February 26, 1988 ESTABLISHED AUG. 7, 1947 THE MID WEEK TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4, 1980 2, 1978-AUG. 27, 1900 LV, CAMPBELL vested in ond belongs News prow PUBLISHER AUG. 7, 1947-768. 19, 1979. PUBLISHER — Burt Campbell EDITOR — Ron Norman FOREMAN — ADVERTISING MANA‘ CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadley MONEE OF COPYRIGHT: Ful complete afd vole copyright in any printed master produc red trom repro proots, engravings, etc. provided by the — Gary Fleming od by Castle News | ep swah oh that port and thot part only of shall remain in and Tax trouble Municipalities across B.C. are up in arms over a recent proposal for a single, uniform industrial, fate — and for good reason. the Proposal strikes at the very heart of municipal autonomy. In brief, the proposal, which is presently before the Select Stan- ding Committee on Finance, would see contro! of industrial taxation shift from municipalities to the pro- vince. Victoria would be respon- sible for setting industrial tax rate for businesses such as Westar Tim- ber's Southern Wood Products sawmill and Celgar Pulp Co.'s mill. Victoria would also collect the taxes and distribute them to municipalities. Municipalities would still retain control for setting residential and commercial tax rates and collecting those taxes. The system would be very much like that now in place for the 75 school districts across B.C. And municipalities oppose the scheme for the same reasons school boar- ds did several years ago. Basically, they say it usurps local autonomy. Under the new system, municipalities would have to accept whatever the provincial government decided it wanted to + give in industrial taxation. If Vic- toria decides to put a lid on indus- trial taxes, municipalities would have to go elsewhere to raise fun- ds to cover any increases in costs or improved services. And that means raising residential and commercial taxes. That's just what has happened with the school districts. Now, if school districts want more funding than what Victoria has allocated, they must raise 't has led to. the this year residential taxes in some school districts are expected to in- crease as much as 40 per cent. And that’s why municipalities shouldn't be the only ones upset by the new proposal. Castlegar resi- dents and businesses will likely bear the brunt of the changes. The move is particularly diffi- cult to understand because it comes at a time when Premier Bill Vander Zalm’s government is trying to implement its decentra- lization program. Mr. Vander Zalm has stated time and again that un der decentralization local resi- dents and groups will determine how their areas will develop. Yet, here Victoria is trying: to increase its decision-making pow- er at the expense of locally-elected governments. It runs counter to the whole decentralization plan. That's cheap! This week's drop in gas prices — from 29.9 to 24.9 and finally to 14.9 cents a litre — is a bonanza for area drivers. Gas stations in these parts haven't seen this much business in years. But it's hard to believe they're making any money. At 14.9 cents a litre, and combined with the $2 rebate for a minimum 25-litre pur- chase, drivers can get 25 litres of gas for less than $1.75 — or about seven cents a litre. Now that’s cheap! Ron Norman When Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco came out this week with his solution to the controversial tax deduction for residents living in northern and remote communites, I was reminded of the old TV game show To Tell The Truth. That was where three guests all said they were the same character, let's say Joe Blow, and a panel attempted to find out who was the real Joe Blow. At the end, the announcer asked: “Will the real Joe Blow please stand up?” Well, this week I wouldn't have been surprised to hear someone ask: “Will the real Bob Brisco please stand up?” That surely wasn't the real Brisco we saw this week; it couldn't have been. Our local MP has long stood for fiscal responsibility and has been a strong supporter of the federal government's stated objective of reducing the burgeoning federal deficit. Yet, here he was this week pro- posing that everyone be eligible for what amounts to a tax loophole so large you could drive a chip truck through it. The deduction itself is dubious. It was established for Canadians living in northern communities and _ re- mote. areas who supposedly pay more for essentials, such as food, clothing, shelter and, fuel. The deduction isn’t small pota toes. It can total $5,400. Anyone with an income over $30,000 would get a $2,500 tax refund. And the rules governing who is eligible for the deduction and who n't are complex. But when all the “bureaucratese” is stripped away, basically the rules don't say you have to live in a remote community — and therein lies the problem. In