News = April 27, 1991

GAR & DISTRICT PROJECT SOCIETY
NOTICE OF ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
Wed., May | — 7 p.m.

at the
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Fundamentals of Fire Fighting: Upon completion of this cour
demonstrate an understanding of fire behovier, fire suppress
nd or i

p.m. and Sun., May 5, .-5 p.m. $75
ring Pruning: TI c.

Topics clude pruning objectives, types a

other spring pruning. Sat., May 4, 9.a.m.-1 p.m. Fee $12. Castlegar Campus.

Container Gardening Hangin

for their hanging

class. Students will leave with t

Fee $12. Castlegar Campus.
ional

tain sket. Instructor will sell materials
ja:

peaker Penny Simkin. Thurs. p.m.-Free to the
iday, .
take place at the Castlegar campus.
TO REGISTER OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL:
Castlegar Campus
365-7292, local 208 or 273

inds-on” course, so bring your pruning shears.
thods of pruning, fruit trees and

Baskets: Participants should bring empty con.
jor basket at
ir own creations. Sat., May 11, 9.a.m.-1 p.m.

‘erinatal Education Conference: Just Another Day In a Woman's Uist
neral

ry 9,
public. Friday, May 10, 8-5 p.m., Conference Workshops. $30. Alll activities will

By CasNews Staff

The Tourism Action Commit-
tee, Kootenay region, got @
$50,000 boost for its programs
promoting tourism in the region.
the region.

Howard Dirks, recently ap-
pointed as minister of develop-
ment, trade and tourism, presen-
ted TASK chairman Marc Mar-

colin with two cheques '— one for
$40,000 and a second for $10,000
— at a brief presentation April
19 on the steps of the Castlegar
Travel InfoCentre.

Marcolin said the money will
be used to help various com-
munity projects. TASK and the
projects were developed from
recommendations made in the

Local tourism projects get $50,000

Regional Tourism Development

irks (left), minister
Howard Dirks ( 4 ) _
tourism, presents Marc
Marcolin (centre), chairman
of the Tourism

ment
heloon wafer Welly Penner
looks on.

CasNews photo

into a possible chiumbia River
i ion centre. C i

Opportunities Strategy
in May 1990.

“We're delighted the gover-
nment is giving us funding so we
can assist various communities
with the projects they are ad-
vocating,’’ Marcolin sai

The $10,000 cheque is ecar-
marked for a committee looking

chairman Luella Andreashuk said
the cheque would help pay for a

p! in. Results of the study
are scheduled to be released this
month.

The $40,000 cheque will help
other regional tourism projects.

A national program to reforest
and reclaim waste land areas.

Selkirk College

COMMUNITY

Bulletin Board

CASTLEGAR SENIORS ASSOCIATION

GOTH ANNIVERSARY TEA

‘Admission $1.50. Door prizes and bake sale. Proceeds towards Hospital re

AQUANAUTS SWIM REGISTRATION
April 25, 29 and May.2, 5-7 p.m. Recreation Centre Lobby. Limited enrollment
130. New swimmers must have copy of Birth Certificate. Individual $70, new
swimmers, $50. 3/33

Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit orgenizations may be listed
here. The first 15 words are $5 and additional words are 30¢ each. Boldfaced
words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. There is no ex

tra charge for a second insertion while the third consecutive insertion is half

price and the fourth and fifth consecutive insertions are only half price for the
two of them. Minimum charge is $5 (whether ad is for one, two or Yhree
times). Deadlines are 5 p.m. Wednesdays for Saturday's paper ond 5 p.m

Monday for Wednesday's paper. Notices should be brought to the Castlegar
News at 197 Columbia Ave.

COMMUNITY

Buliectin Board

Meeting will be held May 2, 2_p.m. Whist May 9, 7 p.m. 2/34

Xi Gamma Rho of Beta Sigma Phi May 4, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Senior Citizens Hall

An edi ional program to in-
crease awareness of conserva-
tion and environmental con-
cerns.

A fund raising project for
Scouting programs locally,
nationally and internationally.

Since 1974:
40 million seedlings planted.

Many countries helped by $3

197 Columbi

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Box 3404

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programe.
15% is invested tn B.C./Yukon
Scouting endowment funds.

15% aids the Brotherhood Fund with
community development around the

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. .. Local Government

— FUN NITE —

Wednesday, May | at SHSS Activity Room

6:00 p.m. — Displays (also some outside)

7:00 p.m. — Radio show, RAP Song, Council-For-A-Day (drama)
and other events involving KJSS and SHSS students
and City Council.

— Refreshments

— ESSAY CONTEST —

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Council members and city staff are always available to any

to receive information

local org

or group
regarding any aspect of local government.

PLEASE VISIT
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APRIL 26-28

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during the week
of April 29th.

