CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, June 22, 1978

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HOSPITAL BOARD

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encumbents Merv Rush and Pat Romaine each return for a
further three-year term when the Castlegar and District
Hospital Soclety held its annual meeting Thursday evening.
Hospital board members are, front row, left to right, director
of nursing Denise Reed, Pat Romaine, secretary Marilyn
Cooper, Kris John and Women's Auxillary president Teena

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Leltch. Back row, left to right, treasurer Merv Aush,.
government representative Jack Young, vice-president John
Dalziel, president Chuck Dinning, and hospital administrator
Ken Talarico. Missing from the photo are, Regfonal District

of Central Kootena: Pp

New Denver Auxiliary
Winds Up Season

New Denver Hospital Aux:
illary wound up its season with
a dinner meeting at the Lu-
cerne Motel recently.

"Special guests included
hospital matron Ms. Thompson;
Mrs. J. Brighton, wife of Dr.
John Brighton; Mrs. Green-
wood, candy striper supervisor;
and Mrs. McCrory, who re-

cently retired as doctor's: re-
ceptionist,

The auxiliary discussed
furnishing a ward when the
new hospital opens. It was
reported that the recent hospi-
tal tea was a huge success.

Members enjoyed a few
games to finish up a fun
evening.

B.C. Hydro Reports
$27.5 M Net Income

British Columbia Hydro
and Power Authority reported
anet income of $27.5 million for
the year ended March 81, com-
pared with a net income, before

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trustee Carl Henne. —CagNewsFoto by Lols Hughes

Unity Promoted June 25-July 1

Come On,

Press Release

Tf you want to know what
Canada really is, ask someone
who has recently emigrated to
this country.

Or, if you have travelled
abroad, you know when you say
“I'ma Canadian" almost every-
one receives you with genuine
friendliness. How many other
nations do you know who are
received in the same way?

The Council for Canadian
Unity, an apolitical organiz-
ation of volunteer Canadians,
initiated CANADA WEEK
(June 25 to July 1) in 1969 for
the promotion of one Canada

Single-Car
Crash Nets
$1,000 Damage

A single vehicle accident
last Thursday afternoon on the
highway approaching Keenley-
side Dam has resulted in $1,000
damage to the car with driver
and occupants escaping injury.

Police said a 1973 Ply-
mouth, driven by Louise La-
marshe of Castlegar, was north
bound on the CanCel side of the
river when il rounded a corner,
fishtailed then skidded across
the highway hitting a cement
curb.

The driver has been
charged with failing to confine
the vehicle to the right side of
the road.

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for all Canadians. It has been a
growing success with each
passing year.

Composed of many people
in all walks of life and from all
sectors of the community, the
council takes positive action
from day-to-day in its combat
against separatism in all its
forms and it gives overt sup-
port to positive action by others
toward promoting the unity of
all Canadians throughout the
land.

We Canadians are facing a°

crucial time in our history. It
may seem difficult to get hold of
the problems facing us; to get
them to stand still long enough
for us to work out equitable
solutions. Your local Canada
Week Committee is there to
help you contribute to the pro-
motion of a united Canada.

Some people in Quebec feel
they would be happier, more
culturally secure and have a
better future as a separate
nation. Others in Canada think
the country would be served by
helping Quebec to get out of
confederation.

Both views are woefully
short-sighted. Such people fail
to see Canada as the greatly
blessed nation it is. For many,
in other parts of the world, we
are a symbol of hope and the
land of their dreams.

It is up to each Canadian to
demonstrate his faith in
Canada, its wonderfully diverse
people and the future we can
build together. To let this
country slip from us now be-
cause of apathy, indifference or
the ignorance of short-sighted
views would be a tragic event
for our children and for the
world.

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and Saturday night regularly must be some kind of a rut.

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act like adults who do the very same thing. Except with one difference: they are in a rut
every Friday night in a $70,000 house complete with rec. room and carport.

The answer, in my opinion, is not a youth centre but simply some way to open hope
and possibility and Imagination for the good. The
ages—the rich included—need some good ideas.

Ask an Eskimo what he does for six months out of the year crammed into an igtoo.

How about the native Indian who has had to master boredom and many other
problems that have swooped down upon him from the sky?

A youth centre will not help anyone who has no imagination.

Sorry, Joanne, but | must say it the way | see it.

One Man’s Opinion

They’re In a Rut

By FRED MERRIMAN

. Joanne Power, Castlegar's youth worker, tells us that the young people of the com-
munity are bored. She thinks that a youth centre will be the answer to the problem. | do

|n my opinion, the boredom the teenagers talk about is the same boredom that the
housewife speaks about, or the man who plugs back and forth to work every day at 7 a.m.
to do a job he has done thousands of times before.

