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By SIMON BIRCH
Stafl Writer

Dixie Dee Powers, the former Castlegar resident
wanted on charges of fraud and running a pyramid scheme,
was arrested Friday in Cheyenne, Wyo. and charged with
conspiracy to commit violations of the Wyoming Uniform
Securities Act.

Natrona County assistant district attorney Mike
Blonigen said today Powers’ bail has been set at $250,000
and she remains in custody in a Casper, Wyo. jail where she
was transferred after her arrest.

Blonigen said Powers, 35, is charged with one count of
conspiracy to sell an unregistered security and one count of
conspiracy to make false statements while selling a security.

The maximum sentence on each count is three years in a
state penitentiary

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Powers will face a arses hearing on the charges
today or tomorrow, Blonigen said.

Powers was arrested afer Wyoming authorities
received a tip from one of her alleged brokers in the state
that she was in Cheyenne, he said, She had about $1,000 in
her possession at the time of her arrest; Blonigen said

“That's all that we found.”

Whether Powers will ever stand trial in British
Columbia remains to be seen, but Dana Urban, administra
tive crown counsel for the West Kootenay said Tuesday he is

“confident, that Dixie Dee Powers will be appearing in
Castlegar to answer the charges” against her.

“We will be in a better position in two weeks to
determine exactly what we'll do with her,” Urban said. “We
expect she will eventually attend court in Castlegar.”

Blonigen said he talked Friday with Canadian

Castlegar

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authorities about the outstanding warrants on Powers in
Canada.

“There appears to be a reasonably good chance of
extradition,” he said, but added further talks with Canadian
officials must be held.

The maximum penalty in Canada for the fraud offence is |
10 years in prison, and two years for the pyramid scheme
offence.

in Casth incial court Tuesday,
Daniel Anthony Voykin, 29, of Brilliant, Frederick
Chursinoff, 49, of Brilliant, Samuel Stoopnikoff, 28, of
Castlegar, and Steven Evdokimoff, 28, of South Slocan, all
charged with fraud and running a pyramid scheme along
with Powers, were given until Aug. 20 to enter pleas and

elect trial by judge or by judge and jury.
The four were expected to enter pleas Tuesday but

News

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1986

3 Sections (A, 8 & C)

Celgar pulp
mill granted
variance

By CasNews Staff

Environment Minister Austin Pelton
has approved Westar Timber's appli
cation for a variance order on its
pollution control permits governing air
emissions and effluent at Celgar Pulp
Operations — but with a few modi
fications.

Pelton shortened Westar's request
for a 10-year variance on air emissions
to just five years. The company must
finish improvements to its air polliton
control system by June 30, 1991.

However, Pelton agreed to Westar's
request for a 10-year variance on its
effluent permit. The firm tas until
June 30, 1996 to complete the neces
sary improvements.

But Celgar Pulp manager Wilf
Sweeney says the mill shouldn't have
any trouble meeting the new five-year
deadline.

“We had asked for 10 years and the
government asked us if we could
resolve the air problem in less than
that,” said in ar
today

He said any improvements to the
until the air

Sweeney interview

effluent system must wait
emissions have been improved anyway

‘We have to do that first,” he said
‘It fits quite well with the
regulations.

However.
pany is unsure of some of the require
ments in the variance order governing

permit

Sweeney says the com

air emissions

For instance
pollution levels will be measured at the
Ministry of Environment's monitoring
and District

the order says that the

station at Castlegar
Hospital

Sweeney said the company currently
measures air quality at the mill. He
suggested it may be difficult for
Westar to control the measurements at
the mill according to a monitoring
device several kilometres away

However, he said mill officials will be
meeting ‘vith Ministry of Environment

BUCKET BRIGADE . .
during Sunday's 4th annual SunFest tiremen’s com

SUNFEST:

F rn eee - eceeacuiaeeneeuat TS

Leyak ee

. Water was tlying everywhere

Saturday

regional manager Dennis McDonald
next week to go over the order

The variance order also carries with
it a $500,000 performance bond for each

WASN'T IT

barrel race

pollution control permit
If work is not on schedule
before the deadlines, Westar will have

a year

A PARTY?

tq put up $500,000

Thus. if by the 1990, the
company has not met its upgrading
schedule for air emissions, it would
have to post a $500,000 bond with the
government

The bond
improvements
June 30, 1991

Mayor Audrey Moore liked the idea
of the performance bond, commenting.
That's the first time

June

event
foreited if the
finished by

would be
were not

participation

I've seen a

By CHERYL CALDERBANK

SunFest celebrations in Castlegar were another
success this year, according to organizers of the annual

SunFest chairman Gary Pearson said that after
talking with local groups, he is pleased with the level of

The fastball tournament at Kinnaird Park had a good
response Sunday, while activities at Pass Creek park on

Staff Writer
CPR train bridge

petitions at Pass Creek Pork

and Sunday
Saturday's dog show was also a popular event
some people stood along the shore to watch Sunday's

The Kiwanis club won Sunday's barrel race dowm the
Columbia River, but the winning time won't be released
until all outstanding tickets are in.
said one ticket was within one second of the winning time
which was unofficially around 51 minutes.
Pearson said the barrel race was a lot of fun
Rotary Club's barre!
was third in the race from the Robson boat launc h to the

The Rotary club put
starting line before the race and club members attempted
to ride the barrel, but it capsized and members ended up
going for an unexpected swim

The barrel race started in the middle of the river
with all barre!s lined up parallel to each other

attended
Sunday

were also well

Pearson

However.

