ’s approval of the transfer of the Celgar interior tree farm licence would be a reassessment of the utilization of the tim- ber it provides, nounced but forest industry. observers sald it would likely be in the $50 million range. eSales from the Castle- gar operations were appro- ximately 40 per cent of the total Colcel 1971 sales of $83.4 milion. It to take The formal ment from the two comp- anies on said that Weyerhaeuser Canada pre- sident T. G. Rust said the Company would take “pro- téction measures, particu- larly effluent control to meet government stand- Mayor John Landis, of Castlegar, in welcoming "the giant forest concern into the area, said he hoped these Colcel’s management has recommended acceptance of the Weyerhaeuser prop- osal to buy the Castlegar operations for “appro: ately stated net asset vale ue.” The formal up to sie weeks to ork out the final agreement. Jim Wall, president of Colcel, sald, could still fall ap- art. ‘there are still a lot of details which have to be cleared up.” ‘The agreement is sub- ject to approval of the f both ment from the two compan- fies on Thursday said that hoards of companies. The ‘Celanese board of directors has re- con- -Colcel’s has Ne ‘ion to its eight mem- would include smoke control which, he said, was a very serious matter to the people of this area, 1 The deal to purchase the Celgar plant does not include the operations at Prince Rupert. An article in The Vancou- The: only Nelson win- | 4 ners were Miss Pagan who defeated Miss Stanger 7-6 in the girls single consola- tion under 18 and Doug Curiston who edged club player Randy Mann 7-5, 4-5 and 6-4 in gaining the boys _ ugder 14 consolation final. - Review of the Voting Record Since 1952 Ramsey. Acting. Editor © < The year.1952 was’ the © year of victory. for the So- cial Credit movement and eres: tives who had jj up their Coalition govern- ment. - Since that time there have been six provincial elections in British Colum- bia. Now. we are into the seventh, and it might be interesting to look at the voting record of three com: stituencies . this Rossland-Trail, NelsonCres. ton and. RevelstokeSlocan. Since that election day 20 years ago constituency poundariee have Revelstoke and Kaslo-Slo- can ridings, and the mode of voting has undergone considerable change. t the time of the 1952 election there was in it Ww: “voting,” whereby. the piled noes the . top — two. ‘Thus,*in the 1952 and“ 1953 x find ' first counts and (n this listing, we have not taken the returns for the ridings now making up Revelstoke-Slocan : until ‘it was created for the 1966 election). Now, back to that elec- tion in 1952 when the old- line parties went down to defeat. Here are the returns: NelsonCreston (first count). Hendricks (Lib) 2,572 Stibbs (PC) Simms (CCI Black (Socred) The fmal count, under alternative voting, showed W. D, Black tier 4,265 and Hendricks with 3 . 351, Rossland “Trail (first unt). Turnbull (Lib) * 3,331 = Any School Financing Changes Could Lead fo Higher Taxes Any change inthe present method of financ ing education in British Columbia would bring about . higher taxes for everyone, Education Minister Donald Brothers says. . Referring to recent promises by opposition De ‘ty candidates that they ‘would remove school taxes from real property if their parties are elected August 30, Mr. Brothers | asked, “how foolish can these peo- ple be?” The minister was guest speaker at a strawherry s0- cial in New Denver given by Burt. Campbell, incum- bent Social Credit’ who is seeking re-election in the: much money is spent on ed- ucation,” he said. “ “in order to get elect- ed in Alberta, the Progres- Sive Conservatives promis- ed they would take school taxes off the land, but now that they aro in office you will note: that they have not done what they prom- ised,” Mr. Brothers contin- ued, “Now the Liberals and the: NDP. in British Colum- bia “think this is a good vote-catching gimmick and they are: promising to do the ‘same, and this means that if they had their way, they: would abolish the home-owner grant,” he said. onthe municipalities have been pressing for removal of. school taxes from real Property for