| q | | Legtstaty Par Ve Library, Vv Published Bright wd Early Every Thursday Morning at “The Cr Crossroads of ne Kootenays” in today's CasNews Sectlon''c"! | Vol. 82, No, 9 30 Cents | CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, "MARCH. 1, 1979 best Shed ‘Three Sections (A,B&C) “CORE Ranks. Given Award Non-teaching West Kootenay school employees - preparing for arbitration hearings this month —-will receive an. interim award of six per cent of their earnings since July 1, 1978, That was the news yester- day, from Noel Hall, the pro- vincial government-appointed -arbitrator in the labor dispute between five Canadian Union of Public Employees locals and their employers at Selkirk College, and. the Castlegar, Trail, Nelson and Grand Forks schoo! boards, : a Hall told the Castlegar {News he: ordered the college :and school boards to award the lump sum to the union mem- ‘ bers ‘because they. have not received a wage increase in eight months, _ “It's now clear. .that our hearings won't finish until the end of May,” the arbitrator said. “As a result my awards won't be fortheoming until well into June. That delay obviously works as a strain on the employees and prevents the process of ‘settling down’ be- The ‘proposed -use .of a, Columbia Avenue. lot prévious- ly owned by “Ald... Albert Calderbank as the site of a professional health building won city couneil’s approval tween the employees and em- ployers.” He stressed that the award was not an across-the-board wage increase but a sum against which an eventual con- tract settlement will be adjust ed. Hall, appointed arbitrator by Labor Minister Allan Wil- liams Jan. 22 after trying unsuccessfully to mediate a settlement between the union and schdol boards late last year, -said the demands and positions of both parties have now been defined and arbitration hear. ings are scheduled to start in Vancouver March: 15, “The individual union locals and employers. will make sepa: rate submissions in hearings “set roughly at two-week inter- vals,” he said. Medical Office Plan Wins City Approval spaces required under the city zoning bylaw as well as one loading space, the rezoning applicant's representatives told the hearing last week. The building would_also include a pToesuey: i While Calderbank waited ‘outside council chambers - as" required under the Municipal °: Act, council members gave three readings to a bylaw re- zoning 1020 Columbia Ave. — purchased by the company nd ae ne a a Fropose SURVEYING DAMAGE to his 1971 Maverick after the ollepss of a two-cor carport Sunday fs Pete Naychuk, an occupant of one’ of the B.C. Housing Commission single-family units at 25 Woodland Drive. The flat-roofed ‘carport turned ‘Naychuk's vehicle into a wreck about 11:30 a.m. when the structure's footings, anchored only by three-inch nails, gave way to tons of y wet snow on top. Naychuk sold the car was unoccupied at the time, although tenants’ children often play in or around the carports during bad weather. Another man, who visited a unit adjacent t6 Naychuk’s earlier Sunday, said he vacated the voller stall in the carport minutes before it collapsed, —CasNewsFoto by Ryon Guedes. bf cool ‘The . first phase _ in con: 2,364,000 First Phase of Construction reservoir a! wiark ‘Sev of skyliplits facthe dae SS to the west, they said, and may be framed.up into a large rock at:the rear of the property. . Asked by Ald. Gerald Rust, acting planning chairman, about the construction schedule for the planned building, the said Castlegar P Health’ Centre subject to rezoning - work would start in the spring and be. within six to from “highway ial” to “comprehensive commercial” use. “The decision followed a public hearing last Thursday at which of the eight months. Res sponding toa question from ‘Ald, Bud God- deris, they said all the remain- ing space on the property not for planning, in- applicant and the architectural firm Paffard Keating Clay pre- sented plans for the.one-storey building designed to accommo-_ date two dentists and one chiropractor. The proposed building would have the 15 parking Village Eyes Outside Help . For Dog Woes The Village of Salmo may" be looking for outside help to solve ils dog problems. “The number of dogs at large prompted one alderman to state Tuesday it was not safe to walk Salmo's streets at night. Village clerk H. E. Russill was instructed by council Tues- day to look into a firm that has reportedly moved into an area for a week and cleaned up the situation by* picking up all, unattended dogs. * Council was informed of a recent incident in which a child at the SalmoElementary Schoo! was bitten. The child was said to have estaped any serious physical injury but it may have caused serious psychological damage, council was told. In order to make recom- mended changes to the animal control bylaw, council rescinded third reading and will meet today for final adoption of the bylaw amendment. cluding a patio area, would