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ust be Bgned wilh the correct name and address of the wriler,
but the correct name must be submited. The Ceatloger News

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“Herelet the press the people's rights maintai

Two White Crosses

“L would like to Project the next ac-
cident, but pray to God | am wrong,” writes
Castlegar resident W. E. Kirkwood,

"A large camper with husband, wife
and four children in the back are leaving
the campsite and taking one last look at
the beoutifu! scenery. The driver misses
the curve and plunges off the edge into
lake causing death or maiming of the
passengers ond himself.”

Improbable? Melodramatic? It might
be, had not four similar scenorlos been ac-
ted out within a year ot the sarne spot ona
local road.

The spot to which Mr. Kirk d

near-plunge around April — also resulted
In no major Injuries. f
But the four young passengers of the

- vehicle which plunged down the rocky em-

bankment below the curve and into the
lake last week were considerably less for.
tunate. Two of the passengers were killed
in the accident and the two who survived
went to hospital.

At the time this is written, it has not
yet bean determined whether alcohol was
@ factor In this tragic accident. But regar-
dless of the results of tests on blood sam-
ples taken after the accident, the three

referred, In a letter to the highways
ministry's district office quoted above, is
about one kilometre east of the Park en-
trance on Syringa Creek Road. His son was
In one of those four scenarlos early April 7.

“On approaching a curve of more than
90 degrees, he was well Into the curve
before he realized it was there," the author
of the fatter continues. "He attempted to
stoer back onto the rood but failed. The car
left the gravel shoulder and eventually
rolled, stopping against a large boulder
near the (Arrow) lake edge .

hh fered

For ve gh he
from shock as well as pain from a con-
cussion, back injuries and multiple con-
tusions were not too severe. Despite the
absence of any sign of alcohol In-
volvement or of skid marks suggesting the
vehicle had been driven at a speed ex-
ceeding the 80 km speed limit on the road,
he was charged with driving at an ex-
cessive speed, according to Mr. Kirkwood.

Two previous incidents — a police car
plunging off the corner last summer and o

p are sufficient proof that
this plece of highway is a hazard to even
drivers who are not impalred.

(t Is appalling that two deaths are

‘required fo draw attention to this hazard

and provide the highways with the onus to
prevent further accidents. One would think
the RCMP report on last summer's accident
— involving, If we may speculate, a highly-
skilled driver trained to enforce traffic
safety — would have been enough to: in-

SPRING FLOWERS and balloons lenta festive atmosphere to
the recent Open House at the Castlegar and District Public
Library. Many people came out to the final event of. Book
Festival Week, where coffee, [ulce and cookles were served.
Mr. and Mrs, Sinclair presented the library with a cactus plant.
June Vaessen’s beautiful blue afghan, donated for the library
Extension Fund raffle, was won by ‘Mrs. Muriel Heagy. The
winning ticket was drawn by Mrs. Vaessen's granddaughter,
Tana Robinson. Thanks has been extended to fibrary patrons,
bite and volunteers for thelr participation in the week's ac-
vit

spire at least close scrutiny by h
ministry officials.

The precautions required at the curve,
as ably set out by Mr. Kirkwood, are pain-
fully obvious to any motorist: a 40 km
speed limit at the curve itself, a 70 km limit
between the Keenleyside Dam and the

ark entrance, a barrier at-the curve with a
large checkered sign, visible from both
directions and equipped with a blinking
yellow light.

And, as Dr. Roy Ward has suggested,
two white wooden crosses to remind us of
the price two young people paid to alert
the highways ministry of the hazard.

Vote Trap Bait

Continued of g
responsibility should be a basic issue in
both our current election campaigns.

All parties bait their vote trap in much
the same way, offering services, grants of
money, privileges and, in fact, any goodie
attractive enough to silence all but a few
tumbles about the cost,

Anyone who can come up with a
project with a high popularity rating

(An editorial in the Victoria Daily Colonist.)

relative to cost is likely to tind himsel€ in
demand by any party.

