1987 PONTIAC PONTIAC 1987 PONTIAC GRAND AM Legislative Litverys Parliament Blags+s OL Beliewitie St Victoria, Bs Cs vey 1X4 Mall By RON NORMAN Editor Plans for a new $6.6 million mall in downtown Castlegar were unveiled Tuesday night at a special isa council meeting. Longtime Castlegar resident Leo Bosse pi “an sansa should have a mall. But I'd much sooner see it downtown.” He suggested the city, which owns 10 of the 15 lots on which the proposed downtown mall would be located, swap the land for the eliptical site. The city could relocate the public works yard to the property and eventually move the RCMP and 82,000 square foot mall on 13th Avenue between the city works yard and the old Castlegar Hotel site, However, Bosse made it clear he doesn't intend to develop the mall himself. Instead, he said he would like First Commercia] Management Ltd. of Winnipeg to take on the project, First Commercial has proposed a $6 million mall on the eliptieal site beside Castleaird Plaza on Highway 3. But Bosse said the mall shouldn't be built near the highway. “I'm not against the mall,” Bosse said. “I think we Vol. 40, No. 28 fire service to the site, which be. pointed out is more central. Bosse added that he has an option to purchase the other five lots which the downtown mall would decupy, and would sell them to First Commercial, He later suggested he would be willing to give the lots to the city to get the mall downtown. “I'm not intending to make any profit for myself,” Bosse stressed. “I did this just for the betterment of the community.” said. he has spoken with First Commercial for downtown president Ted Charne three times about the project and Charne expressed interest. However, Bosse said Charne wants council to give the proposal its approval in principle and forward it to him before he will make a commitment. But Charne had a different story when contacted today by the Castlegar News. “I have no h in ing what we have proposed to his site,” Charne said in a telephone interview. Charne said Bosse ‘is “way off base . . . I don’t want anything more to do with him . . . I want for forget Leo Bosse.” Charne noted that First Commercial has been working on the mall for the eliptical site for more than six years, RSV bi CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987 CastlegarNews < including getting it rezoned and getting approval for access _ to Highway 3. He said the major stores he has spoken with indicate that they want to be “where there's exposure” and that is on Highway 3 at the eliptical site. Charne said he agreed to visit Bosse's downtown site on his’ next visit to Castlegar “as a courtesy,” but now doesn't even want to see the property. “That's the end of it,” Charne said. Meanwhile, Castlegar regen Tuesday night unani- mously app in council made no mention das! any land ‘ewap or First Commercial. Instead, it said it “would cofsider a redevelopment ‘on page A2 “3 Sections (A, B& C) SUNBURST Again Japanese cars sold by General Rliccelety Grade 7 Pontiac's all-time leader in value, fuel injection $100,000 mance that you simply can't beat. This is a sale price only. 7487 Stk. No. 7-2858-0 This may well be-the Motors. The best best buy of our entire sale fuel injection, 5 speed transmission, fordor comfort and more to you for only 8995 ‘Stk. No, 3-1304-0 radial tires, 5-s| radio. All now for only Stk. No. 7-0177-0 5750 CASH BACK From General Motors direct to you on Sunbird, Skyhawk, Fiero, Grand Prix, Regal, Somerset, Skylark, and Full Sized Pickups. 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According to the results of tests taken in May of last year, Grades 4, 7 and 10 science students in Castlegar schools surpassed or matched the provincial averages in science studies while the Grade 7 students ranked first in the province in the category of science process (interpreting data and and controlling variables). a The Castlegar Science Assessment Committee, which presented the re- sults to the Castlegar education com- mittee Monday evening, said Castlegar science students also excelled in the physical sciences (chemistry and phy- sics). Overall, Castlegar school district No. 9 ranked 20th out of some 75 school districts across the province. The sciehce committee also pointed out that Castlegar's standing in science studies has improved overall since 1982, the last science assessment, and the committee suggested that in. creased class time in science studies in recent years may have contributed to the improvement. By comparing the district's data with that of other school districts, the science committee pinpointed several key areas of further improvement in science studies. The committee is recommending in- creased safety awareness in the class- room, computer use in science, and more emphasis in the study of biology, metric measurement, the solar system and water and ice. On the other hand, the science com mittee also recommended that the dis- trict science fair be continued and encouraged and that additional funding for science related field trips be pro- vided. The committee explained that the science fair was a good vehicle for students to display their knowledge and skill to the public while field trips provided students a chance to explore “in reality” what is studied in class. School board chairman Kay Johnson praised the work of the science com mittee and the achievements of area science students. In other news, superintendent of schools Terry wayling has recom mended the district look for a new location for the Open Roads school. Brian Wood, head teacher at Open Roads, approached the board earlier this year for a new facility, saying the present location in downtown Castle. gar is inadequate. Despite the r ion, the SLAM DUNK... Kinnaird elementary school Grade 6 student Ken Skibinski demonstrates just how easy it is to get a basket everytime, especially when you use a step ladder. All of the school’s Man in Motion Shoot-a- thon pledges collected for each-basket sunk will go to the Rick Hansen tour CasNewsPhoto by Mike ECONOMIC PLAN SAYS Transportation the key By RON NORMAN Editor Castlegar should concentrate on de- veloping its communication and trans portation links, according to an econ omic strategy plan prepared for the Castlegar and District Development Board. “Castlegar's strongest position lies in its development astride the lines of communication and transportation,” says the plan, prepared by Selkirk College's West Kootenay Enterprise board will not be able to address the problem until September of 1988 due to budget restrictions. Also, at Monday