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VOL,34, NO, 35

CASTLEGAR: BRITISH COLUMBIA, MAY 3, 1981

*-Recommendations that de-
velopment in the Castlegar
fringe area be linked with
improvements to community
water syatems, that the re-
gional district support build-
ing 3 highway along the east
side of Lower Arrow Lake,
and that some growth be
allowed in Deer Park were
the main concerns during a
public meeting to discuss the-
final draft of the Arrow Lake
regional plan, ”

, Upgrading the Deer Park
road was also discussed dur-

ing the meeting, held wed-°

nesday' night, to hear com-
ments on the plan that
set the: Regional District of

On fuels fuels
BAC. i

fighting

new tax:

“Central Kootenay’a develop

ment policies for Area I
(Shoreacres-Thrums-Blue-
berry Creek), Area J (Lower
Arrow... Lake “ valley), and
Area K (Upper Arrow Lake
valley).

Martin Vanderpo), the dir-
ector: representing Area J,
and Floyd _Dykeman, . the

““geems to have the cart bee”

fore the horse," in setting its

priorities, said Leo Bosse, of -
“Castlegar.

He said the government
should put in a water system

to serve the outlying areas-

around Castlegar, and then
the regional district can re-
zone the land for small lots,

should be drawn up, so land
not being farmed could be
opened up for subdivision
and development.

George Evins, of Robson,
asked when rezoning will be.
passed that will allow. half-
acre lots in the fring area ‘and
Richie Geronnazo had ques-
tions about the water supply

RDCK director of
were questioned by several
people about. when more
water will be available in the

fringe area, after Dykeman *

told the meeting the plan,
supports some development,
but only after water is sup-.

Plied.
The regional

district _

Plan details on BS

P
Devel will be _al-

which are what most people
want, instead ‘of the plan’s
policies, which would’ see
large lota created because
there is too little water
available.

He also said new guidelines
for defining agricultural land

lowed to go ahead, only after

‘ more water is supplied to the -

areas answered the regional

district representatives. Fea- -

sibility studies to determine
what future the demand: for
‘water will be are being done

as part of detailed settlement.

plans for the areas, Dykeman
added.

Dykeman also said the re-
gional district . wants . the
problems of water shortages
‘solved on a community basis,
and not’on a property or
subdivision basis.

«The RDCK is not involved
directly involved. with ‘the
community,’ water systems,
and the local residents will
have to decide what will be
done,‘about expanding the

‘systems and when the: work -
Vanderpol

will: be» done,
added.

“Answering Bosse, Vander: :

pol said.the regional district’
will consider: applications. to

aubatvide iad to ‘smaller
lots‘after water is available
to'service them. |”

Swo people, one of ‘thems

Deer Park. resident, ; criti.

cized the plan's support of a
highway link’' between’. S:
ringa Creek: ‘and Fauquier. *

Supporting highway

through that area

port: for the. highway:

prop:
the east side -

gement: area;: to encourage :

Deer Park and water ao t meet

loping along. the ‘samo’
as the, West Arem, of,

of - Crown-ow ds

wildlife’ land;
residents’ present bore

a number of other statements

_in‘the’ plan’ saying’ the re-
gional district board copes ice ws

brief prentag six’ ‘alley atate-
monte that conflict. fet wrth

sup.)

' VICTORIA (cP) — ‘The E

provincial “government has
told B.C. Hydro and the B.C.
Petroleum Corp. not to pay

test natural gas tax, Energy

: Minister Be Bob McClelland said,

‘tanh
by) eight-

creaped |
tenths of a centa litre, or 3.5
‘Th price

The increase, the fifth
since.-the ‘Oct. .28 federal

budget ant ‘national energy’

program, is designed to get
consumers to pay 85 per cent’
of the recent $1.46-billion
takeover of Petrofina Canada
Jnc. by Crown-owned Fetro-
Canada.

;.“The galling part i is that ‘it
does nothing for Canada’s
energy security,” McClelland
said..“The purpose of Petro- ¢
fina will not develop one
barrel of oil or one more cubic

foot ‘of natural gas. It will -

‘simply buy the Liberal party
government ‘a clain of: gas
stations-in Eastern. Canada.
“It will.be expensive, —it
will.cost: British Columbians
‘about $80 million a year —
and, by to tax a

A ministry of forest report.
that concludes the, supply of
Crown timber in this area is
too small to meet commit,
ments already granted has
left, one forest cumpany with”
a number of concerns,

Barry Morrison, woods
manager for: Slocan Forest”
Products, said Thursday the
company’s initial reaction to
the Arrow Timber Supply
Area (TSA) analysis can be

provineial. Crown corpo.
ation, it amounts to.a vio-
lation of the constitution.