It is the same boredom the wealthy talk about when they say: | am bored with
Monaco and Carmel. | think it is a rut they are talking about. The same old routine.

Let me tell you about the park at Blueberry Creek: the park has a brand-new tennis
court and there are swings and slides for the kids. It has a horseshoe pitch for the
old-fashioned sport that occupied many hours for ‘‘bored"’ farmers a century ago. It hasa
barbecue pit, bonfire area and a shelter with wooden picnic tables.

We have had a few flea markets there and the odd bingo game. But the people who
really use the park are the bored teenagers from Castlegar and Blueberry who sit in the
shelter most weekends and get quietly drunk. A few beers later and even the straight
ones become violent enough to smash benches and kick holes in the shelter walls.

It doesn’t really matter whether the beer bottles break on Purpose or by accident. |
y are in a ryt. Even getting drunk every Friday

young people, like people of all

Inland Natural Gas Proposes
Field Price Hikes Moratorium

Inland Release

Inland Natural Gas has
recommended a moratorium on
further field price increases at
the present time to the British
Columbia Energy Commission
inquiry into oil and natural gas
prices presently under way in
Vancouver.

The impact of the whole-
sale price-increase by 21 cents
per 1,000 cubic feet imple-
mented on March 1, coupled
with a proposed substantial
rate increase by its supplier,
Westcoast Transmission Com-
pany Limited, will have a
serious impact on natural gas
retail rates at all levels.

Phase 1 of the Westcoast
hearings dealing with depreci-
ation and income taxes has
been completed and the de-
cision has been handed down.

The impact of the Phase 1
decision on Inland is a further
wholesale price increase of ap-
proximately 12 cents. West-
coast seeks in the final two
phases of their hearing, which

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further 15-cent increase.

R. E. Kadlec, president of
Inland, stated “Taking all of
these increases in the wholesale
price of natural gas together,
we find in roughly a twelve-
month period, commencing
March 1, a total possible es-
ealation in the cost of our gas of
nearly 50 per cent, an enormous
increase by any standard.”

Inland has recommended
that the price paid for old and
new gas remain in effect until
the next review period. Good
geological prospects combined
with current prices for natural
gas have stimulated record-
breaking drilling and develop-
ment activity for the producers.

In 1977 more natural gas
reserves were added than
natural gas produced. Price in-
creases that stimulate drilling
activity and additions to
natural gas reserves for the
sole purpose of new extra-
provincial markets should be
avoided.

“I certainly do not accept
the suggestion that natural gas

in this province should equate.

to the commodity price of in-
ternational oil," Kadlec said ina
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a province blessed with large
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soon to become almost com-
pletely dependent on import oil,
we should look to a far more
moderate pricing policy for
natural gas, I cannot see how
the public of British Columbia is
served by a pricing policy
which may in effect increase
the province's dependency on
oil.”

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Hydro said in its annual
report tabled in the legislature
that while its gross revenues
increased by $145.6 million, in-
creased transit losses and oper-

ating costs hurt the overall °

financial picture, gS

The Crown authority re-
ceived a $82.6 million special
provincial subsidy in 1977, in-
creasing its total net income to
$38.6 million, to help offset the
transit losses. No subsidy was
received in 1978,

“The improvement in earn-
ings was a direct result of sales
of surplus electricity to the
United States," Hydro chair-
man Robert Bonner said in the
report,

Bonner explained that dur-
ing the year under review,
favorable water storage con-
ditions in B.C., coinciding with
a severe drought in the north-
west U.S. and California, made
possible large sales of surplus
power.

New Planer
Mill Expected
In Grand Forks

Pope & Talbot Inc. of Port-
land, Ore, is expected to
formally announce soon that

.the board of directors has given

the go-ahead for construction of
a new planer mill for Pope &
Talbot's Grand Forks sawmill
operation,

The project, understood to
be valued in the neighborhood
of $2.7 million, calls for estab-
lishment ‘of a modern planer
mill to the west of the sawmill
offices and dry kilns.

The new facility is ex-
pected to have greater capacity
than’ the existing planer mill,
which has not been able to keep
up with the sawmill's lumber
production.

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For more Information please write to:
P.O. Box 3116, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3HS

CITY OF CASTLEGAR
NOTICE TO
CASTLEGAR TAXPAYERS

PROPERTY TAXES
DUE JULY 4, 1978

TAX NOTICES for the year 1978 have now been mailed.
\f you have not yet recelved a notice for property
you own, please contact City Hall, 480 Columbia
Avenue or phone 365-7227,

NEW OWNERS — You are responsible for payment of
the 1978 property taxes by the due date. If there
are any questions check with this office. .

