CAR FLEET . . . Dozens of cars gleam in the sun at the Hyundai dealer parking lot in Castlegar. The Hyundai was first introduced to the cess ever since. HYUNDAI CARS SELL WELL IN CANADA Hundreds of Hyundais are roaming the streets of the Kootenays since Castlegar Hyundai officially opened its doors in October 1985. In 1984, 25,000 Canadians bought an automobile most people had never heard of built by a company whose name they could searcely pronounce. No other import company has ever enjoyed such a successful first year. The Hyundai Pony has been available in other parts of the world since 1976. Every model year since then, Hyundai has made changes and some of those changes were made especially for Canada. After intensive winter testing in an icebox called Kapuskasing, Ont., Hyundai engineers installed a more powerful battery, a four-speed heater, an improved rear window defroster, special rust-proofing and Michelin all-season, steel-belted radial tires. In 1985 the luxury, mid-size Stellar was introduced and in 1986 the front-wheel-drive Excel was unveiled. At the beginning of 1986, there were more than 100,000 Hyundai cars on Canada’s roads. Credit for that belongs to Hyundai's dedicated and thoroughly professional dealers. They did it by investing in superior facilities and high-tech equipment. Hyundai is a company that sets ambitious goals for itself. In 1972 Hyundai began work on a five million square metre shipyard, the largest of its kind in the world. Construction was completed in just 15 months. ‘The first ocean-going vessel to be built in the Hyundai shipyard was completed in less than one year. Since then, almost 240 Hyundai-built ships have been delivered to Canada, the United States, Japan, Great Britain, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany and many other nations. Hyundai is the biggest commercial enterprise in Korea and the 44th largest in the world. Hyundai cars, trucks and buses are in 65 countries. Hyundai is no stranger in Canada. As a major importer of coal, uranium and other raw materials, Hyundai has long played an active role in Canadian resource development projects. Aasland taxidermy Kootenay's biggest The Aasland Museum Taxidermy, located at 1927 Columbia Ave. in Castlegar. provides museum quality taxidermy service desi individ The company, owned by Odd Aasland and managed by Stephen Davis, opened its Castlegar operation in November, 1986. Aasland originally started in Castlegar in the 1960s and the moved to Cranbrook in 1957. Aasland Museum Taxidermy is now the largest taxidermy firm in the Kootenays Stephen Davis says it is the ability to recreate wildlife in a highly realistic appearance with virtually no restriction as to position or style that makes Aasland Museum Taxidermy a quality firm. Aside from Odd Aasland and Stephen Davis, the company employs Tim Cherry. Tim is new to Aasland Museum Taxidermy and works in both the Castlegar and Cranbrook shops. He is a qualified taxidermist, having worked with Ron Tilley, curator of the Regina Natural History Museum, and Forest Hart, world-class taxidermy sculptor. John Davis and Joyce Aasland are the support staff and they take care of preparatory and finishing work. Stephen Davis adds, “With the largest and most qualified staff in the Kootenays, we are able to produce for our customers award winning recreations of wildlife.” Aasland Museum Taxidermy has received Taxider my International competition awards in excellence from full-shoulder mounts to life size. Stephen Davis and the staff invite you to come in and have a look around at the wildlife of B.C. Aasland Museum Taxidermy will be at the Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club West Kootenay Trade Fair April 24-26. Come and talk to them about your taxidermy needs and see what they can do for you, or drop by their shop between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. 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James Findley's 1978 Oldsmobile (above) was just one ot ‘driving without du® care and i if two ¢ars involved in a collision at appro: ately 10:25 a.m. Saturday at the Highway 3 aid 3A interchange: Findley, of Nelson, was charged with — were injured. PEAK SCALER PAT MORROW PLANS TREK By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer One of the first Canadians to climb to the top of Mount Everest is up to his old tricks again. Four and a half years after climbing to the summit of the highest point on Earth, Kimberley native Pat Morrow is getting ready for another run up the Himalayas, only this time he’s taking his wife along. In an interview with the Castlegar News Friday, Morrow said he and his wife Baiba, will embark on a ,871-kilometre hike around the Himalayas. He added that they'll be using almost every form of transportation known to man. “We'll