a4 Janvary 22, 1989 ya Castlégar News AEMBLR OF THE B.C, PRESS COUNCIL INCORPORATING MIRROR PUBLISHED SEIPEMBER 12.1978 AUGUSI-27. 190 PUBLISHER, AUGUSI 7 1947 FEBRUARY 15,1979 PUBLISHER — Burf Campbell EDITOR — Simon Birch PLANT FOREMAN —- Peter Harvey ADVERTISING MANAGER — Gary Fleming OFFICE MANAGER — Linda Kositsin CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadley Who will pay for cleanup? Nothing, we have found, fans the flames of discontent more than a bucket of dirty drinking water Robson, Raspberry and Pass Creek residents made that quite clear Jan. 16 at an informational meeting at Resker Hall in Robson where they said they are fed up with the deterioration of the water shed from which they draw their drinking water. The residents some 30 of them — pointed the finger at past and present logging ac tivities in the watershed and cattle “crapping” in the watershed’s creeks as causes of poor water quality in Norns (aka Pass) Creek But logging in the watershed is clearly the main concern of the residents who say poor logging practices have caused erosion in the watershed which in turn leads to additional sedinient in the water, rendering the Robson-Raspberry Improvement District's ultra violet water-sterilizing system ineffective One resident has described the spring runoff in the watershed as "chocolate brown. The residents have called for a moratorium on logging in the watershed. As the Bob Dylan lyric goes, “the line it is drawn, the cur se itis cast The problem now is determining the severity of the damage to the watershed and figuring out how to repair the damage and most importantly who is going to pay for the clean-up. The Arrow Forest District's operations manager, lan Hamann. admitted at the meeting that past logging practices in the watershed were not up to snuff and that the Ministry of Forests © por Lame Ducks PM faces tough cabinet decisions By GORD McINTOSH The Canadian Press OTTAWA (CP) There is bound to be leaner cabinet after Prime Minister Brian Mulroney selects his ministers for the second term, and there are some tough decisions to be With a cabinet shuffle expected in the next few weeks, Mulroney must tion of that responsibility” for allowing the poor loggin practices But he defended the current licensee, ATCO Lumber Co. of Fruit vale, which he said is following good logging practices AICO is currently removing timber from the watershed af the source of Ladybird Creek because of a spruce bark beetle infestation which, if allowed to spread, could seriously damage other stands of spruce, one of the more valuable species of timber in the area Trying to recoup money from past licensees who logged in the watershed to repair damages they may have caused could be o long, arduous fight which no doubt would end up in the courts. A more promising source is the Ministry of Forests which has a report from a hydrologist who studied the watershed last year, iden. tifying problems and listing priorities for repairs. Both Hamann and Ted Evans, district planner for the Arrow Forest District, have told the Castlegar News that money has been requested:to.gddress the watershed’s problems por Given the residents’ past frustration with the Forests Ministry, we realize that saying the ministry's statements provide a glimmer of hope and counseling patience will probably be, met with some anger. Nevertheless, it appears at this point that the provincial gover nment through the Forests Ministry is probably the only source of funds with which the damaged watershed can be repaired How much money the government coughs up to help the problem will be indicative of how seriously it views the residents ~~ More details, better story Obituaries never seem to tell the whole story of a person's life We don't blame the funeral homes; more than likely it's a reluc tance on the part of the family (often times brought about by the stress of the loss of a loved one) to communicate all the details to the funeral director, or to be"hazy on dates, types of community service. etc In the case of sudden loss, there is probably little that can be done. The shock is too great. But where someone is approaching the twilight years, or is suffering from a terminal disease, the family should talk with the loved one (under the guise, perhaps, of “reminiscing” ) and learn about his or her life and important dates These comments are prompted by a number of obituaries'in this newspaper lately that were very skimpy in their detail, that of the late Basil Macalister being the most recent Basil Macalister played such an important role in the life of the Castlegar area, that we even learned early onto spell his: name correctly (one "|", not two) When regional districts were formed, he.was the first director for Area "J", and was a very vocal board member He led the