2 oe Castlégar News January 4, 1989 - Groups battle for site Castlegar Aquanauts FREDERICTON (CP) City council have begun, and restore the site of a battle almost 300 years ago for the region.then Fort Nashwaak known as Acadia A migntly French fortress once stood on the point of land where the its | St. John and Nashwaak Rivers meet But Fort Nashwaak is remembered only through its namesake ashwaak Motel,-which now on the sit the Fort occupies ps Historians say the fort played a role in Canadian history mostly .because of a battle in 1696 a tiny French battalion rep English invaders from New England If the Americans had grabbed this critical when elled area, pre-Confe lottetown and Canada would not be Two companies bid on pulp-wood deal Two companies have subimitied bid proposals for a non replaceable pulp wood agreement in the Cariboo for est region. Parker Cariboo Bruce Strachan said Under the Columbia Forest Service will 3 the harvesting of up tc metres of deciduous and pulpwood quality timber, when sufficient quan tities of such timber are unavailable from other sources, Parker said in a news release The and Georgia erials Sales Ltd. of Cache Creek Ainsworth has applied for 500,000 cubic proposing Exeter square companies are Lumber Co. Ltd. of 100 Mile House Pacific Building Mat The company is constructing a chipping plant at Cache Creek as part of an agreement with the Wastech sanitary landfill operation to back trucks carrying garbage refuse from metro Vancouver will be cleaned and then reloaded with pulp chips for delivery to Georgia Pacific's pulpmill in Bellingham, Wash metres of pulpwood and is to build a $60-million, oriented-strand-board plant at near 100 Mile House _ to produce approximately 325 feet of 3/8-inch boards an heritage redevelop the site ng-ago defenders. tanks and a parking lot t of the land City council was recruited spting in the campaign to have the tanks moved and the site redevel oped, but progress has been slow city councillor Bill Cooper met with Irving representatives last fall “We've exchanged some thoughts and ideas,” Cooper said, “We're both getting information and we've ar. would not have been ration meetings in Char- ranged to meet again.” nually, Parker-said. Forests Minister Dave Minister of State for agreement, the British supplies. 100,000 cubic metre of pulp logs, he said Ainsworth this proposal. haul chips million the size, shape and kind of country it is now,” says Jacques DeGrace of the n offensive to ree! St, John River Historical Society. However, the current battle for the fight may present more problems than those faced by The ‘property is mostly zoned. for recreational use, but the site is home ot the motel, Irving fuel oil storage He said the city has discussed the Strachan said that under proposal, 176 direct and 264 indirect jobs will be created in addition to 88 jobs in closely linked industries, such as transportation of products and Georgia Pacific “has” applied for of pulpwood, which will be used, when the company is unable to buy sufficient quantities There will be 10 jobs in the plant, three in reloading, 65 in trucking and 35 in contract logging created under Answer to Sunday, Jan. | Cryptoquip: COMMENTED THE POLICE SERGEANT TO CRIMI NAL ROBBING A BAKERY: “YOU SURE TAKE THE CAKE! ¢ ‘S } iO ae rae | Escape to the Island in the Sky — and don’t come down to earth for a week! beyond the ofdinary World a new adventure Nshine Village Ski the sunny brilliance n snow only nature can produce atural powder Share the enchantment nights On-mountain in the comfort ed intimacy of Sunshine Village inn hew heights every morning—aboard-the astest quad chairlift in the Canadian Rockies, ngel Express. 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The fort was about 55-metres long by 55-metres wide and records show it had walls more than two metres thick. The fort's location was con sidered critical at the time. “There-was always a big fight to control this area,”.said DeGrace. With portages, canoes could travel from Fredericton to the St. Law. rence River in Quebec, he said. “If the Americans could seize the fort, they could control the St. Lawrence River.” License No. 68530 INGO Sat., Jan. 7 Arena Complex SAME PAYOUTS AS PREVIOUS BINGOS! 