go on bicycles and on foot and by local transport. Essentially we're going to travel across Tibet and down into Pakistan, over into Kashmere, cross northern India into Nepal and then back up into Tibet,” said Morrow. The route Morrow has outlined sounds like a vacationer’s paradise — only he and wife Baiba are not going in an air conditioned tour bus. Because they will be walking and bicycling most of the way, and seeing that the adventure begins in one month’s time, it could be expected the Morrows are going through a vigorous training schedule. Not so. PAT MORROW embarking on new climb The two of them are currently on a tour of B.C. and Canada, showing a slide presentation about Pat's climb to the top of the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, and he says they're doing some training along the way. “It’s impossbile to train every day. What we've been doing, on this trip we've laid out our Interior slide tour so that we could have half a day off here and there. So we've been skiing every two days and we carry our skiis up to the top of the ski hill and have one run down. That's continued on px New budget approved By RON NORMAN Editor budget increased by less than one per Castlegar’s share of the regional © $28,124 for General Government Services, down more than $6,750 from The Regional District of Central Kootenay board Saturday approved a 1987 budget totalling nearly $6.6 million. That's up about six per cent from last year's budget of about $6.2 million. But only a fraction of the budget — $842,000 — is earmarked for regional services used by all 11 electoral areas and fine municipalities. The remaining $5.75 million is tar getted for specific regional services such as street lighting for Area I, animal control for Robson, or the Ootischenia dump. Each community pays only for the service it receives from the regional district. cent, from $554,479 in 1986 to $558,380 this year — a hike of $3,901. And that includes $45,000 for the transit system which the city pays to the regional district and which it didn’t pay last year. Castlegar's contribution dropped in several areas. For instance, its share of the Pioneer Arena fell by more than $7,000 from. $47,786 last year to $40,297 this year. Castlegar's pottion of regional parks primarily Pass Creek Park dropped by about $600, from $8,635 in 1986 to $8,049 this year. Other services the city will fund include: $34,864 last year, e $7,798 for grants-in-aid which fell from $10,468 in 1986; @ $49,141 for administration costs, down nearly $10,000 from $59,025 last year; © $22,541 for planning, up from $20,960 last year; ¢ $23,501 for economic development, up more than $6,500 from $16,929 last year; © $36,300 for the Ootschenia dump, down nearly $20,000 from last year's $55,959; e@ $45,775 for Regional Recreation Commission No. 1, down from $48,209; IMtion after-he struck the Datsun of Trail. Both Sammon and Findley CosNews Photo by Mike Kolesniko INVITATION DECLINED BY COUNCIL By CasNews Staff Castlegar council has decided to steer clear of the controversial issue of privatization of the provincial govern- ment Liquor Distribution Branch. Council this week declined an invita tion to make a formal presentation to the traveling Liquor Policy Review Committee. The committee will hold 13 hearings around the province between April 13 and May 1, including an April 23 hearing at the Fireside Inn in Castlegar. The committee will examine the privatization of government liquor outlets, along with issues concerning liquor control and licensing. However, council agreed to follow a RDCK to take Hydro to court By RON NORMAN Editor The Regional District of Central Kootenay board unanimously agreed Saturday to proceed with a court case against B.C. Hydro and the provincial government over Hydro’s special tax exempt status. The board made the decision after Municipal Affairs Minister Rita John- son ‘said the province will not alter Hydro's tax status. “B.C. Hydro’s primary generation facilities, oriented to serving regional or provincial markets, will remain non-taxable,” Johnson said in a March 20 letter to the board. Under a 1968 order-in-council Hydro does not have to pay taxes on its dams and related holdings on the Columbia and Peace river systems. The regional board claims it is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars because of Hydro's special tax situa- tion, and that local industry, business and homeowners are paying more be- cause Hydro doesn’t pay its share of taxes. Regional board chairman George Cady said Saturday the regional district had proposed a “sweetheart deal” similar to a pact the province has made with Hudson's Hope. Hudson’s Hope receives a special grant in lieu of taxes on Hydro's nearby W.A.C. Bennett dam. And Johnston said in her letter that Victoria is