Any spoil-sport who suggests that
there is a double cost in any government
handout (first the money, then the less ap-
peeent erosion of our independence) is

astily r from any i
political position, or simply ignored by the
mesmerized electorate.

Castlegar News Headlines from one year ago:

CanCel is to meet with the city to appraise tie-in with the pulpmill’s Arrow Lakes water supply.
. * * t

City council's work and services committee is considering the purchase of the private lot behind
the 30-foot-long sagging section of the retaining wall at 2 Columbia Ave.
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School District No. 9 board of trustees’ education committee is to consider the introduction of
Portuguese language instruction into the school curriculum in September.

Not on Federal Voters’

List? You Must Act Now

If you are a qualified voter
but weren't’ enumerated for
Canada’s May 22 Federal Gene-
ral Election, you can still get on
the voters’ list for your polling
division. Yi

You can — if you act
promptly.

After the door-to-door enu-
tan'ar leted

tact your Returning Officer.
before the period of revision
indicated above. .

/. Voice of the People

a

Se,

Thanks MP for Concern

electora in the'Kootenay-West
electoral district,

T should like to take this
opportunity to tell you that Bob
Brisco, your Member of Parlia-
ment, deserves your support at
the polls for his active interest,
not only in the problems and
concerns of the people in his
riding, but also in: important
questions raised by citizens in
other parts of Canada.

When I retired from the

* Canadian Forces in 1974, I
ceased

to be a voter in the
Kootenay-West _ riding; how-

, ever, Mr. Brisco continued to

take an interest in my concerns,
He placed two questions on the
House of Commons Order Pa-
per for certain information. We

| were eventually provided some

information, but it was not
what we were looking forward
to receiving.

The federal government
has been unable to provide a

“ logical reason why it’ cannot

permit another version of bi-
lingualism ‘to operate officially
— at least temporarily as an
experiment. Because rational
answers were not provided, we
can only conclude that “Mr.
‘Trudeau does not want to aiter
his goal. eh

Instead of the word ‘geal’
let us use the phrase ‘end
result’ because he and his col-

leagues are: likely to. deny

quickly that it is thoir goal. The
end result of his policy on
bilingualism is that Canada will
be a French nation for the
French-speaking people as
much as it is an English nation
for the English-speaking Cana-
dians,

We will have two nations
occupying the same land. Now
that might be fine for his
concept of Canadian unity, but
it is not necessarily true unity.
The word ‘unity' means oneness
and. that means one official

‘language for one nation,

However, becauge the
Treaty of Paris signed on Feb.
10, 1768 did not order the
French colonists to be assimi-
lated, they continued to use
French and established an his-
torical right to continue using

Editor, Castleger News:

Running the province of
British Columbia is like running
a giant business. If you owned a
giant business, who would you
hire to run it for you? A social
worker? Or a businessman? It's
your choice.

it. Thereforo, let us ‘be en-

lightened, civilized people ond ~

let us grant them the right to
use French.
At the same time, let us
grant their English-speaking .-:
interlocutors the right to reply :::
in English. The two languages: *
would be used in a manner that
I call alternating lingual com-,
munication,

cial language and not neces
sarily to speak it —.that would
come later, if the person has the
aptitude and the time to learn,
to speak the language correct-

ly.

The replies to the ques-
tions implied that the govern:
ment was not prepared to

gual communication, nor to”
engage in more effective lan-
guage training, which it is i

comprehension alone is de

veloped first, as has been.
proven by research,

Because Mr. Brisco made -
an effort to get some answer:
for me, I should like to request
your support for him at the
polls.

G.B. Landis
Captain (Retired)
Kingston, Ont.

