Atco Lumber Ltd. of Fruitvale, B.C. is currently provera ee 1991-1996 Five Year Development Plan for Forest | © A20193 within the Arrow Forest District. All I parties are Invited to view and comment on the plan at the following locations: May 21, 1:00-8:00 p.m. Castlegar Legion Hall May 22, 1:00-8:00 p.m. Fruitvale Memorial Hal! Written comments concerning the plan should be received by June 7, 1991. Major di Is include Ladybird peel Sheppard Cooke bork Creek, Linnie ade and Glade Creek. For further information co Forestry Services Ltd., telephone 365-3469. Ron Ozenne of S.N. McLean 650. ene Street, Castlegar, B.C., COMMUNITY Bulietin Board AQUANAUTS SWIM REGISTRA’ ‘April 25, 29 ond May 2, 5-7 p.m. Recreation Contre Lobby. Limited enroliment 130. New swimmers must have copy of Birth Certificate. 4/32 $. PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 30; not April 29, a8 previously adver. fised, in Room 216 at 7 p.m. All porents weicome. 31 ROBSON RIVER OTTERS SWIM REGISTRATION April 14,21 bye tard pd Robson Hall. Flea Market, 9 a.m.-noon. New swimmers bring copy of bi e je. More call 365-7431, 365-2670" all owimmare elcome. 6/28 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations moy be listed here. The first 15 words are $5 and additional words are 30¢ each. Boldtaced 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 three times). Deadlines are 5 p.m. Wednesdays for Saturday's po} jor sday's paper. Notices should be brought to ti News at 197 Columbia Ave. COMMUNITY Bulletin Board administrator Dianne By CasNews Staff The Castleview Care Centre of- ficially opened Thursday after- noon with a full house of health i Mayor Audrey Moore (right) Saree i yay fae honors \ atthe with Castleview Care Centre official i] of the extended care facility. Owner Eugune Skoretz (far right) looks on. —conews photo Castleview Care Centre gets off to grand start with opening Chris D’Arcy and contractor Bill Berg, all praised the efforts, dedication and determination of those involved in the project sin- ce its ii ion two years ago. and area in on the contractors, friends residents joining KOOTENAY DRIVING SCHOOL LTD. Trail Announcing Their 1991 TOYOTA when learning how to drivel * You only learn to drive once . Do it right! ¢ No extra charge for local pickup oF evening lessons + Callus 8 surprise yourself at how lit- tle it costs to learn from a qualified, protessional instructor. , gas a steering) for your safety and com ov cat Tearning 00 drive, call us about our summer special. About 300 people packed the dining and lounge area of the ex- tended care facility for the actual ceremony and another 150 or so took part in tours held later in the said But Ramage received the most praise, and at one point, was moved to tears by Eugene Skoretz, the owner and operator of the new facility and Chantelle Management Ltd. “I may be the owner but you are the captain of this ship,”’ he said, dit Ramage for con- Dianne Ramage. Guest speakers, including Mayor Audrey Moore, Kootenay West-Revelstoke MP Lyle Kristiansen, Rossland-Trail MLA vincing him to carry on with the project when difficulties arose. Skoretz provided the $4.2 million funding to build the cen- tre and the province has funded 36 of the 61 beds available. The remaining 25 beds will be opened as more funding becomes available, a news,celease said. Castleview includes a hair salon, a separate dining and sit- ting room that families may reserve for special occasions, a hospice room, a scenic dining room, fesident kitchen, large lounge and a special dining/ac- tivity room to accommodate in- dividuals with special needs. The facility is decorated in colors of rust, peach and seafoam green and contains com- plimentary pictures, plants and lighting. Each resident in the centre will have his or her own furnished room with a large, private bathroom. The building is all on one level. It is completely wheelchair ac- cessible and wide corridors are equipped with hand rails to -help residents’ mobility. There is an intercom system. located throughout the facility for emergencies and assistance and all exit doors are equipped with alarms to alert staff to wandering patients. Residents and staff will be of- ficially transferred into Castleview from the old Rasp- berry Lodge on Monday. BRIEFLY By CasNews Staff Red Cross i Red Cross helps Kurds Red Cross offices across B.C. have been inundated with telephone calls from people who want tg roe be Kurdish refugees, services said ina news release, ‘want to help,"’ he Cross Society. said Helen MacRae, “The television news coverage has shocked many people and they said. A special emergency appeal has been launched by the International Red Cross to help the Kurdish refugees. Donations to the