be fully landscaped. Planning committee mem- ber Ald. Len Embree noted the rezoning proposal met all the requirements of the city's re- zoning bylaw and. he compli- mented. the architect for the presentation. “I think it is a very com- prehensive plan," Embree told the hearing. “It would be nice if they were all that comprehen- sive.” $6 million. Arrow Lakes water. system gainéd city ‘council ap- proval Tuesday, _ Council passed Ald. Gerald Rust's motion that the city's engineering consultant Kerr, Wood, ‘Leidal Associates be authorized to proceed with construction of a $2,364,000 pipeline from the*CanCel pulp operation's intake at the Hugh Keenleyside Dam to the city Epidemic is ‘Tapering ( Up to 300 children be- tween the ages of six months .. and 15 years have been vacci- nated since last Thursday in.. an altempt ‘to. control ‘the local measles epidemic,.a West Kootenay Health Unit nurse reported this week. Public health nurse Joan Road’s Future Topic Of Robson Meeting — Robson residents will discuss the future developinent | of Broadwater Road at a public meeting tonight, Area J director Martin Vanderpol said this week. Vanderpol said highways ministry spokesmen will attend the meeting, to be held at 8 p.m. at the Robson Hall, to answer | questions on the ministry's plans for widening and straightening the road. ‘The Area J director said Robson area residents are concerned about the possible loss of scenic beauty, the fate of several buildings along the road and the land settlements which may result from the planned development. Ministry to Replace Trees on Broadwater Highways ministry officials plan to plant new groves of trees beside a one-mile section- of Robson's Broadwater Road WARNING Don’t Drive Your Car this Morning wise wales you haye your.1979 plates a to replace the ones mistakenly removed early this year, Ross- land-Trai! MLA Chris D'Arcy said Tuesday, : Reporting on his inspection tour of the road Tuesday morning with district highways manager Roger McKeown and Tony Bodnarchuck, in charge of the ministry's landscaping pro- jects in the region, D'Arcy told the Castlegar News the officials indicated they would reseed the ‘area with grass and plant new trees along the north side of the Columbia River.. He said the ministry will More on Page A2 “the cba ihe ” Commentingon the motion, Ald. Len Embree said although ‘nol all the financing for the new supply had been arranged, “a great majority of it has” idee joint scheme, announced by Econo- mic Development Minister Don Phillips last week, which will provide a total of $4.5 million in i Embree said he had some federal-provincial - City to Start Water Tie-In rose ations about finances hg e" with city sallcites Galt Wilson. to review its pending ~ agreement.with CanCel on‘the terms of the tie-in to the com- pany's water supply and he did not. feel -holding up the first stage “would serve any useful purpose.” Contacted yesterday, Igor. Zahynacz, assistant cily works and services superintendent, But Measles Shots Still ee. McKenzie estimated -that at least 150 children were im: munized gt special clinics con- ducted by the health unjt at the Rotary; Health Centre on’ 305 ~ Spruce: St: and another 125° Appointed : Circulation - Manager x, he > ipsa, hear < LINDA KOSITSIN ++. ew responsibility Linda Kositsin has been appointed circulation manager of the Castlegar News and the Mid-Week Mirror, publisher Burt Campbell announced this week, Mrs. Kosilsin bas been with the Casllegar News for the past seven years, holding a number of different respon- sibilities during that period. In addition to supervising circulation, Mrs, Kositsin will’ continue to manage the com- pany's stationery and office furniture division, <"firatt phase OF constriction: “will i poo ts . $2.7M Hotel By RYON GUEDES. CASNEWS EDITOR ] * City council Tuesday approved three Seventh Avenue South residential lots as the site of a planned 115-room, $2.7 million Sandman ‘inn despite warnings by two aldermen that: “@ The site's developer, Northland Properties Ltd., failed to Satisfy parking requirements under the city's rezoning bylaw; ® Traffic problems which would affect the site had not yet been resolved by the. highwoys ministry; * The déveloper had made no commitment-/ to hire ‘only unionized labor to build the hotel. Before an audience of more than 100 — many of whom were area trade unionists who picketed city hall before the Tuesday ‘meeting — council voted to approve and refer to the highways ministry a bylaw allowing the rezoning of 336, 340 and 344 Seventh « Ave. S. to “comprehensive commercial” use. Both Ald, Len Embree and Ald. Bud Godderis opposed third reading of the proposed bylaw, saying they were -not satisfied with ‘answers Don Hall, Northland Properties operations manager, gave to + questions at a Public hearing last Thursday. Referring to the highways ministry requirements that the company give up 30 feel of the property for frontage, Embree noted that the developer had made no changes to its plans to compensate for the resulting loss of 14 parking stalls, “There huve been state- ments made by. (Northland : Properties) that they would accommodate the cily in what- ever way they see possible but in my mind nothing has been changed on these prints,” he refer to have something down in writing and on the prints.” "He also noted that city planning technician’ Andy Swet- lishoff had recommended that the proposed development not be approved until the problem of traffic congestion caused’ by, the Kinnaird interchange has been properly dealt with by the highways‘ ministry. . “I woyld have to agree with the planning technician.”