_ How You Spend Nioney Is |.
A Big Character Giveaway |

Are you a big spender? An
ive buyer? istoa

Itis it to get your
name on the list, In urban
areas, your name must be on
the voters’ list to be eligible to
vote. es
In a rural area, revision is

Social Notes

The way in which’ you
handle money reveals a lot

about your basic personality. ©

The following quiz will help you
discover what. your financial
outlook tells about you. Simply

a preliminary list of electors is
printed, posted in a public place
and, in urban areas, copies sent
to all h

answer “yes” or “no” to each of
the fe i

done by the ineach
polling division.

If you live in a rural area,
but your name is on neither the

ou are an eligible,

If y
qualified elector, but were

missed in enumeration, it’s up

to you to get your name on the
revised, final list of voters.
You can do this by con-

tacting the Returning Officer of ©

your electoral district who will
explain how you may get your
name on the list during the
revision of the preliminary
voters’ list, The revising pro-
cess makes additions, deletions
and corrections to the pre-
liminary list compiled by the
enumerators, and takes place
Wednesday to Friday.

If you are absent during
both enumeration and the re-
vising period, you can have
your spouse or a blood relative

~ make a sworn application to get

your name on the revised list,
but remember, you must con-

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_. HOW ABOUT A FEW
SCOOPS: 9. 2 ee

... ASKING , OR

OFFERING ®..

ae

ry nor revised list of
voters, you may still vote on
election day if you are qualified.

At your polling station,
you may take an oath that you
are entitled to vote and be
vouched for by another elector
whose name is on the official
list of electors where your
name normally should have
appeared. But this rule doesn't
apply to voters in urban polling
divisions.

To be an eligible elector in
this election, you must be at
least 18 years old on or before
election day, a Canadian citizen,
and be’ a resident in- your
district or riding on the first
day of enumeration.*

Cancer «

Wayne Eastcott, who re-
cently spent two days on busi-
ness in Nelson, visited his
parents in Rossland, Mr. and
Mrs, George Eastcott and his.
grandmother in Castlegar, Mrs,
H. Johnson. He left for his
home in Vancouver on Monday
morning of last week.

. 8 «

Mr. and Mrs. C. Schellen- |,
berg of Campbell River spent a
week recently visiting their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. -W.
Leduc and Mr. and Mrs. H.
Schellenberg. ‘

* *

Mr. and Mrs, E.”Rourke
and son, Darrel, have returned
home from Vancouver. While
there, Darrel had a medical
checkup and is reportedly doing
fine.

Not a Single Disease

Medical experts say that

-cancer is not just one, but a

group of about a. hundred
diseases, It involves the most.
fundamental} life processes, in-
cluding the life and death of
cells, Bs Dasyee.

Cancer research has probed
the innermost secrets of na-
jure. Enormous discoveries
have been made, but it seems
clear that a long and persistent
effort is still required to bring
this common foe of all mankind

under control.
Th i ke

Second, in education, there
has been progress against the
biggest cancer killer of all —
lung cancer. This is a largely
preventable disease because
more than 80 per cent of all:
lung cancers are caused by
‘cigarette smoking. Over the

yeat3;, thére has beén“a con-~

tinuing decline’ in the per-
centage of adult smokers.

~ Great progress has also
been made in getting women to
have a Pap test for early
cervical cancer, Public educa-
tion programs inform the public
about cancer symptoms and

is — are we. making progress
against cancer? With April
proclaimed as Cancer Control
month, the Canadian Cancer
Society says: Yes — we are
making progress, and points
out that its efforts have cen-
tered around three areas,
First, research during the
past few years has developed
over 50 drugs which have an

"anti-cancer effect. Not only are

drugs used by

pl and pe-
tiodic health checkups which
can discover cancer at an early
and often curable stage.
Finally, there has been an
expansion of Canadian Cancer
Society programs in service to,
and rehabilitation of, cancer
patients. Assistance is available
through the local volunteer unit.
for cancer patients who need
help with transportation to a
treatment center, costs of ac-
dation while

whenever this hazard seems to
be dimini pea

1, When shopping, do you
almost always take a list with
you — and stick to it?