Red Cross should be marked ‘Kurdish Refugees’ and can be made at any Red Cross office or mailed to 625 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. ¥1N 1G9. The entire donation will be used to assist the refugees with all administrative costs covered by the Canadian Red “Every branch in the area is able to receive donations and we are also prepared to meet with any group, club or school to discuss the situation in the gulf and provide information on the Red Cross role,”’ Forum reviews care on adult of the pra April 25 at Selkirk College in Castlegar. The communities that will be represented will be seniors, people with mental handicaps, head injuries, physical handicaps or ‘mental * illnesses and péople with degenerative illnesses such as AIDS, multiple sclerosis, Huntington’s chorea, and Alzheimer’s, the Kootenay Society for Community Living says ina news releae. will hold a Professionals and lawyers. living wills. office in Nelson. the above disabilities, family members, service providers, medical The project is funded by the Law Foundation for 18 months. At the end of 18 months, the committee hopes to have developed new systems and legislation that will replace the Patient’s Property Act, the Public Trustee Act, the Power of Attorney Act, and have reviewed solutions to the issues of advocacy, consent to medical treatment and A forum will also be held April 24 in Cranbrook. People interested in attending either of the forums should contact Lana Hames at the Kootenay Society for Community Living regional are seniors, people with rp oy Flesh (left) and Bloir hine put the finish April. 20, 1991 Costiager Mews A3 Rail Station The d. sompraton on the Castlegar historic site in p 9 hes on the work was just part of extensive Cashews photo by John Charters for its grand Historic rail station set for grand opening By JOHN CHARTERS The Castlegar Rail Station museum reopens May 4 and the Castlegar Heritage Society has sent out i to local schools and offered. Creston lumber plant to close By CasNews Staff Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd. said this week it’s closing permanen- tly the company’s lumber and veneer operations in Creston effective July 12. The Creston operation has lost over $4 million during the last three years and has been struggling finan- brook will establish a manpower ad- justment committee with Canada Employment and IWA-Canada to plant at Fort MacLeod, Alta. Last week, the company said it’s spending $100 million to modernize its pulp mill north in other company operations as well as other companies and industries. The company will also set up and offer to all employees a career tran- sition Sent service and has com- i firm to cially for over 10 years, Ci said in a news release. The Creston shutdown will affect 56 22 of whom are currently laid off, the company said. The are of IWA- Air Brakes: This course prepares drivers for written and practical tests on the operation and driver-maintenance of air brake systems used on highway or off- highway vehicles. This course includes the practical examination. The final written exam is conducted by the Motor Vehicle Driver Examiner. Thurs. and Fri., Corte ond 26, 6-10 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., April 27 and 28, 8:30 o.m.-5 p.m. $20. Rm. M14/24. Must show proof of CPR C corti, ren For recertification, ‘must show proof of a CPR Instructor Certification hove ‘on interest in teaching CPR. April 26-28. For more information call 365- Fighting: Upon completion of this course, trainees will demonstrate an vpdertendits of fire behavior, fire suppr: patrol, tools and and safety, a8 receive a certificate in survival ltd i training. Sot., Past 4, 8:30 a.m. ee 30 .m. and Sun., Prcchage This 9.a.m.-5 p.m. $75. see “hande-on” course, 06 bring your pruning shears. Topics incase? Pruning objectives, types and met of pruning, fruit trees and other spring pruning. Sot., May 4, 9.a.m.-1 p.m. Fee $12. Castlegar Campus. Container Gardeni: Beskets: Participants should bring emp' ere for their hangin, et. Instructor will sell materials rier et ot lass. Students will leave with their own creations. Sot., May 11, 9 o.m.-1 p.m. 0 $12. Castlegar Campus. TO REGISTER OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: Castlegar Campus 365-7292, local 208 or 273 Canada Local 1-405. All affected employees will be eligible for severance pay and Crest- provide omistance and counselling to employees. Crestbrook’s woodlands division at Creston, which employs 15 workers and 21 contractors, will con- tinue to operate on a normal basis, Crestbrook said. Crestbrook also announced the permanent closure of its plywood ‘J J Michael’s Nuggets JEWEL OF THE WEEK 4 bdrm., fully finished 11-yeor. in exclusive Woodland Pork, grape extras cluding @ hot tub room with a million dollor view of the Columbia River. $119,900. GEM OF THE WEEK LoTs OFTH THE WEEK North iegraee oghlend asking price is $16,900. 