The
finished second and the Lions club

a motor on its barrel at the

The

continued on page AZ

performance bond in a variance order.”

Moore said Tuesday that she had
just received the variance order and
hadn't had much time to review it. But
she said the order
requires Westar to maintain its pres
ent pollution control equipment

‘As weil, she said she's happy the
company will have to provide an annual

she is pleased

financial report so that the potential for
modifying the provisions of the order
can be

In addition. the 10-year
order for the effluent permit may be
amended following a review in three
years of Westar’s financial position and
iis progress in implementing the up
program

pal
jected an appeal

assessed
variance

gradiny Ootischenia.

overturn a Regional Distriet of Central
Kootenay rezoning decision.

Regional directors voted 10-7 on May
24 not to give third reading to a bylaw
to rezone 6.16 acres on Highway 3 in

CETAC Development Lid. of Castle
gar wants to construct a waterslide
mini-golf, recreational vehicle park
restaurant, motel
convenience store, health
fitness centre on the property

But Ritchie said in a letter to CETAC
that he has no authority to reverse the
regional board's decision

Ritchie said the Municipal
minister has the power to
changes to zoning bylaws
force zoning changes.

service station and
spa and
Ritchie re

by developers to

Affairs
prevent
but can't

Waterslide appeal rejected

By RON NORMAN
Editer
A $2 million waterslide theme park
proposed for Ootischenia was handed
another setback Monday when Munici
Affairs Minister Bill

‘What we were after was to make
changes,” explained Gary Exner. a
Nelson accountant and
CETAC directors.

Ritchie also noted
concerns about the siting of the water

one of four

regional board

slide on the property and about water
supply and sewage disposal.

He suggested CETAC
with addition.
He also said the

resubmit its
proposal supporting

material developers

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Board to

i tear down

library

By RON NORMAN
Editor

The Castlegar library board has
abandoned plans to expand the down-
town branch and will instead demolish
the 3rd Street building and construct a
new library on the site.

The change in plans for the library
was revealed during debate Tuesday
night at Castlegar council over a series
of bylaws to borrow funds for the new
library.

The library will cost $400,000 —
$200,000 of which will come from a
provincial Expo legacy grant and
another $200,000 from the City of
Castlegar.

Council agreed to the borrowing
bylaws — and thus to the plans to
construct a new library on the site of
the present library — by a 5-1 vote

Ald. Nick Oglow was the lone
dissenting voice.

“I do not agree with this concept,”
Oglow told council.

He said he opposes demolishing the
library building because it could be
used for something else. He suggested
the new library be built elsewhere are
part of a revitilization of the downtown
core.

“There are alternative sites available
within a two block area,” he said.

He proposed a council committee,
the library building committee and the
architect examine alternatives to
demolishing the existing library build
ing

Oglow also said the-new library
will end up costing $118,000
even before it is
He pointed out that demolishing the
and

| he said the replacement

value of the building is $50,000, and the
value of the land is another $50,000.

On top of that, he said the architect's
fee will cost an additonal $12,000 under
the new proposal.

He said the fee would normally be 7.5

r cent, or $30,000. But because
demolition is involved the fee will be
10.5 per cent of the total cost, or
$42,000 — “a difference of $12,000.”

Oglow warned the other council
members they will have to answer to
voters for demolishing the building.

But Mayor Audrey Moore pointed
out that the city’s contract with the
architect calls for a 7.5 per cent fee.

Moore also noted that one wall, all
the windows and other materials will
be salvaged.

“What we're doing in essence is
reworking a site,” she said

“I support the proposal and I support
the site,” Ald. Len Embree added.

He charged that Oglow's argument
was exaggerated to support his point of
view

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INSIDE

COURT BATTLE: Rural parents in
the Castlegar area are prepared
to go to court in an attempt to
keep three elementary schools
open next year A2

WATER PLAN: The long-awaited joint study of Inonnoaklin Creek

proposes three options... A2

SOUTHBOUND: Rotarian Jim Gouk 1s planning o 3,500 kilometre trip

through the U.S by bicycle

RATE HURTS:
thousands of dollars o year

The low Canadian

BEATING LINEUPS: VANCOUVER

AZ

as

jollar 1s costing area toxpayers

Able-bodied people are using

rental wheelchairs and scooters to avoid long lineups at Expo 86, a

world fair spokesman says

At most pavilions, the handicapped avoid lineups as a cour
tesy and some tairgoers are renting the scooters and wheelchairs to
beat the queves, says Rod Cameron

At the B.C. pavilion, which provides no special tavors tor the
handicapped becouse it is wheelchair accessible, Cameron sad
people have stood up and walked atter being told to line up

There have been miracles on our doorstep, he sard
We have observed people who are clearly not disabled

charging about in these things
po's international participants

sard Ted Allon. who represents Ex

Expo rents three-wheeled electric scooters tor $25 a day and

wheelchairs tor $7 0 day