2. When with a group, do
you usually insist on picking up
the check?

3. When your family dis-
cusses new purchases, are you
the one who usually has to veto
the most extravagant ones?

4, After shopping, do you
sometimes wonder why. you
made a particular purchase?

5. Do you sometimes en-
tertain a person you think is
lonely even though you can't
afford it?

6. When making a major
purchase, do you usually visit
several stores before making a
decision? :

7. When you receive a
bonus, do you almost always

* tell your friends about it?

8. Are you the member of
your family who usually knows
most about your budget?

9. When shopping, 2 ou
usually buy more than you had
intended?

10. Does it usually give
you more pleasure to spend
money on others than on your-
sel

11. Do others sometimes
compliment you on how care-
fully you handle your money?_

12. Do you probably have
more credit cards than most of
‘your friends?

13. Are you the one who
has to explain to your mate
exactly where you stand finan-
cially?

‘May 1 to 7

14. Have you sometimes :-;
let people talk you into lending .”
them money against your bet-
ter judgment? ¢

' 15. Do you usually give
your relatives and friends more
expensive gifts than they give: °:
to you?

Now check your score —

In this quiz, three ques-
tions refer to each of five basie
personality types. 1

The cautious type — Ques-
tions 1, 6 and 11 relate to this
type. If you answered “yes” to -;
two or three of them, you plan
your activities and stick by
your plans.

The impulsive type —
Questions 4, 9 and 14, “Yes"
answers mean you're likely to
change your plans on the spur
of the moment, This can result
in great flexibility and spon-
taneity, but it can reduce self-

discipline and accomplishment. - :

The controlling type ~—
“Yes” answers to questions 3, 8
and 13. You have a strong
tendency to dominate others
not so much out of vanity but
simply because you see yourself
as being more capable in
making good decisions.

The show-off type — Ques-
tions 2,7 and 12. “Yes” answers
mean you're too conscious of a
need toimpress others, Chances
are you don’t have to, but you
remain unconvinced, which re-
sults in your tendency to
splurge and do more than is
necessary. Relax and be your- .
self.

The generous type — Ques-

. tions 5, 10 and.15. Youbelioveit...—- ....

is more blessed to give than to
receive, Others will recognize
that your generosity is sincere
and will like you for it. But
there is a danger you may carry
this tendency too far and sacri-
fice your ‘own interests,

Recognized

As Child Safety Week

Young children love to
explore and play “hide-and-
seek”, with empty refrigerators
and freezers being a favorite
place to hide. Many children
have suffocated to death, and

often sur-
gery and drugs. For example,

-anti-cancer drugs are given

right after breast cancer sur-
gery. Other drug.uses include
combination drug treatment ‘for
diseases: such as‘ childhood
leukefnia, : The
These treatments have. re-
sulted in a five-year survival for
half the leukemia patients
treated in various centers a-

round the country. Other re-.

search has led to immuno-
therapy, or treatment that en-
hances the body’s own disease-
fighting capacity.

pros-

theses, pain-relieving drugs or
homemaking services.

Another patient service is

‘provided by a special kind of

rehabilitation volunteer. For

“example, the volunteer mastec-

tomy visitor offers practical
advice and- moral. support for
women who must -have an
-operation for. breast cancer.

‘These developments mean
that when people ask: "Can
cancer be beaten?", we can now
say that while the battle isn't
over, cancer is actually being
beaten right now.

4,

hap-
pen and children-die.