60% Payout Early Birds 60% Payout Specialty Games — TWO JACKPOTS — Best Payouts in the Kootenays! Early Bird 6 p.m., Regular Bingo 7 p.m. BUSINESS DIRECTORY TELEPHONE 365-5210 ind ry for the Castl News New i co a i Busines Directory will be accepted up to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24 for the month of February. Off to Europe Premier Bill Vander Zdlm will leave later this month for.a 22-day business_and vacation trip to Europe A3 PCB microbe A Saskatoon comp~ says it has dise d@ strain of that can rid thy, of toxic PCBs w producing dange byproducts As mee ‘ OTTERY JMBERS ve winning numbers, in Saturday's Lotto +7 draw were 4, 14, 28, 32, 33 ‘and 44. The bonus riumber was 12, The $1,000,000 winning number-in- Friday's Provincial lottery draw.is 6919639 The winning numbers drawn Friday in The Pick lottery were 2, 14,15, 18, 31,42, §5.and 56 Cherry pickin’ CosNews sports repor ter Brendan takes a bite hockey Cherry analyst Dor BI Nagle out of Sunday Castl Vol. 42, No.3 60 Cents Sabi on ga ri 2 CASTLEGAR BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY. JANUARY 8 WEATHERCAST Today: Sunny with cloudy periods and fog patches in some valleys Highs from -8 to -6. Monday: 1989 2 Sections (A & B) Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Avenue Castlegar * 365-2151 Gordon A. Read & Co. 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Scturday "Phone 364-1606 After Hours Emergency or Pickup Call Perry, 364-1506; Tim 359-7951 “Mike 359-7058 The crowd watches as a Castlegar firefighter tosses another Christmas tree on to the bontire during the annual 12th Night burn Castlegar Community Complex sponsored by the Kootenay-Cotumbia Drstrier Boy ‘StouTs-ar- the By BR! Your e' “It's driven trical rates by 6.7 after applying to the mission for the ber. But the U.S.-owned utility still increase 6.7-per-cent increase to affairs for WKP, applied for the general rate ine to cover the growing costs of ope purchase more slightly higher for the electricity you Kilowatt hours used starting at the beginning of this -Kwh from $32.55 month. But the increase may only be emporary pending a hearing in front’ 6,7-per-cent interim increase that of the B.C. Utilities Commission next month in Rossland West Kootenay interim permission to raise its elec Power received rcent this month he said utilities com in Nevem has to go before the commission at a ence in the hearing Feb. 28 in Rossland for tte become per start at 9 a.m. at the Uplander Hotel. ting the utility over the next ye by the need power trom B.C Rate hike hearing Feb. 28 iDAN NAGLE Staff Writer rical bill is going to be lates to about a $2 increase per 1,000 the commission for,”-Ash-said.— The 6.7-per-cent increase trans to $34.73 per 1,000 But Ash is quick to point out the went into effect Jan. 1 could become lower following the Feb. 28 hearing. In January 1986 we were granted an interim increase of six per cent,” But following the hearing, the commission lowered the increase to 4.8 per cent Ash said the 1.2-per-cent differ 1986 decision was re funded with interest to WKP cus tomers who paid the six:per-cent manent. The hearing-is scheduled to “interim increase before the com mission lowered it to 4.8 per cent Steve Ash; manager of commercial The utility is hoping the.commis said the company sion will grant the full 6.7 per cent at the February hearing. He said WKP © prove to the ¢éom mission that the utility does need the will try its best to" 6.7-per-cent rise in electrical rates to run the utility al Hydro,” he told the Castlegar News We know that it’s (the current Renovations homeowner for damages for irrever- Frank su £ B.C. O.D. OPTOMETRIST 1012. 4th St.,Castlegar PHONE 365-3361 Tuesday to Friday 9a.m. to 4:30. p.m Saturday 9.a.m. to 12 Noon Le Noy © RENOVATIONS e — Carpentry — Plumbing — Overhead Doors — — Security Fencing — Bowser’s Services 365.5948 sible injuries she suffered in a fall down a set of stairs was denied in court Wednesday 2 been in a wheelchair ever since the accident occurred four years ago at a Planning a Wedding? We Sell Distinctive . . . 