night's meeting, a framework for AIDs education has been decided for use in Castlegar schools this year until a revised pro- vincial Health and Guidance curriculum is implemented in the 1989-90 school year The program will provide critical AIDS information based on five themes: individual awareness, social roles and family expectations, repro- ductive biology, sexually transmitted continued on page A2 D Centre. The plan, unveiled at a special council meeting Tuesday afternoon, maps out the city’s economic strengths and weaknesses and proposes overall economic objectives and a market strategy The plan also targets specific sec tors, such as tourism~-and transpor tation. “Castlegar must expand on its stren. gths and not dissipate its energies on objectives that have little chance of success,” says the plan It says Castlegar’s geographic loca. tion in the Kootenays must be stressed to potential developers in the trans portation and warehousing industry, including: © government suppliers to offices in the region; « industry suppliers to existing bus. inesses; suppliers to municipalities; And it suggests establishing bonded warehousing to import merchandise from the U.S. and customs clearance The plan also recommends taking aim at the convention business. “The 11 hotel and motel operators must be united as'a team to provide the necessary accommodation at the re quired time to make this objective work well,” the report says. It suggests establishing a committee with representatives from the Castle gar Chamber of Commerce and the De velopment Board to help form a con vention group. As well, the plan says Castlegar should increase and develop tourist facilities to destination quality and standards. For that, the facilities need new investment and qualified opera tors. “The Okanagan Valley is already over full and Christina Lake is fast be coming saturated due to private ownership of lakeshore property,” says Lakes opportunity exists as a natural overflow area next in line for development.” Harry Stan, an executive director with the Development Board, told council the plan is part of the re quirement of the provincial Partners in Enterprise Program “This is an overall plan which is a long-term strategy,” Stan said. He said the plan has been submitted to the ministries of economic de velopment and municipal affairs. Any specific proposals for provincial fund ing must be included in the plan, Stan said. Council received the plan for review and will decide whether to endorse it as is or make changes at its April 14 meeting. Council expressed concern about two of the plan's market strategy prop. osals. The plan says beautification pro grams can be implemented through internal promotion. continued on page A2 grant for job program By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer A federal grant totalling almost $100,000 has been awarded to a six-part job development program in Castlegar involving such places as Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park and ~Seotties Marina. According to Richard Maddocks of the Castlegar Economic Development Board, the $98,257 grant will create a total of nine temporary jobs in Castle- gar. The positions will include two tour guides, six laborers and one overall project manager. Valley man killed in air crash By CasNews Staff A 34-year-old South Slocan man died Monday when the single-engine home- built aircraft he piloted crashed in a field near Blewett. RCMP say Russell Raymond Pedley had taken off from Castlegar Airport and’ was headed for Crescent Valley when the plane crashed about 11:40 a.m. Witnesses reported hearing the engine sputter and stall shortly before the crash. Pedley, the lone occupant of the plane, was pronounced dead at the scene A counsellor who worked at Koot- enay Lake District Hospital's psychi- atric ward, Pedley is survived by a wife and three young children. Zuckerberg Island, one of the areas expected to benefit by’the program, will see construction of new footpaths for joggers, fishermen and tourists, both on the island and on the sur- rounding shoreline. New picnic areas will also be cleared. At Scotties Marina, « fish per-will be constructed in agreement with the Castlegar and District Fish and Wild- life Association. Other projects to be tackled include a day park above the Hugh Keenley- side Dam consisting of a children’s play area, fire pits and the clean up of several hundred metres of beach. An overnight, unserviced recreational ve- hicle camp area will be installed later at the Castlegar Community. Complex. Maddocks also explained, that the duties of the two tour guides, hired this week, will include work on a tourism package to promote fishing and boating in the area, preparation of maps and audio-visual presentations on Castlegar, collecting information on tourist attractions in the arez and developing a mascot of the “Cas” fish fly to be printed on hats and shirts. The two guides will be employed for a total of 34 weeks and the laborers, expected to start work April 20, will work a total of 24 weeks. Maddocks said the contract with the federal government was signed last week but the announcement was de- layed until today while an agreement with the city’s union was reached, since some of the work involves city-owned land.~< Maddocks said he and the Castlegar and District Development Board hope to maintain some “on going” jobs out of the program. inside LIONS ROAR: Some 350 mem- bers of Lions clubs in B.C. and 9 state will c on Castlegar this weekend for a district: governor's conference. Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club is hosting the event Friday and Saturday. Past International Director Joseph Camarda will address the convention... A2 LABOR OVERREACTING: Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco says local labor leaders are overreacting to the removal of the minimum wage schedule from federal construction contracts... A2 CUT FUNDING: The moderator of the council of the Presbyterian Church in Canada says the U.S. should stop funding the Contras in Nicaragua... A2 THAT'S CRUEL: SWANSEA, ENG. — Charges of cruelty to shellfish have failed to halt plans for a cockle-tossing contest at a village fair. Handftuls of the little bivalve molluscs will be put in socks and thrown across a field in the charity event, planned for o Swansea fair in June. Those who throw the cockles the farthest will have their names engraved on a trophy The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has protested the planned event, calling it cruel and “a trivolous use of any creature.”