‘The Canada Safety Council
recommends the following for
temporarily out of use refriger-
ators and freezers:

1, Remove lock;
> $2. Leave shelves in com-
partment, This discourages chil-
dren from climbing in;  __-

3. Place unit so that the
door. is up, against a wall;

4. Tie door to cabinet by
either;

- wrapping chain around and
securing with a lock,

- wrapping a thick rope a-
round and knotting tightly,

-binding with flat metal
strapping. .
Teach children to be aware

of the dangers of playing’
around unused refrigerators
and freezers. Explain that if
they get inside, they may not ~

be able to get out without help. - -

No one will Hear them and th
can’t be seen,

Children must be warned
that they should’ never push
other children into refrigera.
tors and freezers. They should
help any trapped child out. If
they are unable to do this, they
should report the matter to an
adult immediately,

Ifa child is missing, look
first in any unused refrigera.
tor, freezer or even old stoves
and any type of airless en:
closure in the home or imme-
diate neighborhood,

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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, -1979 A

boat a Four Sections (A,B&C &TV Week)

‘ By RYON GUEDES
: : CASNEWS EDITOR’ ~ iy
Castlegar’s proposed $4,479,993 budget for 1979 will mean a
-704-mill rate decrease but not lower taxes, city council's finance
committee chairman said Tuesday. yet sees “4
“3. Ald. Jim Gouk told counci] the budget-— which won three
Feadings at the Tuesday meeting and is scheduled for adoption at a‘

x special meeting Monday — was based on a mill rate of 97.516 this

year despite the total increase of $280,734.” i
Gouk said the new rates, based on the $26,848 generated b:
one tax mill this year — compared to $22,208 last year — include
decreases of .492 to 89.460 for the city, .660 to 45.416 for School
District No. 9, and .015 to 1.480. Increases include .080 to 2,670 for

the Central Kootenay Regional Hospital District, and .283 to 8.621 -

for the Regional District’ of Central Kootenay. The rate‘ for the
Financing Auth

“While the 1979 budget reflects an overall mill rate decrease

of 704 mills the effect on city taxpayers will vary depending on’

recent assessment charges,” the finance chairman said.

“Consequently, as assessments have been rising ratepayers will

‘experience slight increases in 1979, As a further assistance to

property owners the provincial government may increase the
home owner grant in the current fiscal year,”

SOD-TURNING CEREMONY performed by Mayor Audrey
Moore (In cab with unidentified city employee) marks start of
the first phase of construction on'Cestlegar's new $6 million
water supply whilo (left to cight) Rossland-Troil MLA Chris
D'Arcy, Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco, Ald. Albert Colderbonk

last year’s figures with the

Tepresents $1,411,680 for

n
900 for capital and $97,685 for debt services, he

The city's portio
res, $286,

said, ‘
' The “other government" portion, he said, represents
$2,042,636 for schools, $383,241 for the RDCK, $120,085 for the
CKRHD, $64,316 for B.C. Assessment Authority and $810 for the
Municipal Finance Authority. tS
Gouk said the 1979 budget compares to actual expenditures of
$4,123,929 last year. He said the $282,760 allocated for protective
services this year, represents the largest increase, resulting from
inereaséd police ‘and firefighting costs.‘
“Police costs, as everyone is aware,'are now fully funded by

provincial government providing a $24,000 increase in- their
funding grant to the city and the Inland Natura! Gas franchise fee

" Increasing by an equal amount,” Gouk said,

“The water and sewer.utilities allow for normal operation and
the $2,439,900 five-year capital budget “reflect’s the first phase of
the city's new water program which in tota} will‘amount to $6
million.” ‘ . : .

“The Castlegar Airport portion of $72,000 is fully subsidized
by the federal ministry of transport and does not affect the local
mill rate,” he said. “As well the amount represents only the period
Jan, 1 to-March 31, 1979 as the City of Castlegar terminated its

the city as the previous five-year grant was by the
province Dec; 31, 1978,” he said. : x

‘The $551,900 1979 capifal budget, the finance chairman said,
“allows for normal storm drain and road works and funds for the
purchase of new, equipment.” Also allocated, are funds for the
development of a new works yard and engineering service for a

” second arterial] roadway for future development, he said.

a , ; ,

on. the first stage of ion involves the PF

24-inch-wide pipeling.from CanCel's Lower Arrow Lake water
Intake to the city's Meadowlark reservoir.:Prior to the sod-
turning (upper inset) Moore and. Phillips:sign an agreement

-authorizing the release of the first portion of the $3 million in -

ti with ministry March 31,. 1979."
Concluding his report, Gouk commended council's efforts to

keep the 1979 general mill rate “as low as we have.”
“However I would be remiss if did not warn council that the

continued good standard of service we have grown accustomed to
“cannot long be maintained with the limitations-:imposed upon us,” .