stead, residents are eligible as long as they live in a small community far enough away from a large or a medium-sized centre. What it has meant is that people living in Winlaw, South Slocan and Crescent Valley can claim the deduction (I can see those residents all gleefully rubbing their hands in hot expectation of that $2,600), but those people a few kilometres away in Shoreacres do not. Beaver Falls near Trail is eligible, but not Montrose, which is virtually right next door” What we have is a huge inequity. How can someone living in Crescent Valley be more remote than someone living in Thrums? Or how can someone living on the outskirts of Montrose be any closer to a large centre than Beaver Falls, which is a bedroom com munity of Trail? It boggles the mind. Of course, the whole deduction is wacky and should be changed or scrapped altogether. But changed so as to make the loophole wider? That's what Bob Brisco says. I can understand why he says that. It’s political suicide to try to wade into Beaver Falls or Winlaw and tell those residents they shouldn't get the deduction — es pecially once they've been given it. (Though try to explain why someone like Selkirk College presi- dent Leo Perra — who lives in Passmore and commutes each day — should get the deduction, while another college employee who lives in Castlegar, Blueberry, Thrums or Shoreacres shouldn't). _ But that doesn’t mean Brisco’s Suggestion isn't anything other than utter nonsense. I mean, how in heaven's name can people in Castle gar and Trail pretend they deserve the deduction? I would go one better and say instead of giving residents in remote areas tax breaks, the feds should consider giving those poor suckers in the Lower Mainland a tax break. After all, house prices in Van- couver have skyrocketed through the $300,000 mark. House prices here? Around $65,000. Even if residents living in the Interior pay more for their fruits and vegetables (which I doubt), the difference can't be anywhere near the difference Lower Mainlanders pay in housing costs. No, the federal government and Bob Brisco have got it all back- wards. We shouldn't be getting the axdeduction. City residents should. Letters to the Editor Free trade needed Recent statements in Idaho and Montana newspapers concerning the proposed Canada-U.S. free-trade agreement and Cominco’s role as a fair competitor for U.S. metal markets and mine products have caused Cominco grave concern. Such statements more than confirm the need for the imple- mentation of the free-trade agreement in order to preserve our access to the U.S. market. The following is the text of a letter I have written to the editors of Mon- tana and Idaho newspapers and the senators and congressmen of those states. I feel that is is important for your readers to know what is going on. “Recent press reports have wrongly portrayed Cominco’s large zinc-lead-fertilizer complex at Trail as a threat to employment in Montana and Idaho. The reverse is true. Cominco's smelter is directly responsible for 135 hosph minjng jobs in Mi and contributes to the employment of an additional 400 people in existing lead and zine mines in Idaho and Montana. The value of Cominco's purchase from these mines exceeds $30 million per year. Discussions are currently under- way which may result in the start-up of other mines in the area, thanks to the ability of the Trail smelter to treat complex lead-zine-silver-gold concen trates. “Bob Muth, vice-president for government affairs for Asarco in New York has been recently quoted by the news media. These reports have in- cluded false statements about Cominco Ltd. and misleading statements about the proposed U.S.-Canada free-trade agreement. “The Canadian government is not ‘footing the pill’ for Cominco’s lead smelter project at Trail, there is no 20 per cent tariff on the zine and lead Comingo sells in the U.S., and many Idaho and Montana mines depend on our smelter at Trail, as their main market. The ‘playing field’ is very nearly level right now as far as lead and zine smelters are concerned and the proposed Canada-U.S. free trade pact would make it perfectly level in 10 years. “Cominco has spent about $400 million U.S. (through debt) refur- bishing its zinc plant and installing new environmental protection facilities at Trail. An additional $30 million is planned in the future to enable the plant to treat a greater variety of zinc concentrates. The reason for Cominco's large expenditures at Trail was that the company made a fundamental de. cision in the late 1970s to stay in the zinc-lead smelting business for the long haul. In Cominco’s view that equated to installing the latest technology which would ensure competitive operating costs, protection of the environment and protection of the health of its employees. “Cominco’s current lead smelter modernization project at Trail is