battle ot was close to the forefront on such issues as better-TV-reception-and-better- water rights tor tocat commonities-ar the time and after the building of the Hugh Keenleyside dam Mr. Macalister was also a great fighter for the underdog against government burea We are pleased with the reception readers have given the new format we've adopted for obituaries and we still want to improve We will start checking our photo file for photographs of deceased members of our community (and ask now to be forgiven if pictures used are thought too far out of date) For their part, we'd appreciate families providing us with photographs of their loved ones We believe few people knew the Freddy Schneider whose sud den death-was reported in this newspaper a tewweeks ago. But had there been a photograph, We believe a very great number of people would have recognized him as someone they saw frequently walking about in our downtown core Life is for the living, but the pages of the Castlegar News will last forever. Years and years from now, some young lady will want to learn more about her roots and turn to the Castlegar News for in formation about her great-great-great grandfather Let's not disappoint her with skimpy details Story clarified The RRID reiterates its stand for a moratorium on all activities in the Ladybird/Norns watershed. The RRID Trustees Robson Thé trustees of Robson-Raspberry Improvement District wish to clarify the following statements as reported in the Castlegar News in the Jan.-15 edition Regarding ATCO Lumber Co. tak ing RRID representatives to logging site on Dec. 26, 1988 the trustees travelled to inspect the site indepen dently of any ATCO representatives “They had no complaints what soever:"* A letter was sent to ATCO on Dec. 20, 1988 stating that the whatsoever" is directly attributed to RRID expresses exireme disappoint- Mr. Louwe as the story indicates. ment in ATCO's decision to_Ipg the—However, we are pleased to inchide Editor's note: Hans Louwe, ATCO Lumber’s woodlands manager. told the Castlegar News his company took representatives of the improvement district to the logging site on Dec. 26 The quote, “They had no complaints Ladybird watershed despite our ¢ objections the RRID trustees’ response to Mr Louwe's comments BRIAN MULRONEY shuffling the deck deal with issues ranging from deficit reduction to regional representation and the structure of cabinet itself, government officials said in inter views For starters, a decision will have to be _made_on-sheer_numbers_because many believe the cabinet has grown unwieldy Mulroney record 40 ministers going into the Nov There now are started in 1984 with a There were 47 21 election 14 vacanties, and nine key jobs such*as communica tions and agriculture are being han dled by acting ministers Mulroney will be looking for new faces to fill some of those vacancies. But government indicate many posts, such as the minister of state for senior citizens, will be folded into other portfolios Employment and Immigration is likely to be split, with Barbara McDougall retaining employment as the major portfolio, government in- siders said The immigration wing may be joined to multiculturalism and citi zenship. _ WILSON REMAINS Mulroney has said Michael Wilson will remain as finance minister. And government officials said it is nearly certain External Affairs Minister Joe Clark and Deputy Prime ‘Minister Don Mazankowski will be in the same jobs. Other posts are less certain The prime minister will have a sticky decision to make on a strong candidate to replace Pat Carney as the leading minister from British Columbia Fisheries Minister Tom ‘Siddon may be promoted to the powerful priorities and planning committee of cabinet to fill| the retired minister's place in the inner cabinet But Kim Campbell, a colorful for- mer Social Credit MLA, is being bandied about as a sure bet for a sources minor cabinet post That would likely displace Mary Collins, considered to be one of the more promising backbenchers in the first term, sources say She may become chairman of the Commons finance committee. Wilson is known to want the outspoken Don Blenkarn out of that job. But the prime -minister's office doesn’t want to see Blenkarn moved from finance until another suitable job can be fourid. A senior official assessed Blenkarn as an energetic MP who could cause trouble if under- employed. There may be a replacement’ for junior finance minister Tom Hockin, believed to be due for promotion toa full cabinet post,. likely supply and MICHAEL WILSON will stay. in finance services Three names are cited as possible replacements — Sports Minister Jean Charest and two Quebec new- comers; Benoit Tremblay and Gilles Loiselle Lucien Bouchard, secretary of state and acting environment minister, may keepo the environment