+ but overflowed into the outer

Rate Down .704 Mill, But Taxes No Lower _

he added, referring to the five-per-cent increase ceiling imposed on °:
municipal budgets this year by the province. i *
“Bear in mind the city has covered a new cost — police.
services — totalling $170,000 without an increase in the general
mill rate” % }
Finance committee member Ald: Len Embree agreed with’.
Gouk that services would be threatened by further limitations of a:
similar nature. : * Sie
“If that rule was applied again on a regular basis year after!’ :
year, then obviously the service to the people in the community;.
has to deteriorate,” Embree said. Weng
“I think the danger of that was the costs that were cut were’. .
planned costs over the years,” he continued. “If we don’t plan for.’
those contingencies coming into the picture then one, two or three!. » .
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Salmo Council Asks
‘Residents for Input ©

tiWwuE is
By LOIS HUGHES

for review by council and repre-

Salmo council remained
steadfast Tuesday in its deci-
sion not to have the planned
route for the ion for
Highway 3 and Highway 6
changed.

,  But- they did tell the
concerned citizens — who not ,
only filled the council. chambers

ministry of* transport safet;
engineer.

Two separate delegation:
had confronted council in the
earlier part of the meeting. -
office and onto the street —
that they would fight for every .

concession possible to assure

the
and properly.

Following its decision,
council asked. that individual
groups compilé recommenda-

_.tions and give them to the

village office by Friday morning

gestions to act for or against
the present location but .to
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Candidates Say No

Nuclear

oy “Not. one “of. “Rossland-Tra ‘8

Power.

three.” provit

‘ provi election
candidates would support uranium mining or exploration in B.C. if

i, elected ‘
‘That was the commitment about 200 local residents got at th

ply.’ Phillips ‘presents ‘cheque for $563,959 (lower inset)
representing a 50-per-cent advance on the approximately $1.2
million the city has already committed to the pipeline. (See
* story below.)—News/MirrorFotos by Lois Hughes

A further portion of the

" . senior government funding ex-
pected to save Castlegar house- .

holds ap estimated 69 cents per
frontage foot onthe cost of
their new water .supply was

Phillips, Moore
: : under the Canada-B.C. Indus-
trial Development Subsidiary

signed by Mayor Audrey Moore
and Economic Minister Don
Phillips here Monday.

Agreement of $3 million in
fed 1-provil

Philtips the ma-
yor with q- $563,959 cheque
following ceremonies marking
their i of isi

released under an

L-. eut.-Governor Pays—

wa

Visit Here Next Week

The. Lieutenant-Governor

Henry P. Bell-Irving,

will visit Castlegar with his
ife next Thursday: :

The’ vice-regal couple will

ive at the Castlegar Airport

9 a.m, and will be’ guests of

the city until 2 p.m.

" . Greeting the couple at the
airport will be Mayor Audrey
Moore, captain of the Castlegar
Air Cadets, president of the
Canadian Legion, Stanley Hum-

\phries - Senior. School Band,

school @hildren from Ootische-
nia and the Castlegar Air

* Cadets.

During their visit the
Bell-Irvings will officially open
the Rotary:Tennis Courts and
conduct the official sod-turning
ceremonies for the Kiwanis
Soccer Pitch’ and Track Field,
located adjacent the Regional
Recreation Complex on the
Community Civic . Property.
These functions take place at

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". Campaign Office

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or
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P ial funding for
the planned $6: million Lower

. Arrow Lakes system.