If you have a group that is
interested, please phone
City Hall at 365-7227

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April 27, 1991

Valhalla Society disputes report

‘Sleight-of-hand reasoning’
makes findings misleading

By CasNews Staff

Diregtors. of the Valhalla Society
say a forest industry task force's
claim that creation of the Valhalla
Wilderness Park caused a loss of
jobs in the forest industry is
misleading.

The B.C. Forest Industry Land
Use Task Force said in a report 23
direct forest industry jobs were lost
following the creation of the 49,600-
hectare park in 1983.

But the Valhalla Society says no
direct jobs were lost.

The report ‘‘gives the impression
that 23 men were dismissed from
their jobs but in fact no pre-existing
jobs were lost,"’ Valhalla Society
director Anne Sherrod said in a news
release.

In an interview with the Castlegar
News, Sherrod said the jobs the
forest industry referred to were
potential jobs if logging were permit-
ted in Valhalla Park. And she said
linking jobs lost in the closure of
Kootenay Forest Products in Nelson
in 1982 with the creation of Valhalla

Park a year later is ‘‘sleight-of-hand
reasoning."* ~

The reallocation of KFP's timber
rights to other companies in the West
Kootenay, such as Slocan Forest
Products, helped make up for the
loss of timber from Valhalla Park
which was taken out of the Arrow
timber supply area, the task force
and the Valhalla Society agree.

But the task force report written
by ‘Clayton Resources Ltd. and
Rob Cc and cii
Ltd. of Vancouver, says the loss of
jobs at Kootenay Forest Products
reflects the number of jobs that
would have been lost at other com-
panies if KFP hadn’t shut down and
Valhalla Park timber was removed
from the Arrow timber supply area.

“On a regional basis, the impact
of the reduction in AAC (annual
allowable cut) required by the with-
drawal of land for the Valhalla Park
has in effect been reflected in the
termination of operations by
Kootenay Forest Products,’’ the
report says.

That's where the Valhalla Society

disagrees with the forest industry’s
_ consultants.

“Their whole charge of jobs lost is
based on this  sleight-of-hand
reasoning,"’ Sherrod said.

The forest industry and the society
also disagree on the extent to which
KFP timber replaced that which was
removed from the Arrow timber
supply area when Valhalla Park was
created.

“*Slocan Forest Products got other
timber to cover all they lost in
Valhalla Park,’’ Sherrod said.

But Terry Dods, manager of
resource development for Slocan
Forest Products in Slocan, said
that’s not correct

Dods said the amount of timber
SFP snagged from Kootenay Forest
Products doesn’t make up for his
company’s loss of access to timber in
Valhalla Park.

Dods pointed out that the original
estimate that 13,350 cubic metres of
timber would be lost by creating
Valhalla Park was subsequently in-

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hasn't lived up to its tourism

creased to 21,000 cubic metres after
the Ministry of Forests recalculated
the annual allowable cut for the
Arrow timber supply area.

Slocan Forest Products had rights
to about half that, Dods said.

Economic forecasts at the time-the
park was created also predicted the
number of jobs in the tourism and
recreation industries would rise to
200-300 from 60-70.

The task force says the actual
number of new tourism jobs created
as a result of the park is 16,

Sherrod said the consultants who
wrote the report based their
estimates on ‘‘suspect premises’’
such as assuming backcountry
visitors spend just one night in a
hotel before embarking for the
wilderness

“That's ridiculous,’’ said Sherrod,

lia Park. The forest indust: the has cost ond
eesti = igen 0

who operates a bed-and-breakfast
facility.

She said parties of four to 10
people stay as long as a week and
make day trips to Valhalla Park and
other destinations in the area.

“The notion that visitors stay only
one night in accommodations is only
one of the many presumptions (the
consultants) made which could be
slanted or totally false,"’ she said.

BRIEFLY

By CasNews Staff

labor union

March pays tribute

A National Day of Mourning for people killed or injured on the
job will be observed Monday in Trail with a march, a moment of
silence and ground-breaking ceremonies at Ginger Goodwin Park.

Organized by the Nelson, Trail and District Labor Council in
conjunction with the Canadian Labor Congress andthe United
Steelworkers of America, the activities will start at 4 p.m. with a
march from the city clock on Cedar Avenue to the corner of Cedar at
Portland Street, labor council vice-president Dominic Isernia said.

Guests and guest speakers scheduled to attend include several

ives and local politici:

he said.

are injured,

““Every year, more than 1,000 Canadian workers are killed on the
job,” the labor council said in a news release. ‘‘Hundreds of

disabled, and die from cancer,

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lung disease and other ailments caused by exposure to toxic substances
at their workplaces."’

Proclamations were read in Castlegar, by Mayor Audrey Moore,
Nelson and Salmo to recognize those workers on April 28.

Isernia said activities in Castlegar will be planned for next year’s
day of mourning.

Cominco suffers loss

Cominco had a $10.2-million net loss in the first three months of
this year compared with a $17.1-million profit last year, the company
said.

The loss was equivalent to 14 cents a share compared with a
profit of 20 cents a share in 1990.