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It is not known what Keraiff was seeking “Onthe tragic facts before me, can do no more than express my * Maczko said) in his Court Justice decision went must prove that the injuries she suf shows that the defe do with her injuries.” The Castlegar News contacted the Keraiff family following the decision but the family declined to comment saying they just wanted to get the ANNUAL EVENT FOR HANDICAPPED SKIERS Bray gets ready to Ski for Light Out on the cold, snow-covered expanses of the Castlegar Golf Course, Debra Bray looks like any other typical cross-country skier — long, smooth strides and pumping arms as she plants her poles to propel herself along the trails. But unlike most other cross-country skiers who tour the trails in the winter, Bray, 31, has just four per cent total vision and requires the assistance of a guide. A member of Castlegar’s Nordic Ski Touring » visually impaired skier from Trail will ent this area in the annual Ski for Light race 8 at the Castlegar Golf Course. ® Bray Was out on the trails Saturday with guide Conrad Brattebovf Cas the Nordic Ski Touring to 1,000 members. Bray began cross-country skiing three years ago after she contracted glaucoma, a disease of the eye characterized excess of fluid within the eyeball, causing Increased pressure on the retina and impairment of vision She said she started skiing at the urging of the late Margaret Rowe to get her mind off the disease Bray said cross-country skiing also “teaches you to look.” “You see all the beauty of the outdoors,” she Ski for Light is a program of cross-country skiing for visually impaired and other physically handicapped skiers which brings together: skiers from throughowt Canada and* the. United States Each skier skis with-an-experienced-cross-country skier as a guide The annual.Ski for Light event is sponsored in Western Canada by the Sons of Norway. The first Ski for Light was held in Castlegar in 1978 said. This year's local event — which runs from Jan 24 to 29 — is expected to attract cross-country skiers from Chicago, Omaha and San Francisco as well as Saskatchewan, Alberta and across B.C. Skiers will be practising all this’week*for the main race which is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 28 at 11 a.m. at the golf course Following the race, a_banquet will be held for the skiers and their guides at Castlegar's Sandman Inn If-advone is interested in guiding a visually impaired skier, call Ivar Reinsbakken at 365-7460. decision. “To Succeed, the plaintiff fered were probably caused by the defect in the stairs. The evidence s had nothing to system In addition, we have the added costs 6.7-per-cent increase) only of operating the interim and we know we may The utility expects to spend an refund the diffe.ence if additional $3.4 power this year an addit whole thing behind them on wag Keraiff and her family appeared toi upset over inquiries about the case. Ash said Before the accident, Keraiff was But the million As well cost of operating the system is ex pected to increase by $2.6 million and show we ‘need thas amount of al $1 million will be spent money s, salaries and materials for a total projected increase of $7 millign million increase active in Sports and was studying WKP’s expenditures for 1989 early childhood education,at Selkirk expected to be offset by in increased revenue College. The Castlegar News was unsuce “Sp the $4.5 in throughout the We: is Anyone wishing to take part int million public purchasing mission decides to lower the in the annual crease,” he said. “We would hope we'll be able to present a case to The utility's application for the in crease and supporting material can currently be viewed at WKP offices Kootenay hearing must | provide commission with writien notice by million we are Jan. 20 Il written submissions essful in its attempts to contact the seeking to recover in increased costs must be available to the commission defendants in the case. IN TRAINING. . visually impaired skier Debra Bray of Trail puts in some training time on the trails of the Castlegar Golf Course accom equals the 6.7 per cent we're asking and WKP by Feb. panied by guide Conrad Brattebo of Castlegar Bray will represent this area in the Ski for Light race Jan. 28 at the golf course