3 bdrm., 1170 sq. ft. home in Thrums on over 2.5 acres. Home is in excellent condition and being offered at on unbelievable price of $45,500. wide building lot close to able und The give jos! lots ovallable under $20, giveaway 1761 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, 8.C. OUR ACTION AD PHONE, NUMBER IS 365-2212 off Kimberley. The project will provide about 400 jobs mf the peak of construction and will take three years to complete, Crestbrook said. No expansion of the mill's capacity is planned at this time, the company said. LOTTERIES ‘These are the winning lottery numbers for this week. Apa 10, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 37, 42 Apel 17 5, 7, 8, 10, 20, 34, 37, St PUNTO At 8 discrepancy between 1 tedihne oviet VC. Loumy Comp., > latter shall prevail THIS IS ONE TEST YOU WON'T WANT TO Camp continued from front page Columbia River as approved by the Environment Ministry. Site security. A gate control system would be required to monitor access to the camp. Fire protection. Celgar’s plans in- clude using the city’s fire department as a backup to its own resources. The city says the plans must be coor- dinated with the city’s fire chief. Solid waste. No information has been provided. The city says it’s Necessary to ensure adequate con- tainers are provided and regular collection carried out. Any landfill costs should be borne by Celgary-the city says. On-site commercial operations. If any such operations take place they must conform to the city’s licensing and land use bylaws. Recreation facilities. The camp will not be provided with any out- door recreation facilities. Any use of city or regional facilities would be coordinated by the Castlegar and District Recreation Department. “*The city may wish to review a fee schedule for use of baseball diamon- ds (and) soccer fields,"” Hample says. Clean up. Within a specified Period of time — for example six months — any camp structures should be removed and the site restored to an approved plan. _ entire main floor has been restored Ata per table. made early. the public to display their collections and share their knowledge in this community enterprise. Upstairs The rail station, which is the historic nucleus of Castlegar, has been undergoing further extensive restoration over the past four mon- ths and the result is impressive. The mission is welcome. (including the washrooms, a new window and ticket wicket) to the look of the 1930s. The crew is now preparing the display cases for the secure showing of the collections. District elementary schools have been invited through the Castlegar Sherrel will be available. school board office to submit posters on a heritage theme. Prizes are being A flea market will be held on the station platform with rentals at $2 Reservations should be there will display. The Oldtime Fiddlers and the Accordian Band have once again offered to provide the music, Ad- recent meeting, heritage society president Koreen announced that renewed provincial staff grants will provide for new staff at the station and the Chapel House on Zucker- berg Island and that a souvenir shop The Chapel House will open of- ficially May 6 though a steady parade of visitors has been filling the visitors’ books in both places. Volunteers aré needed as guides for May 4 and 5 Volunteers, particularly. unem- ployed people, are always needed as hosts at the rail station and Chapel House, Koreen said. It’s @ great opportunity to see and be seen and to make valuable contac- be an art free and everyone is ts. Citizens wishing to take out or or izati renew ips in the heritage society may call at the rail station any weekday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Not only is the financial sup- Port needed but one must have a valid membership to vote at the society’s annual general meeting May Teachers Trinity (N.A.) Holdings, the Alberta. Trinity, a British publishing com- pany, is buying the Stettler Indepen- dent, the Castor Advance and the Bashaw Star, which are all owned by Bob and Alan Willis. The three papers, which are published in Siet- tler, employ 40 people. “This purchase reflects Trinity's to y newspapering, our emphasis on. growth and our confidence in the future of Alberta,"’ said Trteley president John McKenna. The sale is not expected to affect day-to-day operations of the weeklies. “We're determined to preserve and build on the community leader- ship that the Willis family has given Stettler over the years,’’ said McKenna. “We have the experience to give small communities excellent newspapers and the financial depth to guarantee them the resources they need to do a first-class job."’ Trinity's parent company, Trinity International Holdings of Chester, England, owns newspapers and newsprint plants in England and North America, continued from front poge Some people at the meeting were concerned that businesses would suf- fer if storefront parking is removed or changed to parallel parking, while others were concerned there would not be enough parking. However, Urban Systems expects businesses to benefit from increased pedestrian circulation and will- be emphasizing existing parking lots. Additional lots are also a possibility. Ald. Marilyn Mathieson said last week that residents will have to change their attitudes about parking downtown, but expects people would be more willing to walk if the from front page Hospital continued from front page know. The board should be dealing with it in public. I wouldn’t have a problem if the policy was changed.’’ Voykin suggested the Castlegar News should write a letter to the board asking it to reconsider the Policy. Horvath said he wouldn’t commit himself to changing the closed-door “At this time it’s not up to me to agree or disagree because if it has been properly decided by. the majority of the board that’s what I i 2 ev ww cea Teaghers are. gilraged gyee.the Bill, buy Adams said... 40‘ We, have to go along with. I’m not Prepared at this time to commit myself. I hadn’t given it -much thought."” Asked if he agreed with the prin- ciple of conducting the public’s business in public, Horvath said he wouldn't comment further until he'd looked into the issue. “*You’re trying t0 pin me down to commit myself to something which you're going to quote me on and at this stage, as I say, until I look into things further I’m not prepared to comment on it.”” the government has made things even worse by cutting funds while promising there is plenty of money set aside for implementing the intermediate and high school level Year 2000 initiatives. ““We say if finances are so tight that they have to go ahead now and slash programs for special needs children and things like that, then the money should be put into operating budgets and they should put Year 2000 Programs on hold until they can afford it,”’ Adams said. Teachers are also concerned that the caps on class sizes and preparation time bargained for in their new contract will also be overlooked “‘We've been given very strong indications those will have to be ignored next fall,"” Adams said. But fighting so close to an election is a risk, Adams said. The BCTF wanted to stay quiet, but teachers are “so outraged’’ the executive was forced to support ac- tion, she said; agre afraid we wquid once again become a political football, that we'd. become an igsue ip the next election. There’s no doubt the law was brought in to stir up an issue.”” Adams said it’s hard to know how far the teachers are willing to go to fight the bill until they know what the commissioner is going to do. _ Turner said administration staff in the Castlegar district are more vulnerable to the bill at this time than the teachers. Administration staff have a separate collec- tive agreement with the board, but it wasn't ratified un- til after Jan. 29. If rollbacks are ordered, senior wages would be frozen at last year’s rates, saving about $50,000 this year, Turner said. But whether or not the board will be able to keep that money is unclear, he said “*There are so many unknowns.”’ were more Despite parking concerns, and some Concern that the plans included 200 many trees, the overall response was enthusiastic. Urban Systems has received 12 of about 25 questionnaires distributed at the meeting which, at a glance, confirms that response. “It seems that everyone there that evening is in favor of revitalization in one way or another,"’ Pohlind said. The questionnaires will be reviewed in more detail once he’s sure there are no more coming in. The consultants will incorporate what suggestions they can into the plans before unveiling the final designs. A second open house is expected to be held in late May. Editor’s note: Castlegar News Barbara Tandory recently visited Passmore in the CASNEWS FEATURE Mountain goats making comeback club carried out an actual transplant of eight goats to Passmore from the Toby Creek Slocan Valley where she interviewed members of area in East Kootenay. Some of the goats had been flown to Nelson from Invermere, then transported by truck to the valley. Five of them are nannies (females) and the perience count Aanors di for secure, p TRADES-RELATED PROGRAMS In today's highly competitive job for a lot. Selkirk have prepared thousands of market, training and ex- College's vocational