post. seen-as_rising-in-importance. And Trade Minister John Crosbie is expected to move on. With the free-trade agreement in place, Cros- bie is freed for a senior post some- where else — possibly a return en- gagement in Justice Letters to the editor ATCO unhappy | refer_to-ourtelephone-conversa= tion of Jan. 14, during which you at tempted to insinuate that the water problems—of_the—Robson-Raspberry Improvement District was a result of our present logging activities 25 kil ometres upstream of the RRID in take Your resultant Jan.415 front-page editorial unfortunately quoted me out of context to give the reader the impression that the water problems currently experienced by-the -RRID “ts-the-result-of a poor-water-systent This in fact is not true. I explicitly stated that the cause of poor water quality currentty-expetienced by the RRID could generally be blamed on the nearby Pass Creek settlement Your Jan. 15 ‘Letter to the Editor’ by Astrid Austin, Sandra Groepler and Sandra Wyllie sums it all up very nicely. I totally concur. My feference to the RRID water system was in consideration of the contaminates from the Pass Creek MIRACLE NEEDED So Mayor Audrey Moore suggests the Robson residents “‘look for a miracle’ to get the ferry operational once more A strange remark, it would seem, from one of the movers, and’ shakers of the community. Is the mayor sug gesting that the political situation in B.C. has deteriorated to the extent that we must look to Divine inter. vention? Or does she see the pre miet's analogy of himself to Christsin a similar light? In either-case, the thought is dis turbing. Politicians ought to be do- ers, not wishers, in my opinion. The good mayor knows that nothing hap pens unless onc makes it happen Of course, Mayor Moore just might be referring to the possibility of a bridge near the ferry crossing, which has been suggested as an alternative to the truck route. west of the city Should the keepers (aid spenders) of our taxes wisely decide to build a bridge which everyone could use, in Willi To whom this may concern, especi ally the residents of Robson, this is to allay all your fears, in reply to all the past rumors As the owner of the ated on my property in the.h Robson, known as the Robson’ post setttement—and—the~inabitity—of-the present disinfection system to deal with these pollutants In regard to our harvesting opera tions in the Ladybird Creek drainage, I can assure you that we are working very hard to ameliorate the impact of these activities on the source Hans Louwe Woodlands Manager ATCO Lumber Bridging the gap stead of another mountain pass which nobody (including the. truck- ers) want, then I would have to agree with the mayor. That would indeed be a miracle! George Stein Robson to sign office, 1, Gordon Ferguson, and my advisers, are willing to sign a tong: term or short-term lease with Canada Post, as soon as Canada Post knows what its right hand and left hand are doing Gordon Ferguson Castlegar water re- / Remember when 40 YEARS AGO From the Jan, 20, 1949 Castlegar News Ex-Commissioner Walker attended the regular meeting of the board of Commissioners On Monday last and gave a short valedictory address to the Commissioners. Mr. Walker, as ex-chairman of the fire, water and light committee, is particularly interested in.the devel- opment of an adequate water supply systsem for the village The social evening for the W.1. will take the form of a sleigh-riding party and end up at Mrs. T. Reith’s for refreshments on Thursday evening No reply has yet been received from the C.M.S. with regard to the proposed cemetery site at Brilliant, but the Cemetery Committee is hope- ful of favorable developments in. the spring, Garbage collection in the Village has been considerably interfered with by the breaking of another axle on the truck. This is the third time we have had this misfortune.this winter, and the cause appears to have been due to the fact that the truck is not heavy enough to buck the snow 25 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 23, 1964 Castlegar News The last passenger train to go through the Kootenays — the CPR's dayliner — passed through Castlegar last Thursday No ceremonies marked the last of rail transportation in the Kootenays as the CPR abandoned passenger service between Lethbridge and Spence's Bridge The January meeting of the re- cently formed Castlegar and District Art Group was held recently at the home of Mrs. T.B. Couch. During the evening's business plans for the 1964 program were completed This evening a talk on watercolor- ing and a demonstration of dry brush techniques will be given by Colin Price. This workshop will be held at the home of Mrs. A.J. Saarikko in Kinnaird. The Chambér gavel was turned over to Elmer Kraft, 1964 president of the Castlegar and District Cham- ber of Commerce by retiring presi- dent Fred Gibson at the annual in- stallation banquet of that organiza- tion held’ last week. The Village of Kinnaird cannot af- ford to share costs with the Village of Castlegar for a survey on the feasib- ility of forming a district municipality from the twin-villages. 