a two-stage $260 million Cdn project using a unique, state-of-the-art oxygen smelting process. When completed in the early 1990s, this new smelter will meet all environmental and hygiene standards. The governments of Canada and British Columbia are investing $134 million in the project through the purchase of preferred shares which provide for dividends up to 12 per cent depending on lead and silver prices. Over the past 50 years of historical prices, dividends would have averaged about eight per cent under the formula. This is clearly not a subsidy “Current tariffs are 3.5 per cent on refined lead and 1.5 per cent on refined zine, a far cry from the 20 per cent rate attributed to Mr. Muth. At current prices this equates to about 1.2 cents per pound for lead and .7 cents per pound for zinc. Under free trade, these tariffs would be gradually eliminated over a 10-year period. “The market price for lead has risen from 19 cents per pound to 34 cents per pound over the past two years. Given the 15-cent price rise compared to a one-cent tariff, it is hard to support the statement that “the historic East Helena smelter of Asarco Inc. might be closed by the U.S.-Can- ada trade agreement.” “Cominco’s Trail smelter pur- chases significant amounts of products from Montana ‘and Idaho. The recent Oberle's efforts provoke chuckles Frank Oberle's efforts to win voters for the Conservatives must have provoked chuckles locally. We have been treated to the spectacle of a cabinet member holding forth on the benefits of free trade while at the same time a news release highlighted his efforts to have northern benefits extended to the 49th parallel. Obviously timed to coincide with Mr. Oberle's visit, the tax refund of up to $2,600 was supposed to demonstrate governinent concern for the citizenty. Inétead, it clearly illustrates the gross p of a government runnin, third in the polls. The announcement indicated a woe ful ignorance of the geography of the consulting our local MP who confesses to being “astonished.” Are we really supposed to believe they know what they are talking about on free trade when they put on such a third-rate performance? Cark Knutson Castlegar “s note: Mr. Knutson is a candidate for the federal NDP nomina- ‘then in Kootenay West-Revelstoke. start-up of the Warm Springs, Montana phosphate mine which employs about 135 people was only possible through a long term purchase agreement by the Trail smelter. The smelter also pur- chases 100 per cent of the gold-bearing zine concentrates from Pegasus Gold's Montana els pyoperty near Jeff- erson City. That operation employs 160 people. There are no other North American making complexes which can ally provide the gold recovery from this type of zine concentrate. The lead concentrates from Montana Tunnels go to the Asarco smelter. Cominco purchases about 50 per cent of the silver-lead concentrates from Hecla’s 200 em- ployee Lucky Friday mine at Mullen, Idaho. Asarco purchases the remaining 50 per cent. “Asarco has come out strongly against the proposed U.S.-Canada free-trade initiative, which is their prerogative. It is unfortunate that Asarco has done so through direct attacks on Cominco and the use of misleading statements about current tariff levels. Cominco believes that its zinc-lead smelting complex at Trail, B.C. is beneficial to the economic stability of Montana and Idaho. Many mine operators and their employees in these states support Cominco’s view- point, we know because we've asked them.” W.4J. Robertson Vice President Operations at Trail Cominco Ltd. Thanks Doreen I would like to thank trustee Doreen Smecher for her solo votes in trying to keep the Castlegar school board on its own track and watching its needless spending. She must be discouraged at voting against the block so often. Reading the coverage in our paper, I feel some of the board members should have run for city council. When there is a vote on an unrequested gift for a trip or any money which involves a family member could there be a conflict of interest? It is a shame we don't have better representation on our board from city residents. Four of seven members live in rural areas although two of them are “representing” Castlegar proper. Maybe the bylaw should be looked at. Possibly some of the board members Remember When 40 YEARS AGO From the March 4, 1948 Castlegar News The monthly meeting of District No. 9 School Board was held on Feb- ruary 28th. The main subject under discussion was the high costs of the new schools. The Department of Edu- cation feels the costs are too high and must be cut. ss “* Wed. Only at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Most sensational film made “The Nuremberg Trials.” Elmore Philpott says “Every ‘intelligent man, woman and child should see it!" Complete un¢ut films from USSR. English dia- logue. It’s Dynamite. * * «© Talks between the salary com- mittee of the Castlegar District Tea- chers’ Association and the School Board of No: 9 School District (Castle- gar) have resulted in an agreement to put a cost-of-living bonus system into effect which will pay an average of $1.30 for each cost of living point change upward, or deduct similarly in case of a point change downwards, as of Jan. 1, 1948, and readjusted Jan. ist, of each ing year on each 10-point change. . . It was interesting to note that Castlegar was represented at the recent B.C. Cooperative Union’s An- nual Conference held in Kelowna on Feb. 25th to 28th by Mr. N. Bystrom from the local Co-op Retail Store and Mr. T. Couch from the Co-op Trans- portation Society. 