and in a wide range of oc- cupations. Consider one of beni rstet. dwork and C Apprenticeship Welder /Fitter Box 1200 VIN3JT (604) 265-7292 a Sports & Light Equipment Apply now! For more information, or to register contact: Appliance Repair COME DOWN TO OUR... 3-DAY SALE During Trade Fair Fri, Agr. 26e8at., Ape. 27San,, Apr. 28 Community Complex May 11 A national program to reforest and seclaim waste land creas. py Acciona program to in- crease awareness of conserva- tion and environmental con- cerns. A fund raising project for Scouting Lok abvtehea locally, Since 1974: 40 million seedlings planted. Many igen het $3 million worth of oe cialey Beg ded by the Scout omens PLEASE HELP SCOUTS CANADA Mail Your Sotae Te four 'o: te coe coottoger,6 Cc. 70% helps finance local Scouting Programs. 15% Is invested in 8.C./Yukon 15% aids the Brotherhood Fund with development cround the the Slocan Valley Wildlife Association who are funding — members of the SVWA made an relocating mountain goats to the area. The is the first of a two-part report. By BARBARA TANDORY Special to the Castlegar News A group of Slocan Valley residents is bringing mountain goats back to Passmore from where they disappeared more than 50 years ago because of overhunting and loss of habitat. In an innovative habitat conservation projects." the Slocan Valley Wildlife Association is gearing up to bring 10 more white mountain goats from the East Kootenay this June to join the first eight goats transplanted a year earlier on the mountainside called Passmore Ridge, on the east side of Highway 6 at Passmore, about 25 kilometres north of Castlegar. Ron Milton, a construction worker who lives near the mountain in Passmore, has been involved from the start with his wildlife club’s ambitious undertaking of repopulating the valley with the Rocky Mountain herd. Milton, 35, is one of the originators of the idea, in partnership with John Braun, a friend and club member. Over the years he’s been inspired by stories about mountain goats told him by Braun, a trapper and a hunter who used to hunt mountain goats for food in the hungry 1930s, Milton said in a recent interview. In 1986, the two men made their first plans for an experimental project and took the idea to the 40- member SVWA in Winlaw. Braun — who is old enough to remember the sure-footed goats once populating the high slopes of the Passmore Ridge — is one of the club’s founders and one of its most active members. mountain goats inventory of andof terrain characteristics suitable for the In mid-June 1990, with the help of $17,000 in funding — $14,000 of which came from the ministry — the project finally took off. In a joint venture with the ministry's conservation branch in Nelson, the food sources from Castlegar. Goats are sensitive to stress, so the operation had to be timed carefully said Milton, who took part in the club’s first airlift. It took just an hour-and-a-half to fly the goats, one at a time, from Invermere to Castlegar Airport, and then release them in Passmore, a 20-minute drive goats,”" East Ki remaining three billies (males). Prior to the transplant, project biologist from the Environment Ministry had set up clover traps on game trail in the Toby Creek area. Larry Ingham, a contract biologist with the ministry in Nelson, is one of two project biologists working with the SVWA. He became involved first with the club's funding efforts and was responsible for submitting the successful project proposal to Victoria. “The next thing I knew, we were transplanting Ingham said. Ingham has received a Habitat Conservation Fund award for his participation in last year’s transplant project. Earlier this year, Ingham — who grew up in the funding of $16,00 000 for the expanded phase two of the Project. “We hope to bring in another 10 goats this June," he said. The goats will be taken from the Purcell *MBuntains where they live in the wild, normally high up in the rock bluffs. Gary Woods, the other project biologist from Nelson, and wildlife technician Dave Lewis are also involved with the project Ray Demarche is a regional biologist working the East Kootenay end of the transplant. Meanwhile, the first herd is doing fine, said Milton, who monitors the goats in Passmore. “They're doing just great, should do well for years to come."* The goats have been tagged with special radio Collars for easier monitoring. The collars are with special i John Braun (left) and Fred Padowinik lecse a mountain goat onto a mounteinside in Passmore after transporting it from the East Kootenay. he said. ““They to detect changes by means of signal changes if a goat dies. But there have been no signal changes detected, Mihon said Wednesday: Long-term plan is for a permanent viewing area.