The Castlegar Sun “Wednesday, ‘February 27,1991; Wednesday, February 27, 1991 Happening will _ By NANCY LINGLEY It's Happening! ’ At long: last’ the modernization and expansion of. the): Castlegar. Celgar Pulp Company mill has begun. It’s ea weakly feature of the Castlegar, Suns sSeontily wll fulfill, two), Sun Editor It didn’t take long before the heavy equipment moved onto the site once the final go-ahead for the __ Celgar modernization. . and expansion was announced. When it’s finished, the updated mill will present a new face to the world. ° For the most part, the new buildings will be located where the parking area is now. They will stand in front of the current mill between the old plant and the river, ined mill Jim Browne.."To keep an eye on things, ‘and provide information and traffic control. For es safety's sake, security can make sure people don’t go into areas. where they're not supposed to go. There will be mill traffic and constniction traffic. Security cin help relieve the congestion and minimize the interference between current business and modemization business.” Equipment will be seen filling in the foreshore that been imed from the Columbia Browne. ° “The stores, the aaa pulp machine number one, and the warehouse will remain as is,” he said, “The fibre line, including the digester, will be retired completely. Probably shops will be moved into the building. There will be a lot of demolition in the recaust area. We will build a new lime kiln parallel to the existing one. Once it’s built, we'll demolish the old one. There will be quite a large visible change there.” While the mill is under construction, mill employees will park their vehicles in the parking lot located at the junction of Arrow Nam elphi Castlegar dislikes: Too small Pet: Cat - Anna ferrably somewhere warm) Where you work: Shoe Department at Woolco - What you do there: Sales Clerk Castlegar likes: Close to some great skiing Best kept Castlegar secret: Patrick Vehicle: Dodge Chall What would you rather be doing? Travelling (pre- Lakes Drive and the Celgar mill road, Beginning on Mar. 11, a shuttlebus service will be provided to and from the parking lot and the mill. Security will also be placed at the entrance to the Celgar Rd. Hawse By NANCY LINGLEY Sun Editor River where the construction workers’ camp will be located. The camp area will be built up to 20 feet below the surrounding grade. “We'll keep the camp below the bank to help mask a lot of the noise,” explained Browne. “These fellows have to sleep at night.” He added that the camp would be in place with people ip it sometime in August. The balance of the reclamation, which Browne says will sot g9 very far into the river, will be sed as a “lay-down” area where the cranes used'to construct the mill will be parked and all supplies such as piping, etc., will be located as they are delivered. When the mill is complete and geese will take it over and no one will want to walk there.” Where the mill itself will be placed, the ground will be dug out to a 12-foot depth and .then backfilled to about six feet. “It will be backfilled with good fill as far as load-bearing goes, then we will . build the foundations,” said Browne. “It (the backfill) has to be rock steady. We'll build both building and doesn’t just sit on the floor, it goes right through to its own ‘When you have a 250- the camp and the reclaimed foreshore will be “part of our real estate,” said Browne. “Probably our (wild) after a October of 1985. Since then he has worked his way up to manager, a After six years with radio station CKQR Ross Hawse is moving on to the greener pastures of the sunny Okanagan. “Castlegar has been very good to me,” said Hawse. “I’m really sorry to be leaving, but on the & Committee im te tev Se enmooncen Continued from 1A... social agencies and to deal with social programs; Canada Manpower Centre for job training and employment; a City Council liaison as well as other hand, if I didn’t go, 1 would always wonder ‘what if?’ To know for myself, I have to go.” Hawse, 26, came to CKQR as a- “If that is in place at the senior weekend and evening announcer in level of government they could identify and rectify impact very quickly. “We want everybody to have as from RDCK Areas I and J; an Advisory Planning Ci to as possible, and much i as little istocation and Teflect the citizen’s concerns; and someone from Celgar. “It’s better to talk with people, than about them,” commented Moore about the Celgar rep. “I think there should also be a multi- ministerial committee at the ible,” said Moore. “We wait this to be a smooth project.” The committee will be put in place "right away,” said Moore. “The terms of reference will be ready for the Committee of the ‘Whole meeting on Mar. 5." & Violators Continued from 1A drivers who just don't care if they endanger the safety of the kids getting off the buses,” he stated. School bus drivers can take time off work,with pay, to testify as a crown witness in court. Failing to stop when a school bus has its red lights flashing is punishable by a fine of $75 with three penalty points. * Following the Annual General M funding were passed by Castlegar Schoolboard Trustees on Feb. 18. * A motion to initiate changes to the School Act