. Embree, a planning committee: member, told council. “There have been “some statements regarding telephone. More on Page A2 told the. Castlegar News the “intake “with a *14,000-féot-long,” 24-inch-wide pipeline. The first phase will also involve replacing the exist- ing Meadowlark tank with a new 500,000-gallon ‘concrete tank, installing a booster pump stalion and tying in the pipeline with the existing distribution system, he said. : Off’ related at received shots at local schools. She said the measles out- break — which kept 109 stu- dents, approximately 27 per cent of those enrolled at Kinnaird Junior Secondary School, home two weeks ago — showed signs of subsiding. Seven Kootenay Funerai Directors Sug ee is “tapering off,” he said. The public, health nurse said the health unit will not contjnue the special immuniza- Vote Censuring ‘Embree Rescinde d City council quietly withdrew Tuesday their Feb. 13 decision re- ‘ quiring that Mayor Audrey Moore be addressed as “your worship” and censuring Ald. Len Embree's “unbecoming” conduct. Council voted unani- mously and without debate to rescind the motion, pass- ed at the previous meeting following a number of angry arguments between Moore and Embree over points of order, after the mayor de- elared it invalid. Saying that permissible forms of addressing the chair during council meet- ings was. already covered under council's procedural bylaw, Moore asked for a motion Lo overturn both the Feb. 13 resolution and the tion program started last Thursday “but we would en- More on Page A2 Embece for yee which “tends to bring the whole council into disrepute.” Last month's.confronta- ‘tion between the mayor and aldermanarose from Moore's ‘ interruption of Embree's queries on a proposed re- zoning application to answer “a question. In heated exchanges that followed, the mayor warned the alderman that under the procedural bylaw council had “the -power to remove him from the meet- - ing. Later in the Feb. 13, “meeting, in moves Embree. ‘described as “premeditated and planned,” council passed the motion concerning per- missible forms of addressing the chair and an amendment ecensuring: the alderman's conduct, jest $100 Buse Crematorium Scheme Proposed Castlegar is one of the two planned locations for $80,000 to $100,000 wort of private cre- matorium facilities which would Salmo Well's Pump Still Out of Order The water pump for Salmo's major well remains out of service. . Village council Tuesday night instrucled clerk H. E. Russill to contact its engineers, asking for action before March 13, . The pump, which has double the capacity of the pumps servicing Salmo's other two wells, was started up last September. After operating for a month a pipe broke, resulting, in the pump falling down the well. . ‘The pump was shipped to the manufacturer lo be checked | and pul into running order. Council will have its village staff look into the cause of air in the water lines. Ald. G. FB. MacNeill stated he had also naticed signs of sand in the water lines. offer service at a proposed base rate of $100 in the West and East Kootenays, two area fu- neral directors said this week. Don Wickett, of Castlegar, and John Clark, of ‘Trail — among seven West and East. Kootenay funeral directors who are the principal shareholders of East-West Crematoriums Co. vb Ltd. — told the Castlegar News their company is s seeking pro- the B.C. consumer’ and cor: porate affairs ministry, the vineial and govern- ment permission to operate crematoriums in Cranbrook as well as locally in order to provide the service for both regions, Wickett said East-West Crematoriums has applied to agency gi ms, for a certificate erest and to the two ities for business li- ipa cences, He said the Cranbrook city council has already approved More on Page A2 —_ THE GIANT 81 Farewell to the figure who dominated the spolitical scene for 20 years, GLIMPSES B4a Words from and about a colortul political leader, AnnLanders .... Page AS Classified Ads, Real Estate and Automotive. . . Pages AB-A9-A10-All CLOUDY with sunny periods ing clouds Fri- in the evening. continue today. Inere with re This trend will through the weekend but will include a few sunny periods. 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