At the signing, attended
by city council members and

federal and provincial election *
tid Mi tai

and Economic Development Minister Don Phillips cheer her _federal-provinclof financial ald earmarked for the water sup-

First Federal-Provincial Payment Authorized -__

Approve $3 Million

approximately $1.2 million the

city has already committed to :

design and engineering, pipe,
chlorination and a reservoir.

“As we let the next con-
tract, which will be the con-
struction of the pipeline, to-
ward the end of May, we should
be picking up another cheque,
Hs id, we

that the cheque represented a
50-per-cent -advance on the

The mayor said the assis-
tance under the subsidiary

=~ cost-of-the nux system = --

cents:a frontage foot to the
citizens,” Moore said.

Phillips, who announced
here in February the $3 million

agreement, combined with-an
extra $1.5 million in aid from
the province, “means a great
deal” to Castlegar residents. ,
Had that assistance not been

“today.

Regional .Recreation Complex
Democrat Chris D'Arcy, Socted

here-:from ‘incumbent New:!
Phil, Brooks:and ‘Progressive

Conservative ‘Dale! Drown in’ the. Tiding’s ‘final all-candidate:

meeting in the campaign.

. Not one of Rossland-Trail's
three provincial election candi-
dates would support uranium
mining or exploration in B.C. if
elected today.

That was the commitment
about 200 local residents got at
the Regional Recreation Com-
plex here from incumbent New
Democrat Chris D'Arcy, Socred
Phil Brooks and Progressive
Conservative Dale Drown in
the riding’s fina) all-candidates
meeting in the’ campaign.

The issue was the only one
on which the three candidates
neared agreement in the free-
wheeling, two-hour question-
and-answer session on’ topics
ranging from natural resources
to school taxes.

Discussion on the issue:
began with D'Arcy's descrip--
tion of uranium as “a thing that '-
will kill you" and his attack o:

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Social Credit government's pol-
fey on uranium mining an
exploration and nuclear power. '}
“We don't’ want it here,” <
the NDP MLA told the crowd:
“The chief difference in percep-
tion amongst the public bi
tween ourselves and the Social’
Credit party is that when the
Socreds say they're against~
uranium mining or have reser-’
vations about it is that every-
body goes. on drilling for
uranium getting ready to mine,
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available, she said, the city y
would have had to charge
Property owners about $1.25
per frontage foot to cover. the

“It's our estimate now that
we will be charging about 56

SUNDAY'S FIRE hos |

at 7:10 p.m. and cppeared to be sm

i inulted in Monashee
Sporting Equipment being totally gutted in
shite of the atforts of firerion Seam both the
south and north stations. The initial call came

er

sporting goods
working on a small motor when an explosion
occurred and was unable to contain the
blaze. There is no official estimate of
thered damage. The bosement wos being pumped
by opproximately 10:30. However, one of the, out Monday to allow an Insurance adjustor to
four fire trucks was recalled to-the scene as “appraise
the fire flared up again after 11 p.m. and was
finally put out by midnight. Deputy Fire
Chief Roy Percival said the. owner of the

the
basement also housed the Semenoff family.
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A minor medical emer-
gency during the fire which
gutted a store at 1400
Columbia Ave. Sunday dem-
onstrated Caatlegar's, need
for a second arterial route,
Ald. Jim Gouk said Tuesday.

Gouk pointed out to city
counci] the blaze at Mona-
shee Sporting Equipment

Emergency Demonstrates
Need for Alternative Route

Ltd., located in the “single-
access section of town”
between North and South
Castlegar, resulted in traffic
‘blockage to the only arterial
route which prevented a
vehicle carrying a passenger
with a minor injury from
reaching Castlegar and Dis-
trict Hospital. :

“It was someone who
had come in‘ from Slocan
with a cut hand and was
headed for the hospital and
had somewhat of an amount;
of difficulty getting through
to transfer to an RCMP :
vehicle on the other side of
the fire,” he said.

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