TRAILERS OWNERS — You are responsible for pay-
ment of the 1978 property taxes. If you did not re-
celve a notice please contact this office.

FAILURE TO RECEIVE A TAX NOTICE In no way ex-
cludes an owner from the responsibility of paying
taxes. All new property owners should be in con-
tact with this office to clarify thelr responsibility in
regard to payment of property taxes.

PAYMENT AND/OR GRANT APPLICATIONS must be
in the hands of the Collector prior to § p.m., July 4,
1978, to avoid a penalty addition of 10%. Applica-
tions for the Provincial Home Owner Grant should
be made prior to the penalty date whether or not
taxes due are paid.

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THE
PENALTY (QUE) DATE — JULY 4, 1978

Court Upholds
New Employee

Licence Fee

Oakland's proposed em-
ployee licence fee—a percent-
age levy on the gross earnings
of individuals who work, in the
city—was upheld recently by
the California Supreme Court.

The decision opens the way
for other California cities to im-
pose such a tax,

San Francisco Mayor

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, June 22, 1978 Bo:
_ We Only Ask You To Investigate | |
What The Church of Christ Teaches,

Believes and Stands For

Know truth

We teach and warn against ALL false doctrines,
systems and teachers and show the dangers and
consequences In following them (1 Jno. 4:1-2; 2 Pet.
2:1-2; Matt. 7:15; 2 Cor, 11:13-15).

Church of Christ
{see Church Directayy)

George Moscone pred! that
the ruling would result in a
fundamental shift in municipal
taxation in California with most
cities adopting similar meas-
ures and lessening their re-
liance on property taxes.

The Oakland tax applies to
all wages and salaries more
than $6,500 per year earned for
work performed within the city
limits regardless of where the
worker lives.

Unemployment
Down, But Not
By Much

Unemployment declined in.
both British Columbia, and
Canada as a whole, last month
—but not as much as it should
this time of year.

In B.C., the number of
d dropped to 92,000

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CITY OF CASTLEGAR

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be
held on Wednesday, June 28, 1978, at 7 p.m. in the
Council Chambers of the City Hall, 460 Columbia
Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. to receive representations
from all persons who deem it in their interest to make
representations regarding the fi

OLI Gives Education
Opportunities to Adults

An Open Learning Insti-
tute, which will make available
educational opportunities to

amendments to the City of Castlegar Zoning Bylaw No.
160, 1977, and amending Bylaws.

Bylaw No. 215
The intent of Bylaw No. 215 is to:

— rezone all C » Religious
Assembly Halls and Community Halls to ‘‘P1"' Schools
— Institutional and Public Zone. ‘

— delete from the ''R1"’ Single-Family Residential
and '*R2"' Single- and Two-Family Residential Zones
the Community Halls, Grocery Stores, Hospitals,
Religious Institutions and Senior Citizens’ Accommoda-
tlon uses.

-——_ delete from the *'R3"', ‘'R4"’ and "RS"
Multi-Family Residential zones the Art Galleries,
Community Halls, Grocery Stores,’ Hospitals and
Religious Institutions uses.

— revise the interior side lot line setback
requirements in the ‘*R3’', ‘'R4"' and ‘‘R5" Multi-
Family Residential zones.

— delete from the ''RA1'’ Rural zone the Art
Galleries, Grocery Stores, Hospitals, Mobile Home
Parks, Religious Institutions, Senior Citizens’ Accom-
modation and Trailer Courts uses.

— delete from the ‘‘C1'’ Core Commercial, '*C2"'
Comprehensive Commercial and **C3'' Highway Com-
mercial the Retail Stores use.

— revise the Automobile use in the ‘'C2”
Comprehensive Commercial and ‘'C3"’ Highway Com-
mercial zones. ‘

— add Art Galleries as a permitted use in the
‘“*P1" Schools — Institutional and Public zone.

— add Manufacturing as a permitted use in the
“M2” Heavy Industrial zone.

— add Recreation Vehicle Sales and Service as a
permitted use In the ''C3"’ Highway Commercial! zone.

— establish parking requirements for the exten-
tion or expansion of existing structures,

— revise the parking requirements for various
uses,

— delete all references to Mobile Homes and
Mobile Home Parks and refer the ‘'AG'' Mobile Home
Residential use to the City of Castlegar, Mobile Home
Park Residential Bylaw No. 201, 1978.

— revise the definition of Home Occupation and
Buffer.

revise regulations In regard to Landscape Screen
and Fencing.

— add Animal Hospitals, Veterinary Clinics and
Kennels as a permitted use in the ‘'M1" Light
Industrial Zone.

Coples of the aforementioned Bylaw and further
particulars pertaining thereto may be Inspected at the
Clerk's office, 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C.
during the hours 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday, excluding holidays.