years because they know they would ‘then ” be able to move further in- to this field,” Mr. Broth- ers said. “The home-owner grant would be abolished and per- sonal. income would have to be increased in ‘or-* der to pay for school costs. Everybody would be paying more taxes but they would have no control over how Mr. the guests’ at the strawber- ry festival that home-own- ers in British Columbia pay the: lowest school taxes in all of Canada and that, at the ‘last: session of the Le- gislative Assembly the pro- vincial government brought further relief from schoo) taxes to senior citizens, in the form of an additional 0 grant. “A vote for any of the opposition candidates on Aug, 30 is a vote for high- er taxes all around,” Mr. Brothers said. oui seb a compli- « Eres is” winnings were . iin + the. fini Health | Minister. Do Turnbull went down ‘to de- feat with 4,803 votes against Robert Sommers 5, 917. The « following ° year, 1958, Premier W. A. C. Bennett, who was operat with a minority government went to the polls again. Here are the results of that election. Nelson-Creston (first 3,450 count). Black. (Socred) Simms (CCF) 2,638 Mountford (LPP) 99 Tees - (Lib) 1,803 Shorthouse (PC) 772 his, the last of the (continued on page two) 580-ton-per-day pulp mill there and the adjacent sawmill of 120 million board feet annual capacity.” McMurray. also Mr. quoted Lands and Forests Sod Turing Due For Curling Rink On Saturday * -A proud« moment... for - “all curlers ‘in .the-area. will. be 2' p.m} Saturday. ‘ At that time, a a iter sod turning cere! will take’ place beside th the. Cast- legar arena to. launch the Castlegar and District Curl- ing — Club's. :“go-it-alone” plan to build a curling rink. Club - President Jack Chernoff said he hopes to have the oldest active curl- er in the area, Bill Grey, Weyerhaeuser proposal to buy. the Castlegar operat- fons — for stated net asset value.” This figure was not an- “approximately _ Loni (out of 10) on the Col- board: T. G. Rust, president of Weyerhaeuser Canada, (Continued on Page 14) Advance Polling Opens Today In Hi Arrow-Arms Mofor Hole! cial oer eats ee ternoon when eral) and Joan Sloan (Pro erosive Conservative). ‘polling stations open a handle the ballots of those who will be away for the Aug. 30 election. The advance polls will be open until 9 p.m. to- night and from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. ‘on Friday and Sat- urday. Castlegar-Kin- the naird area, which - forms part of Rossland-Trail con- “living. in, Nelwn-Cresion, from: such’ comrouni joreacr- es, South Slocan, Crescent Valley and Slocan Park, an advance’.poll will be open during the same hours as above in the Senior Citiz- ens Lounge, 717 Vernon, Nelson, Meanwhile, the elect- ion campaign enters its fin- al week, with the balloting being: held on Wednesday. ‘Trail there Burt Campbell i seeking Te: is re election for Social Credit, - ard Lavalle | (Liberal) anit sive Conservative). ing held in the Women’s ” of th Among those present will be the ee -vice-presi- dent of the Canadian Curl- ing Association, Bill Leaman Civic representatives from. both Castlonae and Kinnair een in- have vited to attend the aeeent. in are three candidates, incum- bant Hon. Donald Brothers (Social Credit). Chris D’, cy, (NDP) and Colin” Miad- docks (Liberal), In Nelson-Creston, Hon. Wesley. Black is once more fe Social Credit standard bear Lorne __ Nicolsort Soca: EDUCATION MINISTER DON BROTHERS was guest of honor at a Strawberry Social held in-New Denver on Tuesday evening in support of :Socred incumbent Burt. Campbell. There were 318 servings of strawberries and ice cream, including the one being given Mr. Brothers by pretty Shelly Thring while Mr. Campbell looks on, A number of servings of strawberries and ice cream were also delivered (NDP) Ned MacNeill (Lib- 4 to patients in Stocan Community Hospital. The social was one of five being held in the Revelstoke-Slocan constitu- -° ency, The final strawberry social will be held this coming Sunday evening at 6.30 p.m. in the Slocan City ball park. Live music will be provided by The Playmates, who also olayed at New Denver. — Castlegar News Photo