~ Vol. 38, No. 79

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1985

WEATHERCAST

Sunny Thursdoy. with. cloudy

2-14. Mainly clear

frost in most

volleys. Lows near -2. Bands of

cloud expected for Friday

and — Saturday ut, no
precipitation.

4 Sections (A, 8, C&D)

UW drive kicks

3 By CasNews Staff -

The Castlegar district United Way's
annual fund-raising drive gets in gear
this week as it hopes to speed toward
this year's goal of $60,000.

The drive starts with an all-day bash
on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
Pharmasave Drugs. Free balloons will
be given away, with various represen-
tatives from local United Way agencies
on hand to discuss the or i

“We hit the streets at 5 p.m.,”.says
Chmara.

“We'll be canvassing as much of the
city as we can,” she says, adding that
the air cadets and Stanley Humphries
student council will .help with the
canvassing.

However, Chmara says the United
Way is still having trouble getting
people to help.

Cai wi

dollar as it has done in the past.
Speaking at the Trail district United
Way's kick-off breakfast, Fish said,
“Cominco is continuing its support in
spite of difficult conditions as part of its
corporate responsibility. However,
there may be limitations (to the
amount of contributions) in the future.”

However, Chmara says Comirico’s

campaign chairman Deb Chmara says.

tage of its profits from sales Saturday
to the United Way.

Door-to-door canvassing takes’ place
next Wednesd

No one shows
up for city
tax sale

By CHERYL CALDERBANK
: Staff Writer

The City of Castlegar's ‘tax’ sale
Monday was a bust.

No one showed up at the tax auction
except Peter Ozeroff, the city tax
collector and auctioneer, city clerk Ron
Skillings, and a Castlegar News re-
porter.

~“But~-the~formal..proceedi
ahead as planned at 10:01 a.
empty council chambers.

Six properties were on the auction
block, and because there were no bids,
the city automatically became the pur-
chaser.

A-week ago, 37 properties were.ad-
vertised for sale because of unpaid
municipal taxes.

However, Ozeroff said property
owners paid their back taxes right up
to the 10 a.m. Monday deadline.

The six remaining properties con-
sisted of four commercial properties,
including the Hi Arrow Arms Motor
Hotel. Delinquent taxes ranged from

$5,887 to the Hi Arrow's $156,864--Only-

one_property_was residential.

redeemed within one year of the tax

sale. Title and- possession of the
property is given after the redemption
period. .

“The purchaser receives six per cent
interest on the amount of the purchase
and the upkeep after redemption, ac-
cording to Ozeroff.

Six properties went up for auction in
both 1982 and 1983, while in 1984, there
were a record 11 properties.

Ozeroff said some of those 11
properties, were redeemed by the

owners, some were redeemed in part-

and two properties weren't redeemed.
Castlegar council must still decide
what to do with those two properties.
Tax sales are conducted on prop-

ill be ified with
United Way volunteer buttons and

_.  Pharmasave will-donate—a—percen-__badges, she added.

in support will not affect the
Castlegar campaign as much as Trail's.

On a sour note-this-week, Cominco _ She explained that most Cominco

representative Richard Fish said the
company may not be able to match the
donatio: f its employees dollar for.

employees who donate to United Way
do so through payroll deductions,

‘which the company then matches.

off

But;-she-says “there are not many
from Castlegar who work for Cominco
on the payroll deduction program.”

Chmara added that, for those who
are i d, “the payroll i
are a tremendous way to donate — no
hassle.”

The United Way encourages people
to donate one hour's wages per month.

The $60,000 goal is the same as last
year. Chmara says the Castlegar
United Way has not raised its goal this
year because it “hasn't reached the

_target the last couple of years.”
‘There are 13 United-Way-agencies in_

Castlegar.

erties which are delinquent in taxes for
three years.

Credit
unions
merge

By CasNews Staff

The financially troubled Kaslo Credit
Union has merged with Kootenay Sav-
ings Credit Union. The merger went

into effect midnight Monday.
Kaslo Credit Union members adop-
~ted-a-resolution Friday to merge with
Kootenay Savings: Kootenay Savings

Chas $137-million in assets and 21,000 -

members in eight branch offices in

seven West Kootenay communities, -

with administrative offices in Trail.
+ Earlier this year, the Kaslo Credit
Union came under the voluntary
supervision of the Credit Union De-
posit Insurance Corporation of British
Columbia and as a result the board of
directors sought out a merger with
another area credit union.