15 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 24, 1974 Castlegar News Flooding at Raspberry Village last Thursday saw several inches of mud cut out of the mountain by a quick thaw, ram against the home of William Koorbatoff of Raspberry Village awakening them just after midnight The City of Castlegar-Kinnaird interim council Tuesday night voted in favor of applying for a community recreation facility grant to upgrade the Castlegar Arena.* This would call for the spending of $100,000 of which the provincial grant would cover one-third of the cast. The United States Bureau of Cus- toms has-indicated itis not prepared to provide increased service at bor- der-crossing points, making it impos- sible to extend the hours of service at Paterson to accommodate increased traffic due to Expo '74 in Spokane The provincial cabinet has announ. ced that daylight time in B.C. will definitely begin at 2 a.m. Feb. 3 The cabinet had earlier set’ Jan. 6 as the date for setting clocks ahead an hour, but delayed implementation of the time change after public protest Poor weather and road conditions were blamed for three motor vehicle accidents in Castlegar and district within an hour last Monday after. noon 5 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 22, 1984 Castlegar News Selkirk College board received a standing ovation at af open public meeting Tuesday night after the board approved a motion to oppose the May 1 closure of David ‘Thomp. son. University Centre by sending telegrams and letters to the provin cial government Casticgar school board Monday re ceived approval from the provincial government to procced with $167,500 in Capital projects PS Se ee = Jonvary 22, 1989_Castlegar News Tax decision on ‘how Finance Minister Michael Wilson sai year,’ year and a half, have put us in part of this year, Association. tax."” discussions with the provinces about a combined new sales tax, to do with the tax Further, the premier has said A decision close By ERIC BEAUCHESNE OTTAWA (CP) — The government is close to a its new sales tax will “The meetings that we've had over the last we should be able to make some decisions in the first Wilson told reporters after a breakfast meeting with the Canadian Manufacturers’ “That will give us the directions fo whether it will bea national sales tax including some of the provinces.or.whether we'll be having a federal-only While Wilson said progress had been made in Alberta Premier Don Getty has stated clearly Alberta won't have anything to even a federal-only tax which, as proposed by Wilson, would apply to most goods and services. Officials from other provinces say their govern- ments won't make any decision on the tax until they see the final federal proposal. The controversial proposed tax would apply to just about everything. from haircuts to legal services, with only food, some medical and dental services and ic services exempt. TOO EARLY Wilson said it's too early to say whether the ‘tax plan will be announced in his budget expected sometime this spring, adding that even the timing of his hudget hasn't been decided Forestry Projects planned EDMONTON (CP) = Alberta For estry Minister LeRoy Fjordbotten says he will soon announce three new major forestry projects involving hun- dreds of jobs Fjordbotten said he is focusing on secondary industries to -make~fin- ished paper productsy rather than As for what deficit. pending creases or some combination of the two — will be in the budget, Wilson indicated he wants to see first whether the new U.S. administration and the Congress will take action on the U.S. deficit id “They've got quite a difficult job there,” said. Cutting deficits is not easy."’ Wilson said he’s optimist: will cut its deficit and said things that they might do there could have effects on what happens here." And deficit reduction on both sides of the border would help get interest rates down, he said. In his meeting with officials from the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association, Wilson said he reassur- ed them he'll continue to work on reducing the deficit, now at about $28 billion a year. The association, has been pushing for cuts program spending to reduce the deficit and in turn the costs of paying interest charges on the total of more cuts, tax operate, a position where the feasibility of increases, Iberta is opposed federal debt moves — - plants shipping pulp to places like Japan: “We're no longer out there looking for more forestry megaprojects,’’ he he said. The province recently announced $3.5 billion worth of forestry projects, expected to create 8,000 direct jobs. 