25 YEARS AGO From the Feb. 28, 1963 ar News West Kootenay champs in high school girls’ basketball are the SHSS Bomberettes who won the title at the weekend. The Bomberettes are unde- feated in league and tournament play. * With a view to encouraging public interest in education, the Canadian Teachers’: Federation has requested that March 3-9 be observed as Edu- cation Week. * 8 There have been 11 interruptions in power in Kinnaird during the past seven months, council was informed Tuesday night by the WKP&L Co. In answer to a query by the village. . 8 « Extensive damage was done to Castlegar school district No. 9's new $15,000 bus last Thursday when it rolled while being road tested at Trail. A mechanic employed by a Trail garage was testing the bus on the Waneta highway when it apprently hit a soft shoulder and turned over on its side in a ditch. * * « A low bid of $2,021,000 was made on the Columbia river bridge for Kin- naird, Rossland-Trail MLA Don Brothers advised the Castlegar News on Tuesday. + 8 « “Building permits worth $24,000 in new construction were issued in Castlegar during January works sup- ervisor Norman McNabb told council's last meeting. . . Construction of the high-level, pre- stressed concrete Columbia river bridge at Kinnaird should be under way by April, superintendent of high- ways A.E. Staite has predicted. 15 YEARS AGO From the March 1, 1973 Castlegar News Possible use of Boeing 737 jet air- craft in place of the present Convair aircraft, a paved taxiway strip which would be followed by a control tower, were ail indicated in a report Monday night presented by Castlegar airport committee chairman Dr. John Hall. * Interested Slocan Valley residents will be able to meet B.C. Hydro executives to discuss routing of the proposed powerline between Kootenay Canal hydro-electric development and Ashton Creek substation, east of En- derby. . * 2 o« Passenger vehicle licence plates hit an all-time high yesterday morning by exceeded the 3,000 mark. Greatest previous number of passenger plates to be sold locally is 2,850. 5 YEARS AGO From the Feb. 23, 1983 Castlegar News An aquatic centre, a new library, a cultural arts centre and upgrading of Zuckerberg Island are the four major recreation and cultural projects Castle- gar council plans to construct before going ahead with any other major recreation or cultural projects, council H d Tuesday. could r they are rep the votes of a few hundred taxpayers and should not let their personal opinion or soap boxes get in the way Although you feel alone, Mrs. Smecher, please don't resign as your vote is representing the many people I have talked with. Dorothy Martini Castlegar More letters AS * oe In ease you missed it, two longtime Castlegar residents were featured on the front page of the Monday, Feb. 21, Vancouver Sun. Nellie and Alec Voykin had their photograph taken by Sun photographer Bill Keay. Feay was in these parts along with Sun reporter Brian Kieran to cover the controversial town meeting in Greenwood. February 28, 1988 Castlegar News As Industry invade MORE LETTERS § B. C. government ‘running amok’ provincial parks By ANNE SHERROD Premier Bill Vander Zalm’s govern- ment is systematically opening our provincial parks to industrial invasion, The people now going to jail for protesting the mining of Strathcona Park are all too well aware of this bitter reality. They have watched the tragic disintegration of a once magnif- icent park, as mining and logging interests have carved away at its edges, invaded the interior, and finally struck at its heart. In a human being this process would be called cancer. But as it applies to parks, in the language of the B.C. government, it has many fine and deceptive names. One of them is “recreation areas”. The recreation area designation allows resource extraction. The government not only shuttles whole park proposals into this classification, but also uses it to invade existing class A parks. The procedure is to declassify pockets of the park where there is an interest in mining. A park may thus be designated class A and yet be riddled with resource extraction activities which are completely