In co-operation with the Kaslo Credit

Credit

the Kaslo me!

to the full financial services of Koot-

enay Savings. HT
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SIFTING RUINS . . . Bill Lewis, a student from Selkirk
College's archeology class, and instructor Mark:
Mealing (background) sift through ruins of Doukhobor
Historical Village. The two were part of a work party

Castl “s Expo 86 C

What project would you like to see
undertaken with the Expo Legacy Funding?

community project.

‘project, like an addition to the Ca:
Kinsmen Park.

Got any ideas? Fill out the
specially marked boxes located a!

The will sort

The committee plans to apply for a grant from the $30 million
Expo Legacy fund and use-the money for a unique community

and Carl's Drugs in the Castleaird Plaza.

wants your ideas tor a special

stlegar library ora bandstand for

coupon below and drop it off af
t the Castlegar News, Century 21

's and make a”

tinal d dline for

ght the sugg'
is Oct. 15.

Pesti

cides

safe, says

PCB:head

By RON NORMAN
Editor

The director of the B.C. Pesticide
Control Branch says pesticides regis-
tered in Canada are safe.

“I am not aware of any_pesticides
registered in Canada that are not safe
to-the environment..and.to .humans.”.
Ron Kobylnyk told the Central Koot-
enay 1 board

“My ministry is required under the
Noxious’ Weed Act to control weeds
such as knapweed,” Fraser said, “and
our program also involves vegetation
control on highway shoulders which is
essential to our highway maintenance
program.” °

He said. Highwaya.stews.intend to
continue with its “limited herbicide

But a-number of regional

P for noxious weed control and
shoulder *

weren't convinced — even after watch-
ing a slide presentation and quizzing
Kobylnyk for an hour.
Kobylnyk appeared before the board
or 3

to discuss d

Meanwhile, Kobylnyk told the re-
gional board he has worked with
pesticides for 15 years, including
several years with Agriculture Can-

Pp
pesticide permits and to answer con-
cerns about pesticide spraying.

Seven of the 11 electoral areas in the
Central. Kootenay Regional District
voted this summer to_ban- pesticide
spraying on public property and

Jared }

ada’s P:

He said most pesticides aren't reg-
istered until eight years of research
have been completed.

However, Silverton Ald. John ‘An-

_derson_expressed_concern_about_re-_
ports that testing laboratories have

~ falsified“ some records.

village.

cleaning up the site Tuesday. Mary Astatorott goes to
trial in Nelson provincial court tomorrow charged with
arson in connection with the fire that destroyed the

CortewsPhoto by Chery! Ceiderbonk

ALMANAC
PREDICTS A ~
- COLD WINTER

A for
N.H., where the almanac is published,
coming ina news story last week, saying the forecasts are
based primarily on ture of
ocean

zones.

However, it’s still unclear whether
the regional board has the authority to
ban pesticides.

Ina letter to the board, Environment
Minister Austin Pelton says,,“It is my
opinion that the authority of the British
Columbia-Pesticide Control Act super-
cedes the bylaws of the regional
board.”

However, Pelton said.the issue is
still under review by the attorney-gen-
eral's office. anes

In addition, Highways Minister Alex
Fraser said his ministry will continue
spraying, despite the board's ban.

—But Kobylnyk said, “The-majority ot —-
cases were related to lousy record-—
keeping,” not false results. =

He added: “Often 50 per cent of...
applications are rejected because they
are not up to snuff.” ’

Canada uses few pesticides com-
pared to the rest of the world, he said,
and B.C. uses only-2' per cent of the
pesticides used in Canada.

Area K director Bill Cuthill said he’s
concerned about some of Kobylayk’s
“partial answers.” :

Cuthill said that when he worked
for a major research laboratory, he felt

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—inside

QUAKE A CONCERN: Nelly
Herrera, a Rotary exchange
student from Mexico attending
Stanley Humphries Secondary
School, was on pins and needles
for a week awaiting word of
relatives caught in the ear-
thquake that destroyed much of
Mexico City... A3

A2

Junior Smokies on the weekend .

“tend ther

The Aust

said.

POPULAR SENTENCE: Spectators in o Cranbrook courtroom ap-
plauded a life sentence handed down to a convicted murderer . . -

REBELS LOSE: Castlegar Rebels dropped an 11-5 decision to Trail

ARMY RECRUITS: LANDECK, Austrio — A 25-year-old farmer repor-
ted for army duty with an escort of eight cows, telling his superiors
he had to bring the herd with him because there was no one else to

@ wes-nathing else | could Uo,” said Gerhard Knoell.
Press Agency reported
camp in this Tyrolean town that his wife had to toke care of a small
child and could not tend the family farm.

The herd was‘ted and watered at the camp before Knoell was
sent home for a week while military authorities decide whether to
execpt him from the compulsory six months’ service,

that Knoell told officers at the

the report

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