Ls S Ne eda Nmie hse oaennivine BE nea Os reerOn ata renee CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 31, 1977 Victoria, B. V8V' 1X4 TWO SECTIONS (A&B) rey Newspaper Carriers Required... =| | == ’ Published Every Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the Kootenaye” CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1977 25 CENTS _ DELIVERY 22 CENTS) Once a Week Delivery: Every Thursday Morning Castlegar News Carriers Deliver Thursday Mornings, Leaving Them Free For After- School Activit Fail fo: Circulation Dept., Castlegar News Drawer 3007, Castlegar, B.C, VIN 3H4 CASTLEGAR N Yh By BYON GUEDES ih, Editor, Castlegar News - Seven. provincial govern- ent-endorsed recommenda- ‘tons and one, new participant signalled ‘an ond Saturday to three. local Management Commission to be Appointed | _ Controversy Over Dump E e-RDCK maintenance of the ‘dump © until the letters patent is received; e Continued participation . of Castlegar, Area I and Area J in any Possible future grants from the p ‘four-month fight with the Re- «gional District of Central Koot- sehay board of directors over ‘control of the Ootischenia dump. “Proposals from Castlegar assistant deputy municipal af- fairs minister at a ‘special “Friday meeting—won board :approval and Area H, repre- \Sented by Norman Brewster, |. gained | admission to the’Ootis- '" chenis ‘garbage function. Board’: members’ ‘overall B jupport was strong for.: the. ° s recommendations, which-called R e An RDCK application for! a letters: patent for. the Establishment of a man- 3 commission, sce for garbage disposal. ‘The board voted down a similar set of recommendations at a March 17 meeting. The only consistent opponent of the recommendations Saturday: was Area A director Charlie Wilson, who, accused Moore, Moran and Vanderpol of trying todestroy the regional garbage . function. - “[ would like the board to define the general concept of regionalism,” ‘Wilson asked board members. “What the Hell " ~ (continued on page 198A) Attomp ft fo fo Meet ii Central ‘Kootenay administra- tion is investigating reports of. * olay :bank erosion : Polluting: i Blueberry Creek. In: a> letter. . to: District a” Highway “Manager” R Sek negotiated settlement — taking’ into consideration the contribution made by Castle- gar, Area I and Area J to the “RDCK. erste funetion; The’ regional pollution con-. ‘trol ‘board manager. has 5 Se * demned the substandard main- tenance ‘of ‘the | Qotischenia dump.’ Regional: District’ of “Central - Kootenay’ board of. directors ete Saturday M. K. Bail- yn described | conditions at the’: dump as “ In a letter ‘received ‘at a t “amount of residue in'the water from the creek i in the past two. weeks. ES “An investigation to find the source of this pollution led, us to look at the same ares t! that” was vestigated ‘last fall by Water Shortage Critical cere RYON GUEDES __ Faltor, Castlegar News News Mayor Audrey Moore an- nounced Monday city council has.voted to withhold building, permits indefinitely to protect’ “Castlegar’s water. supply. ‘The mayor said that after receiving a detailed city staff . Peport on Castlegar's needs and present ‘consumption at _ peak periods, council Friday de- clared ;“a ‘moratorium for an indefinite period of time on the isauance of building permits which may place further de- ’mands"on the existing water | system.” “It is necessary that your council protect the water sup- ply of you who have financed © the present. system,” she said. “If this action were not taken at this time we could be looking at restrictions that might limit all use ‘of water for irrigation purposes and domestic supplies could be‘ depleted as well.” Council held preliminary discussions with the municipal affairs and housing ministries as well as the West Kootenay Health Unit and. was moving “with all speed” to resolve the problem, she said. “Te was a very difficult. decision for council to reach,” Moore told the Castlegar News Tuesday. “We realize it’s going to have some effect on building supply. sales and construction and it's going to upset a lot of people who wanted’ to build houses here’ but we feel, it vould be irresponsible not to do She saida conflicting state- ment made by Ald. Brian Kil- patrick two weeks ago—dis- + pelling rumors that council was considering. withholding the permits—had been made before the staff report was completed. She sald the’ city popula- Soursslt and ‘airbase of the board of trustees,” the letter.’ said. “This specific area can be make easily identified as the jor jource. of the wate y the board _truntees'to meet with highway Tl But eg! all the de" partment does ‘when a slough’ runs down the bank onto the - read is to'dump it ‘across ithe | ut of a Cana- dian’: Cellulose ’ pulp-:plant k k Frida: the site but the SnLEaRE: “was -conspleuous ° in its ab- sence.” Water from the creek now contains “a: very fine ‘material , that you can't’ get rid of,” he ‘was not ‘being run at the Te quited standard, A memo in March from regional staff to the board said daily covering of waste was re- quired, but that’ it. was only 5 being done three times weekly. ‘Also, a fence is required to contro) public access : and to « keep out bears. The memo said the pollution’ ‘control branch had - {Garbage has: aot been: covered “daily: as required ‘by. law, he’ wrote and complaints had been received from numer- ‘otis sources, including the West Kootenay Health Unit. “The: Regional District. of ntral Kootenay has left me no alternative but‘to enforce the terms and conditions of pol- control permit PR-501,” tt ttersaid.-“It is‘ with re- gret:I'must advise. this’ office has. commenced’ the: collection and: documentation of evidence for this: purpose.” ‘When ‘it was operated by. the regional district, the dis- trict edu i” that the garbage be covered more more said. “The pollution is caused by a whole bunch of things,” Bill Kavaloff, the board of trustees _ secretary said Tuesday. “But it was the highway that provided access to the e area.” “During. the ‘initial hig he way construction we accepted the. fact that you.couldn't build a road: without making’ mud,” he said: “At. that:.time : they . were showing extreme care and replanting and reseeding. all the banks.” ‘upper portion of the activit floating low over Robson homes f before it; ‘blew east. toward Brilliant. c A ‘a retired OK cavaloft sal he ‘had’ Bre. viously: been assured. by Keown that the pollution 1 at be stoppéd, but ‘no/action been taken. ‘ >) McKeown. ‘reached. for ‘co! ” Persistent Lions Telegraph Brisco “Displays ya from the Soviet: Space show at the Centennial Museum in Vancouver may yet: * appear at. the Selkirk “Lions ‘Trade Fair ‘in the new. arena‘: : Apr. 16 and 16, Lion spokeaman Jim Chapman said Tuesday: .: “Despite the 'lack’ of ‘time * a's telegrat contact the Soviet 2 i assy _ ‘Ottawa’ requesting’ the display rlet' the public Robson ‘resident,. said the smoke was “spewing out coal.’ black for 20 to 25:minutes.”. ‘He ‘said when‘he saw the smoke cloud “he . called: : his neighbors and told them to take _. their: clothes off their. clothes- ‘know. what is: pare the. Pollution ‘Control Act. ° ‘Triangle Pacific’ of: Slocain Git and T and H Sawmills‘of ith * induced draft fan broke d : ‘the stack and an oil gun was put: in:the reap tineta 2 The first charge against Triangle Pacific on-Oct. “1 of 1976 for emissions on July . In the’ meantime, _ more’ than 86 exhibitors are readying * over $one niillion worth of dis- 2 plays: to. cover, about. 85,000.” _ square feet’ of display area at” the fair, Chapman said. “* ~ Special guest at the Trade: Fair. opening at 1 p.m. Apr. 15 Nelson court, mi '& decision, eT. _H Sawmill hie was’ laid Feb. 14, and. ferred::to joke will: include © Brisco, Mayor Audrey Moore, .Rossland-Trail “MLA Chris’ D'Arcy, - Nelson Mayor Louis Maglio and: pos- sibly Tourism Minister Grace MeCarthy, he said.’ + <'"Entertainment will include “fiddler Roy Brady and a square dance band Friday night and all ‘day Saturday, ‘he said. ~ Alter One Year ane: By LOIS HUGHES ~ News Editor. Castlegar has lost its year- old, -long-sought-after, Pacific, : g National Exhibition franchise: : The franchise, represented: last year .by Miss ‘Castlegar ‘JoAnn Wabisca,.was cancelled automatically’ when the city failed to enfer a candidate for the 1977. pageant. to Begin he tion about . 2,000 gallons of water daily through each of the 2,200 water con- nections in. the municipality. The present system can’t sup- ply any of the 945 potential connections to building sites “ without causing.a drop in. the level of. water. pressure | re- sisuireal by the fire departments. ie inerease in construc- Honin the trea tie seat Goat took ‘up all the ‘slack. in: the water system, she added.’ “We kept. thinking we were going to drill another well. ‘didn’t find 8h 5 ‘could: bere surrounded by.a lake anda > river and have. to drill ‘in ‘the - ground fora well that comes up She said couneil’s attempis: - to alleviate the shortage wil include determining the cost of treating polluted: water. from. the Columbia River’ and con)" sidering the Arrow Lakes ‘asa water source; ‘The city has also asked the! > Regional ‘District of ‘Central. Kootenay to. apply to ‘the: municipal affairs ministry. for a‘ $10,000 “engineering “study” of possible’ water’ distribution to and. social events eligibility rules, “SThe first major event t a fashion show which would have had to.be held this weekend. Queen committee repre- am emission Nov..9, 1976, An ap- f rah : Holuboff says itis most ‘unfortunate that the Nelson court- The maximum fine under : the poling jeentral, act ‘is $10,000. 2 ig 4 class of three ‘construction.'Area I trustee Sam te tors and d led the fr has been lost. PNE! pays for the’ candidates fare and her stay during the pageant. - Castlegar. - will have to ‘again go on a waiting list which ‘will result in further years of pceuy to regels the position. i gar will, | however, havea representative for Miss Interior. This pageant will be held ‘here’ Aug. 81. Repre- senting Castlegar will be last year’s winner. JoAnn’ Wabisca who was also Castlegar's candi- date at ns 1916 PNE. ear: Castlegar. won “the Miss interior Title with one of its princesses, Donna Town- send. She in turn: was eligible ‘for: the Miss Canada pageant but expenses are not t paid for. this ‘event. --'' : 2 ~ other small areas relying on od parallel lines,” she said. “One, 8 supply for the city and two, ae supply for the outlying areas.” She said building ‘permits ‘: representing $4,979, Tat worth, of construction and 120 water connections were granted in - 1976, Counell will fatroduce guidelines April 12 for swim-. : ming pools, Moore said. NDU: Alumni Meet in Nelson April 8.to, 10 and, all former | students and alumni have been © invited.'The weekend activities. _ scheduled ° include (a b banquet sol domes. : “Check ‘Your ‘Watch: © ~ Cranbrook Curfew +The under-18-year-olds had’ better watch the clock.’ Cranbrook city council en acted its curfew bylaw last week. + Those - under. 17. ‘abroad’ ~ without reason must be off the streets at 12° p.m.‘and those under.:18 by ‘midnight, with 6 am. curfew lifting, », The. parent or guardian is liable toa fine of five dollars for habitual offenders. RCMP. will Ne sted af blocks, the came ciel he sare el urna tre Tae Pun Crea So eh ‘a bide presentation on the history of | acquire the ‘right to check Aoitering youngsters’ apparent“: > activities, particularly : in ‘the; company of young adult People ~ cunder suspicion. Legislation was proposed. « by. RCMP Inspector. Paul Gru- dinski who noted a 20 per cent “ increase’ in : juvenile - offences “this year, with police having no . authority tp confront young: stera. in. suspicious circum- stances and company. . “Castlegar: city council is studying the possibility of en- -acting a similar. bylaw.