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Fletcher joins plants VANCOUVER (CP) — Fletcher Challenge Canada is consolidating the operations of two Vancouvet- area plywood plants because ; they can’t compete against lowet-cost Canadian and U.S. producers, the company said. The move, to be completed by April 30, will cost 115 of the 410 jobs at the two plants, the New Zealand based company said Early retirement, preferential hir ing at other operations and job re- training will soften the effect on dis. placed employees, said general man- ager Gary Crooks. Ed Dubas, third vice-president of IWA-Canada local 1-357 in New Westminster, said those issues have to be negotiated. “‘It’s going to be minimal jobs lost, we think,"’ said Dubas. The losses will affect 15 super. visory staff and 100 union employees at Fraser Mills, Dubas said..Many union members at that mill are older workers and_ might qualify for early retirement packages, he said. In addition, the company is spend- Group against s VANCOUVER (CP) — The cost of bringing natural gas to Vancouver Island residents and industries shouldn't be subsidized by the rest of British Columbia's pipeline users, says. the Independent Petroleum Association of Canada. The association, which represents about 180 oil and gas companies including the major B.C. gas pro ducers, warned against trying to re- cover any costs of the proposed Vancouver Island gas pipeline from producers who haven't signed on to supply gas to the new line: “It is the participants in the project that should bear those costs,” Bob Reid, the association's executive director, said in afi interview from Calgary ing-$1.5 million to upgrade the Delta plywood plant and that will result in an extra shift, which means more jobs,-Dubas-said- Fletcher Challenge took over the former B.C. Forest Products and Crown Forest Industries operations last September. They are among the last coastal plywood plants in British Columbia. “While we're naturally disappoint- ed to lose some people, we think these changes will help secure the remaining jobs and offer much better prospects for the panel_business,"’ Crooks said. American plants enjoy a 1S- to 20-per-cent cost_advantage in off- shore *-markets and both. plywood plants faced lossés in 1989, he said. Delta Plywood, the newer of the two operations, will become the primary producing plant after the upgrading. Annual production will be 8.36 million square metres of ply- wood and overlay blanks. Veneer—and-overlay blanks — pro- duced at Delta will be shipped to the Fraser Mills panel plant warns ubsidies In a brief to the B.C. Utilities Commission on Thursday, thé Cal- gary-based association said the $48S- million project appears to need more $ubsidies than those already being offered by the federal and provincial governments. Under the proposal announced last September, a consortium led by Paci- fic Energy Corp. of Vancouver,| a subsidiary of West Coast Energy Ltd., would build the 533-kilometre system, which includes a 44-kilome- tre section under the Strait of Geor- gia The B.C. and federal governments are to contribute two-thirds of the cost in grants and interest-free loans, including money to help customers convert to gas from other fuels. Weekly stocks TORONTO (CP) — Prices in Tor- ‘onto continued their winning ways Friday, while the market lost some ground in New York The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index rose 16.08 to close at 3,573.41, for a gain of 81 points on the week The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials slipped 3.75 to 2,235.36, closing out the week with a net gain of 9.29 points. Analysts in the United States attributed Friday's drop to a mood of watchful waiting as George Bush took over the U.S. presidency. The Toronto market was spurred by investment —much of it foreign interest — in gold, said Lyle Stein, an analyst with Nesbitt Thomson Deacon ““It's one of those sectors that you have to be in on because once it moves, it moves very quickly,"’ Stein said. In Toronto, advancers outnumber- ed decliners 456 to 323 with 367 unchanged on 43,131,606 shares tra- ded worth $635,002,833. METALS HIGHER Ten of the index's 14 subgroups were higher at the day, led by gold and silver, up 4.67 per cent and transportation up 2.11 per cent Management led decliners, off 0.93 per cent. All the subgroups were up on the week. Leading the pack was trans- portation, up 7.96 per cent, gold up 6.91 per cent and metals higher by 3.36 per cent. On other Canadian markets Friday, the Montreal Exchange portfolio in- dex closed up 4.42 points to close at 1,791.73, a gain of 33.14 points on the week. 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