prohibited under class A designation. Surely, this is deceit of a most crafty and fraudulent kind. As soon as we reclassify class A parks to so-called recreation areas where mining or logging can ensue, we've dissolved the park designation and returned it to the ‘Real park values are totally incompatible with mining’ status of raw Crown land. This scraps years of previous public involvement and expensive studies which led to the original park designation. The public interest in their parks is thus being cynically flouted and betrayed. Approximately a year ago, the government declassified areas in Kokanee Glacier Park which contained existing mineral claims. There was no public input. Kokanee Glacier Park was then riddled throughout with 11 recreation areas, letely shattering KOKANEE GLACIER PARK STUDY AREA existence of the park, even though the question was previously settled, and gives the Ministry of Mines a pivotal role in the decision. The Mines Ministry has constantly joined the mining industry's attitude that any alienation of Crown land for parks is a frivolous and threatening deduction MLA has stated in the press that the government's failure to enforce environmental guidelines _is responsible for the confrontation at Strathcona. In the end, however, the whole questions of appropriate guide lines is nothing but a subject switch, in which our attention is diverted from from land and prerog which rightfully belong to miners. This is believed, even though 90 per cent of the B.C. land base is open to mining. As a result, the Mines Ministry has resisted and obstructed class A parks even where exploration has not turned up an economically viable showing of ore. Is it to be expected, then, that the Mines Ministry will have anything but a grossly inflated view of what areas “merit further mineral exploration”? What about areas which have “high park values” and which also have mineral deposits? How is that to be 1? What about the fact that the its wilderness integrity. The’ justifica: tion claimed for this move was that the Supreme Court had recently ruled that mining claims which pre-existed parks must be bought by the government or allowed to operate. There is no evidence that the government seriously considered compensating the claim holders, or that any investigation was undertaken to determine if the claims were frivolous. (It is a fact that many mining companies stake claims simply on speculation, as a basis to raise money. Some of the claims in Kokanee were staked for a mere $5 each during a declassification by the Socred government in the 1960s.) The recent draft master plan lays the groundwork for still further mining incursions. Preposterously, this plan proposes yet another study, a geological survey to be done by the Ministry of Mines. In a sinuous web of double-talk, the draft speaks of determining areas of high park-values which will be designated class A, while areas found by the Ministry of Mines which are “considered to merit further mineral exploration, evaluation or d will be desi d as recreation area.” This proposes to redetermine the Get Your Message Across Fastl Classified Ads 365-2212 SPRING IS COMING! Local & Friendly Services for all your . © Upholstery Needs Boat fop, boot eet, window & Zipper installed. ‘Car seat, snowmobile seat. Kitchen chairs, restaurant chairs, tent trailers. ° Leather Goods ® Shoe R We repair all ox of shoes, western boots, work boots, ladies dress shoes etc. * All Hockey Equip. We repair all hockey att Clothing repair. Tuesday ANNIVERSARY ‘whole area has high park values and that's why it’s a park? What about the fact that a park can't be broken into recreation over here and mining over there and still retain its wilderness quality, or its recreational values, or even deserve the name “park”? And what kind of a parody is it that the Ministry of Mines gets to come in and‘ make such a determination? This is nothing but an open door for the mining industry to come in and take its pick of ‘parkland under a facade of reasonable and scientific means. The whole of the provincial park system is being dissolved by these camouflaged methods. Make no mistake about it, mining exploration means bulldozers clawing trenches out of the earth and carving up wilderness areas with roads. It means the shattering noise of helicopters, the unsightliness and mess of mining camps; and, if a mine is actually developed, much more serious consequences such as pollution of the streams and lakes and unsightly open pits may occur. The draft plan proposes that the parks branch will regulate mining and impose reclamation guidelines by issuing resource use permits. Yet an the qi ion of whether there should be mining in the park to how the mining will be done. The fact is that real parks values are totally incompatible with mining. The devastating effects of Westmin Mine on Strathcona Park have occurred despite the efforts of the parks branch to protect the park, and the coopera.