considering a similar grant or “other benefit” for Revelstoke be- cause, like Hudson Hope, the Revel- stoke dam has a direct impact on the community, “But it should not be anticipated that any other communities or regions will be considered in a similar light,” grants for the Central Kootenay regional district. “They chose not to change their policy,” Cady said in an interview Saturday. The regional district has built up a $115,000 war chest to help carry out its legal battle with Hydro and the province. That includes $25,000 in this year's budget, $25,000 from last year's budget and a total of $65,000 from three other regional districts also af- fected by Hydro’s tax exempt status. Cady predicted a long legal fight. “It's going to go all the way to the Supreme Court,” he said. Cady added that the legal costs are justified by the potential tax return. Waterslide up against wall By CasNews Staff A proposal to build a waterslide near the Sunset Drive-in Theatre off High- way 3A hit a minor roadblock Satur- day. from city administra tor Dave Gairns and not take an official position on any liquor policies. “It's a contentious issue,” Ald. Nick Oglow pointed out. Oglow said council members could have several different views on the issue, so council shouldn’t adopt any formal position. However, Oglow noted that council members can give their personal views at the hearing. Gairns said he is unaware of any specific concerns that “would warrant a submission by the city.” “Council may recall that the question The Regional District of Central Kootenay board expected to give first and second reading to a bylaw that would allow the waterslide to proceed, and to set a date for a public hearing. However, the board decided to put off the bylaw readings and postpone the public hearing until it receives responses on the proposal from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environment. Sven Dahl-Jensen, acting director for Area J in Martin Vanderpol's ab- sence, said a public hearing will be held as soon as the provincial ministries r ity for liquor licensing was raised at the premier's conference in January, and there was a clear consensus that this was a matter that should remain a provincial responsibility.” Gairns said the committee will consider two questions about privatiza tion: Is further privatization necessary or desireable? If it is, how could it best be implemented? As well, the committee will look at: e the type and nature of liquor licenses to be authorized; e criteria for reviewing liquor license applications and renewals; e nature of liquor advertising; e days, hours and conditions of operating licensed premises; @ the role of municipal governments in provincial liqoor policy. have itted their findings. Sunset Drive-in Theatre Ltd. wants to amend zoning to allow construction and operation of a waterslide. Last spring the regional board gave the green light to a 54-site campground when it approved a request to rezone 8.8 acres adjacent to the drive-in from commercial to campground use. In other regional district news, the board agreed to re-instate funding for the Central Kootenay Union Board of Health on a trial basis for the 1987-88 fiscal year. The regional board had suspended funding for the year because of a dispute over several items, including sewage disposal permits and the make-up of the board. Area E director (Balfour-Blewett) Wally Penner, who spearheaded the break with the Union Board of Health, said a number of his concerns have been addressed. “I feel the Union Board of Health is starting to shape up and will be on track in the near future,” Penner said in a memorandum to the regional board. Meanwhile, the board also agreed to ask the Ministry of Environment to investigate installing a fish ladder on a creek on the Lower Arrow Lake. The ministry announced last month it has scrapped plans to install a fish ladder on Inonoaklin Creek saying it will instead focus its fish enhancement program by expanding the Hill Creek hatchery on the Upper Arrow Lake. Castlegar Ald. Nick Oglow told the regional board Saturday that Castlegar council has already asked the ministry to look at another location for the fish ladder. “The City of Castlegar is quite disturbed over this,” Oglow said, and doesn’t want to see fish enhancement on the lower Arrow Lake forgotten. The regional board is also concerned about possible Canada Post Corp. plans to close rural post offices. The board agreed Saturday to ask Canada Post to charify rumors about the closures of some rural post offices. “All we're really asking for is information,” said Kaslo Mayor Jack Morris, who proposed the motion. Silverton Ald. John Anderson said a “fair number of jobs” will be lost if the rural post offices cluse. “It could lead, too, to a deterioration of the general service.”