. He said the B.C. govern-
. ment will not let the increase
«be.imposed without a fight.
“In December, the provin-
cial government instructed
: Hydre and the B.C. Petro-
leum Corp. to withhold the
taxes already imposed.
‘Since then, Hydro has col-
lected $14.3 vaillion, of which

$400,000 ‘is; accumulated in-.

terest, and deposited it ina
trust account. .

To date, the petroleum
corporation has incurred a

$500,000 Hability should the -

tax be declared legal, said
McClelland.

unconstitutional sicne it tries
to: taxa provincial. Crown .
corporation, which is prohi-
bited ‘by the’ British North

eri te?
In ‘addition, he said, the
federal government has ot

peered the law imposing. the :
char, ;
He raid the funds collected

under the new tax also will
be -placed in separate in-

‘ terest-bearing accounts and a |

detailed record of: customer
8Xcontributions will be kept.
“If the new tax is found °
b’invalid, the money. collected
will’ -be. returned to cus-
if:
Ottawa has its way, it will be
forwarded to the, federal
government.”

by a humber of
questions.

Spokesman’ for Gansaian
Cellulose « and _ Kalesnikoff
Lumber «said... Friday. ‘they »
have had ‘too little time to
read the report, and they had
no comments at that time.

“The report, which was re-
leased “Monday, estimated

the volume of Crown timber |
during the next 20 years and
the next 200 years..

Morrison -said ‘the “aques-,

tions the :company ‘believes
are the most important;are:
— if present Crown timber

is decadent timber (ove
mature timber), is remov
from the TSA and held for a

‘future. pulpwood.- market,"

where will timber be found to
‘replace the missing volume?

— with all’ the, publicity
about } forest mana-

harvesting are
cut, where ‘are replacement
volumes of timber’ to‘ come
from, to maintain: ‘present

employment and manuiae, ;
Tie ts | will Be attending TSA mest- .

turing levels?
— if some companies’ har-
vesting quotas are increased,

where will the extra timber *

come from? Will it come from
other companies’ quotas?

, if the Valhalla ‘area is
removed. from ‘the TSA, will
the Crown timber supply be

reduced across the board for -

all-quota holders?

‘Hijacked jetliner

|stormed by police|

LE TOUQUET, FRANCE
-(AP-— French anti-terrorist
police stormed a hijacked
Trish jetliner with more than
100 people on board Saturday
night.. and forced a man
claiming to be a defrocked
monk to surrender without
firing .a shot, ending. an
eight-hour drama,
officials said.

Earlier,. authorities. “had
said. ‘the hijacker had ‘de-
manded Irish newspapers
agree ‘to publish a rambling,
nine-page religious manifesto

+ Police seized the hijacker,
“identified as Laurence James
* Downey of Australia, and
two buses brought the. 102
passengers and crew to the
airport términal. No injuries
. were reported.

Downey, who said he was a
former Trappist. monk ex-
pelled for hing a sup-

gement, why are no volumes
allocated for long range sus-

- tained yield?

Company

i pam:
and.9: p.m.,.'in the Legion’ fl

Hall.
If decadent ‘timber’ is .Te:

“moved from the TSA and

held: for’ pulp: ‘mills, . the.

‘volume. will have tobe. ‘re- '

placed for “a here and: now

aon log ‘ ‘economy, ” Morrison és

ao said SFP has. been

ings in Castlegar and Nakusp

“this week with more pointed
questions : and- observations,

Morrison: added.
Spokesmen for Canadian

* Cellulose and -Kalesnikoif
<‘Limber. also said ‘company

representatives will. be at-.
+ tending the meetings.

The TSA meeting - in

Cason is. scheduled for .