- tion of the company. Whether the regulations have been enforced or whether they haven't, the people who live around Strathcona Park have had their park gutted, their water supply, fishing streams and lakes polluted, and are now threatened with even worse pollution. Kokanee Glacier Park is a beautiful and important mountain park teeming with wildlife. Approximately 12,000 people use the park for recreation each year, and this number is increasing. There is simply no excuse for allowing the needs and rights of thousands and thousands of people to be subverted by the speculations of a few greedy mining companies. There is no excuse for delivering any further blows to the tourism potential of the Kootenays. The deadline for input in the draft is about March 1. People who do not want Kokanee Park to become another Strathcona Park must flood the offices of the Parks Ministry with protests now. The key points to stress are: e The Ministry of Mines must not be allowed to study Kokanee Glacier Park, or any other existing park, for ore deposits. e No new mineral claims in Kokanee. Park allowed under any disguise. e Existing mineral claims should be purchased by the government. Class A status for the entire park. (Anne Sherrod is a special repre- tative for The Valhalla Society). Rumors have been flying for months that the Vander Zalm government intends to impose ferry tolls on inland ‘ies within two months. ‘est Kootenay residents are already so shell-shocked by the premier’s handling of privatization that we expect the protests of chambers of commerce, municipal coun- cils, regional districts, MLAs and hundreds of individuals to be ignored. Now we see in the Jan, 29 B.C. Government Job Postings a job descrip- tion for the Needles ferry that includes, “. . . respon sible for collection and ac- counting of Fevenue if re- quired . There “have been many controversies in this area during the past few years on subjects ranging from pesti- cide application to the foreign takeover of West Kootenay Power, and the common thread is government in- difference to the clearly ex- pressed wishes of the people affected. We're seeing in- creasing use of secrecy and haste in implementing un- popular programs, recom- mendations by the govern- hearings used as a tool to exhaust and deflect public opposition. How do we deal with a government running amok? I sense a growing feeling that it is time to embrace more forthright tactics, simply be- cause bullying can only be stopped with firm resolve. CPR and government “regu- lators” were prevented from spraying herbicide in hun- dreds of Slocan Valley back. yards and watersheds only by resolute cooperative ac- * * Greciously restored - 6 hotel in he grand tredwion VALID UNTIL APRIL 30, 1968 1909 YATES STREET. VICTORIA. B.C VOW IL® TOLL FREI CENTRAL FOODS SPECIALS BLACK FOREST HAM OVERLANDER. $ 100 G. ORANGE FLAVORED tion of area cross- ing party lines for the sake of the community as a whole. The entire West Kootenay community is now threat. ened by ferry totis which will restrict our access to es- sential services, damage our economy and add to the dis. crimination against rural residents. Are we prepared to act cooperatively by re- fusing to pay ferry tolls? What other action can we take? There's not much time, so think about it now. Kaslo Editor's note: Mr. Scarlett BLUE BONNETT 3 Lb. PKG. ment’s own being ignored, and public Johnson to speak Leone Johnson will be the featured speaker at the Women Aglow luncheon Wednesday at the Fireside Place. Johnson, who resides in Spokane with her husband Bob, has two grown sons. She has had 10 ministry tours to the Middle East and spent over 10 years as an evange- list to the Spokane County Jail. Last year she attended the Billy Graham School of Evangelism, ministered in Jerusalem at the pastor's conference to. the women, ministered at Aglow meet- ings, home Bible study meet- ings, Union Gospel Missions, Christian Workers Confer- ence and weekly to the Spo- kane County Jai "til Saturday at AGI THE FLOWER BASKET CLEANITIZING a.m. -5 p.m. LOOKING FOR A SPEAKER TO SPARK YOUR MEETINGS? Consider a doctor from the BC Medical Association's SPEAKERS’ SERVICE! With topics to offer like Alzheimer's, Stress Management, Osteoporosis, PMS, Heart Attack, Care of the Elderly and The Business of being a Doctor, our doctor / Ts generate audience interest wherever they speak. With advance notice, a doctor /speaker should be available to fit your schedule. The Speakers Service is a public service of the doctors of British Columbia. For more information on topics and Bookings, please contact Leigh Carter, Communications Manager. BC Medical Association 115-1665 West Vancouver, B.C. 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