B. Baldigara
City Clerk

‘adults throughout the province
who are unable to attend
classes in the traditional way,
has been established in B.C.

“This is the result of years
of discussion on how to take
education to people who are
socially or geographically iso-
lated,” education minister Dr.
Pat McGeer said in announcing
the institute. 5

In cooperation with the
universities, colleges and other
institutes, the Open Learning
Institute will provide programs
of study leading. to a first

degree in arts and science,

provide career technical and
vocational programs, and high
school completion studies.

The institute will develop,
acquire and distribute courses,
programs of study and learning
materials by such distance
education methods as corres-
pondeénce, cablevision and cas-
seltes,

Designated under the pro-
visions of the Colleges and
Provincial Institutes Act, the
Open Learning Institute will
make available curricula to the
colleges and with them develop
study centres and tutorials by
telephones.

Silverton Council

GLORIA ZAYTSOFF, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Vera Zaytsoff of
Castlegar, has recently gradu-
ated from the University of
British Columbia with a bach-
elor's degree in education. She
was a’ graduate of Stanley

Si -y School in

Silverton Council decided
to turn over the lease of the old
schoo! building in Silverton to
the Slocan Valley and Arrow
Lakes District Arts Council for

The village is also re-
questing that adequate parking
facilities be made available.

Silverton Council has ap-
proved in principle the idea of

an

The lease was drafted by
solicitor John Stowell of Na-
kusp and council has gone over
it and it now remains for the
arts council to offer sugges-
tions.

The arts council has been
renovating the old building in
the hopes of turning it into a
gallery and theatre.

Council has resolved that it:
has no objection to the log cabin
information booth being placed
-on lots within the village. The
lots the information booth
would be placed upon are lots
included in the lease drawn up
for the arts council and its
approval would have to be ob-
tained first.

The village will have to be
notified of the exact location
and will not be liable for’ the
protection of the building.

Local Seniors
Enjoy Picnic
In Colville

Recently, 21 members of
the Senior Citizens’ Association
spent’ the day in Colville,
Wash., where they enjoyed a
picnic lunch in the city's park.

Those attending extend
their thanks and appreciation
to the regional recreation for
arranging the excursion, and
-extend thanks, also, to Fay
Fodor and Trudy Lyons for the
driving of the buses and their
attentive care to the seniors’
comfort,

We Are Open
Tuesday - Saturday
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thurs. to 7:00 p.m.

putting in service
work instead of paying fines
when they are sentenced in
court. RCMP Cpl. H. Stengert.
will be attending the next
monthly meeting of council to
relate how this type of program
works.

Three students have been
hired by the village for five
days to groom the park camp-
sile in Silverton. Sinks have
been installed in the park bath-
room and the ball park facilities
have been repaired.

The Slocan District Cham-
ber of Commerce has received
permission from council to use
the southwest section of the
ball park for overflow camping
during B.C. Days in August.
This camping will be made
available for self-contained
units only.

Council has agreed to rent
out the mower at $15 an hour to
any resident wishing to use it.
It has also been decided to start
looking for a janitor for the
halls.

Council hired a campsite
attendent and camping facil-
ities are available for $2 a night.

City Man
Charged With
Failing to Yield

A Castlegar man has been
charged with failing to yield
after stopping following an
accident last Thursday evening
at the corner of Juniper Street
and Columbia Avenue.

Charged is Mike Popoff
whose 1969 Chevy sustained an
estimated $300 after it was in
collision with a 1966 Chevy
driven by Larry Chernenkoff of
Shoreacres. Damage to the
Chernenkoff vehicle has been
estimated at $350,

No injuries have been re-
ported.

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1973, This fall, she begins her
teaching career in Cranbrook,
B.C.

out of work last month from
100,000 out of work in April,
according to the monthly labor
force survey done by Statistics
Canada.

Inspring the B.C. economy
normally picks up a lot more
than this, however. A year ago,
for instance, the ‘number of
unemployed dropped by 20,000,

Taking into account what
usually happens this time of
year, Statisties Canada’s Otta-
wa computers figured that the
unemployment rate in B.C.
actually jumped, in seasonally
adjusted terms, to 8.0 per cent
from 7.7 per cent.

On the national scene,
unemployment dropped to 933,-
000 from just barely below a
million out of work—999,000—
in April. This was a drop of
66,000 in the rolls. There was
slight improvement, in real
terms, in each of the 10
provinces. .

But again Statistics Cana-

, da’s, statisticians figured that

this drop wasn't good enough to
reduce the nationa) unemploy-
ment rate, in seasonally ad-
justed terms. It remained
steady at 8.6 per cent.

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