Sales in the latest three months were $275.4 million, down from
$309.3 million in the first quarter of 1990.

The latest results reflect lower zinc prices, a drop in refined zinc
production and exhaustion of the Pine Point mine’s concentrate
inventory, i Robert said at the
annual meeting.

“The good news is that zinc production in Trail reached normal
levels in March as smelter modifications were largely completed and
successfully brought on stream,”’ he said.

“*The old lead-smelter is producing well and our mines, including
the Sullivan (at Kimberley) ran well with overall concentrate
production exceeding last year’s levels."’

But the new lead smelter at Trail has failed to perform as
expected and has been closed since March 1990.

Hallbauer said Cominco will make a decision in June on the
future of the plant, based on modifications that have been carried out.

Roadblock takes nine
Cc A k in taking nine drivers off
the road last weekend for drinking and driving, Castlegar RCMP said.
Three drivers were charged with impaired driving and another six
drivers were issued 24-hour suspensions, police said.

Thieves get cash
A small amount of cash was stolen from the Kitchen Design
Centre after thieves broke in through the back door sometime during

s

last Saturday night, police said.

suspect.

the night on April 17-18, Castlegar RCMP said.

Police seek suspect
A knife-wielding man brought the RCMP to the Martane Hotet

No injuries and no arrests were made. Police are looking for the

Pay

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Voykin, as vi would

from $8.25, and $17 for dinner, up
from $14.50.

Appeal
court
overturns
WKP
ruling

PENTICTON — West Kootenay
Power’s ability to access, maintain
and upgrade its 1,500 kilometres of
transmission lines has been fully re-
affirmed by the B.C. Court of Ap-
peal.
A unanimous decision April 18 in
Vancouver has exonerated WKP of
any wrong-doing in its land dealings
with three Penticton-area lan-
downers, the company said in a news
release. In handing down its
decision, the court has clarified the
utility’s rights contained in its stan-
dard easement agreement used
throughout the Okanagan Valley and
the East and West Kootenays.

““We couldn’t be more pleased
with the decision,”’ said Stu McKay,
WKP’s senior vice-president. ‘‘It
clears our reputation as a fair
negotiator in land dealings and
restores our ability to keep tran-
smission circuits properly ‘maintained
to meet customer demands for elec-
tricity.””

The successful appeal overturns an
October 1989 Supreme Court
decision which found that West
Kootenay Power had over-extended
its rights with respect to the three
Penticton landowners. That decision
awarded general and exemplary
damages in the amount of $49,280,
plus four years interest, plus court
costs. West Kootenay Power paid the
amount into a trust fund and im-
mediately launched an appeal.

In a written decision, the appeal
court judge found the 1989 decision
flawed in its interpretation of WKP
easements and erred in its decision to
award exemplary damages, the com-
pany said. The court completely
reversed the 1989 decision and
reduced damages to $7,280, an ex-
pense for weeding and re-seeding
which WKP has been willing to un-
dertake since it completed its tran-
smission line work in 1985.

McKay explained that the 1989
decision had left a cloud of disrepute
over what he said is WKP’s 94-year-
record of good faith with

WEIRD
SCIENCE
AT WORK

Science World teacher Dave
Savory gets help from

and jeopardized the value of
f

for an
air demonstration (op) after

have been paid an additional $125
per month. Under the existing bylaw,
the vice-chairman doesn’t receive an
additional stipend.

Directors sent to other meetings by
the board would have received $80
per day, a $5 increase from the
current $75.

Area F (Nelson north shore) direc-
tor Verle Faasse said a $32-a-month
increase for rural directors isn’t ex-
cessive.

“I don’t think that’s too much,”
she said.

But Castlegar director Doreen
Smecher 4

“I feel we're well reimbursed for
what we do,” she said.

But the regional district directors

1, give directors $7.50 for breakfast,
up from $6.50, $9.75 for lunch, up

Out-of. i to

$13 from $10.

“I'm not sure, but it seems to me
it’s the first time we've had a raise
for meal allowances in four years,””
said Hans Cunningham, director for
Area G (rural Salmo) and chairman

r)
dating back to the turn of the cen-
tury.

The original action began in 1985.

of the and com-
mittee. ‘I’m sure the cost of break-
fast has gone up more than buck.’’

Cunningham said directors who
don’t agree with the increase for
meal allowances don"t have to claim
them.

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The city’s engineering staff say
five parking spaces is enough and is

FOR THE RECORD

The Castlegar man sentenced to 14
days in jail for impaired driving,
reported in the April 24 issue of the
Castlegar News, isnot the Larry

who lives in

council approve the
development variance permit.
Development variances are specific
to @ site and its use. That means if
council approves a variance permit
for a flower shop which is later sold
and becomes a restaurant, the new
owners must meet the city’s zoning

ing his deligh'
how to make
bubbles inside of bubbles
during a pertormanc:
Friday at Twin Rivers
elementary school.

—CasNews photos by Donne Zuber