to clearly define the role of Parent Advisory Councils, and to make more funding available, was passed by a marginal vote of 4-3. Without a clear outline of what the responsibilities of PACs are, Ross Hawse he pted in January 1988. He is leaving Castlegar and QR to go to SILK-FM in Kelowna on March 1. He will begin his career there as an announcer and promotions assistant to the Program manager with the intention of moving into a fulltime foot stack on a 26-foot base, you don’t want one area settling. We already have a wonder of the world v A. Celgar | moderinzation and. expansion update. ore SUN STAFF PHOTO / Naney Lingley : that did that.” “Right now, site preparation, levelling spots for trailers for. offices, is underway. As well there ; is ‘activity. closer to the | t Keenleyside Dam where the. biological treatment lagoons will } be located, and, across Arrow , Lakes Drive, gravel that is free of silt for foreshore fill is being { extracted. - “We'd like to have the backéill (at the mill site) in in about six , weeks," said Browne. “Then, in aj few more days, we can start. excavation. It will almost look like an open pit mine. There will be lots of digging, lots of trucks; hauling stuff bere and there.” : touch of SILK Hawse and his wife Monica have been very much a part of this community and will be missed. Hawse was serving as president of the Castlegar Festivals Society and as_a member of the Board of Directors of the Castlegar and . District Chamber of Commerce prior this move, while Monica was co-chairman of the Miss Castlegar “I'm excited about the opportunity to work in a- competitive market and the - opportunity to live in the ; Okanagan,” said Hawse. “Some » people work all their lives to live in Kelowna. Castlegar has been home for me since I came here in ‘85,1 married a local girl, and I’ve made. alot of friends here. There's a lot to :, bring us back.” and p position. Hawse is looking forward to:the> change. “There are five radio stations in Kelowna,” he explained. “The competition there is more intense. Ratings come out twice a year and everyone lives or dies by the ratings. The markets are more defined. SILK-FM is number one in Kelowna. The station targets the 35 - 65 age group and plays easy listening music.” As his career moves upwards and onwards, Hawse gives credit where credit is due. “I've got to thank Gordon (Ed. note: Gordon Brady, owner and general manager of CKQR Radio]. He gave me a chance, when at a point in my career I probably wouldn’t have gotten that chance somewhere else because of my age,” said Hawse. “CKQR is one of the last independent radio stations in the province.” Telethon next week The Children’s Devlopment Centre is holding their annual telethon, sponsored by the Knights of Pythias, for the purpose of Taising funds for equipment costs, upkeep of facility and support: for the possibilities of dations that no metro board go to referendum as a means of funding their 1991-92 budget, all boards identify their real financial needs and that all boards and the British Columbia School Trustees and conflicts b not p by schools and school districts could grow. - Have the BCSTA research what staff needs are, in order to meet ; changes that the Year 2000" programs will demand. Gi The Centre oravides children suffering from Ceebral Palsy, Downs ilepsy, motor The Telethon is being held at the Cominco Gymnasium in Trail, Sunday, March 10, from noon to 8 p.m., and broadcast live on Shaw Cable 10 in Castlegar. The telethon will feature a variety of local talent. Otber guests include Canada's answer to Ray Stevens, the very talented Kenny Shaw, “Province , Reporter, i a cayles | the Stars : delays, or speech Pand bh Dee problems, with treatment and, education at no cost. and B.C. Tel’s eres robot, Marty. & Students ; Continued from 1A addressing concems of the student body, they are handling and controlling these concerns to the best of their ability. However, he feels that the roots of the problems do not stem from school practices or policies, but are a. by-product of our social structure. : )“Because of the nature of the society that we are dealing with, we find, one, that from my days as a principal: to my days as:a superintendent, when a student was “at odds with the law or the school, the principal, vice-principal or police would phone home and talk to the parent or parents. But today, nobody’s at home. Both parents are _ working, probably from : Necessity. And, two, we have more family breakups today, and there’s only one parent in the family, so its very difficult to get hold of the parents and get them to come down to the school for on-the-spot talks.” Wayling feels that if parents were more on side, with the behavior of their kids, parental support .would be an. asset’ in dealing with the disciplining and’ solutions to. those - behavior: problems, “We've seen some social change: in the fabric of the family, that’. when you ‘get a kid that’ s.out of!) traced toa very small minority. “By large, if you were to walk throught the school and talk to the kids, you will find them bright, alert, nice and very pleasant. There are about. five to 10 per cent who, no question about it,: get into mischief, and certainly some of them are bizarre.” “