Downtown rev

using
report © discusses ‘decadent
hemlock and ‘cedar, and the

company has been harvesting:

those: two’ species, he: said.
‘Hemlock'makes up 12.3" per
cent of the mature timber
volume. inthe TSA, and-it
makes up about 21 per cent of

SFP’s' cut;’ cedar. makes’ up
».six- per cent of the: volume,

and it makes up about 13 per.
cent. of Sirs cut, Morrison

dent = wood. ‘;The -

pantice m

- estry > management’ if!’ the

ministry -of: forests’ allocates: *”

, the money. The Forestry Act

says: reforestation “will : be’
funded by’ ‘the: “provincial
government, and the govera-*
ment: must. commit: more

_moneyto programs,

He .added::the (terms ‘of

every. cutting: permit issued

by: the‘ ministry’ of | forests ~

Three
terms of a’ pollction :«
it have been laid

specifies’ the ‘cutover area fhe Regional Distri sha

must be reforested, but until «
the Forest. Act was passed,
the ministry was the ‘only -
authorized: source .of ‘seed-

lings, and when it could:not ’ allege

satisfy. the .demand, there~
wasia backlog of ‘NSR (not®
satisfactorily Foatecked)
“land.

alization

City's grant approved

Castlegar’s application for
a $6,000 to help develop its
plan

Vander Zalm has announced.
‘The grant will be used by.

d by” ihe :

the Casth council and the.

has been pr

nicipal Affairs Minister Bill

. the revitalization process and
“draw up.a beautification con-

cept plan.

erior in the nose,. was be:

lieved to have been armed

with a bomb. He hijacked the

Aer Lingus Boeing 787 -as:it’:-

approached London's Heath-

ww Airport-on‘a regularly
scheduled flight from Dublin.

The aircraft: landed’ at Le:

Touquet and four hours later
officials said five women and
six-children were freed, leav-
ing 97 passengers and five

crew members aboard.
before his hostages could be ~

‘Along’ with publication: of
the religious manifesto, he

demanded refuelling of the :

aircraft and a flight to Te-
hran, Iran, officials said.
French authorities refused
to refuel the plane and Iran
said it would not allow the jet

Mou-

‘A feasibility’ study looking”

at different methods of pur-

-ifying water for the Robson:

and Raspberry Irrigation
Districts is. almost- com-
pleted, a meeting on the
rrow Lake’ regional plan
was told Wednesday.

‘The study is part of: the
settlement plan being pre-
pared for the area, and the
plan should be released in

several months time, at a‘
public meeting, said Floyd |

Dykeman, the Regional Dis-

ity to

End cof study near:

trict of ‘Central Kootenay

director of planning...
Dykeman added the.infor-

mation can be released ear-

lier to the irrigation boards’ ©

trustees, but it will have to
be treated as privileged
until after the RDCK board
of.directors has seen it.

- Residents ‘served by the ©

‘irrigation districts are on the
verge of voting on whether
they want their water sup-
plies chlorinated, said Fred
Zibin, chairman of the Rob-
son Irrigation ‘District. é

alization progral

Grants u

“assist business people in fa-

cade treatments and to assist
communities in promotional’
ventures for their downtown.
In ‘conjunction “with ‘other
provincial programs and mu-
nicipal’ initiatives, such as
zoning, the downtown revit-
m will en-
‘courage the redevelopment
of downtown cores ,in com-
munities. throughout ‘the
province.

‘Vander Zalm commented,

-“] hope the residents of the

city: of Castlegar proceed
past the planning stage of the
revitalization process and
take advantage of: the pro-

‘gram’s other funds to make

their downtown the focus of
the community.” .

leto ou

tral Kootenay, inh 0)

with: the operation ‘of jtbs:

| Ootischenia dump. .)).:
charges, laid April 24
that on Jan.6,6, and7,

the regional district violated ¢

the .' terms ‘of . its : poll
control: permit that requires

waste: at ‘the dump to be .°”

covered daily with 8 renulred
depth | of - clean.
te MacDonald, th on
nvironment’s- re-
ee manager, on Friday.
‘The regional: district’s in-
itial court appearance. is. set
for May 11, he continued. °
‘MacDonald said the Ooti-
sehenia dump is a Class. AS
dump, ‘and is required ; to

Columbia - River ‘during the

‘four. weeks it took to ‘get ' ‘the

Trail man ‘inj ured.

‘in boat explosion

- VANCOUVER (CP)

Eight people, _includin,

were take!

"hospital and two were?unac-
counted for after

plesion and fire early Satur-

day aboard a yacht

‘bor.

‘There were 18 passengers
and six crew on board ;when
the explosion occurred while
the yacht was refueling, a
National Harbors Board po-
lice spokeaman said. -

Coal;
2) anon Sam Resorts’ Ltd.
“Maple Ridge, was ona char-°

-.Seven .of those, taken to
hospital w were treated and Te:

jeased.
“George. Lopleriey 2, of:
* Trail was reported in critical
condition with severe burns.
(The yacht, owned by: Sal-
of

tered. diving trip to. the, Gulf
Kalands, s

All. passengers
‘sophie ee the oe