cA CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 26, 1982 Hand writing analysed Loyd Groutage was guest New Insertions, cop changes and cancellations for the. Castlegar News Business Directory will bo accepted before the first wook of. the month only. Telephone 365-5210 WEATHERCAST Today will be sunn witha few fernoon clouds. Highs will ‘be | * the low 208 ‘i ranging fro speaker at the May 19 meet- ing of the Kinnaird Women's rest. Koot District W.L President June Bell was also in attendance. Groutage outlined the art of hand writing analysis and enlivened the meeting by telling each member interest- ing features about them- selves detected from their handwriting. In the business session, a $10 donation for the loan cupboard was received. Members are urged to attend DUNWOODY & CO. (Chartered Accountants 410 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 We’ve Got Your Muffler MAIN ST. MUFFLER | 1335 Columbia Ave. 365-5411 Caldsat — Groceteria & Laundromat : OPEN * 364 Days a Year 1038 Columbia Avenue (Bottom of Sherbiko Hill) Mon. - Sat. 8: Sun. é Hols Tobace: confectionary @ Goneral Phone 365-6534 the local artists’ in progress at the National Ex- hibition Centre through’May 29, Meanwhile, Elaine Jack- man indicated she would like the Institute to have inter- esting projects carried on this summer and requested that anyone should contact her at 365- Soligo, Koide & John Chartered Accountants 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc., C.A. > Resident Partner 2876, Bea Goetting read a com- prehensive report of the re- cent District Conference held in the Castlegar Legion Hall and hosted by the Kinnaird women. © Several homemakers — the Canadian women's insti- tute counterparts in the U.S. — were in at the conference and extended an invitation to West Kootenay W.L members to attend the “hands across the border pic- nic” in Cusick July 21. Two Kinnaird W.I. mem- bers were named to the dis- trict board. Elaine Jackman is .secretary-treasurer and Bea Goetting is home econ- omics convenor. Refreshments were served by Molly Kalesnike and Phy- llis Phipps. Doris Sweeney won the door prize. Next meeting is June 15 and everyone is welcome. {submitted by Phyllis Phipps) “The Complete _ Appliance : Centre’ MAYTAG Appliances Sold \aytag — General Electric Kitchen Aid — Jenn-Air —Gibson— “THE BEST” WARRANTY SERVICE t INSTALLATION SERVICE EXPERT REPAIR SERVICE ‘ onall major appliances including fridges- by qualified technicians. Authorized Repair Service Large Stock of Parts 365-3388 Castlegar Plumbing ring oo Battle of sexes over soon WINNIPEG (CP) — A University of Winnipeg psy- chology professor says the battle of the sexes may soon be over. Hilary’ Lips said’ women OLIVER TRUSS PRODUCTS Lp. © Commercial & Res. Wood Trusses © Computerized Engineering PHONE Bus. 498-4515 Home 498-3215 ——— SHELDON’S CARPET CLEANING *Special Spring* Discount Experts In Cleaning Carpets & Upholstered Furniture ALL WORK INSURED & GUARANTEED. 365-3260 You'll Look Good in the Castlegar News ADVERTISING 365-5210 BOB’S PAY'N TARIT STORES OPEN FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE Mon. to Fri. 9.a.m. 109 p.m. Sot. 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m, Sunday Clo: Full line of grocer. produce, meats, lon, cos, newspapers atc. mALsO io newaper Bar in service, hang it-all wallpapering “YOU PICK IT WE STICK IT” Wallpapering - Painting 10% Discount for Seniors HR. Anewennc 365-2441 DISCO Jezebel’s DISCO DISCO at the Terra Nova © Custom-made Drapes ¢ In-home Service * Drapery Hardware © Singer Sewing Centre Castleatrd Plaza 5-3810 Y We sell & use PRODUCTS. “The Hair Annex’ SELKIRK SERVICE TREE “Spring Clean-Up" © Appropriate tondscoy stn dng, intolation and male . Ecological pest management. Phone David Anytime 365-6810 _e Asphatl Suppliers © Gravel Suppliers © Road Builders Serving the West Kootenays PHONE 365-6563 ~ THE COLANDER SPAGHETTI HOUSE pendent Specializing in Italian cuisine. For Reservations © Phone 364-1816 1475 Cedar Avenue Trail, B.C. 1241 - 3rd St. 365-3744 now seem to be less of a danger to men who previous- ly had felt threatened by female assertiveness. She said in an interview as long as women continue to demonstrate they can make it on their own, the battle of the sexes will end. “As a society, we're just beginning to figure out what's happening in the power play between men and women,” she said. “But what it’s all about is increasing the power of women.” Lips, author of a newly- ublished book Women, Men ond Consultant nd the Psychology Of Pow- Ph. 368-9949 er, said relations between the es sexes are not deteriorating “even though there still is a fight.” J&S Appraisals Ltd. (Affiliated with Interwest Property Service) Joseph R. 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OPTOMETRIST 1012-4th St., Cost! «Ff insurance service © We have licence plates © Open 6 days a week to serve you better © Private auto Insurance Rock in WELDING SUPPLIES LTD. 601-23rd Street Castlegar 65-2144 WELDING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES Distributor ioe SB unos Phone 365-3361 Tues.-Fri, 9.a,m.-5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.-12 noon —— WICKLUM “——=reofing © 15 years certified roofing, Nelson © Specialize In shakes -o-FrewEalimates PHONE Lorne 352-2917 or ivan 352-5791 ——— os Lorne Steed Painting * Interlor — Exterior Commercial — & feaidential KRAGH | BROS. {00FING: * Tar&Gravel © Asphalt Shingle Roofing 367-9261 367-9782 COLEMAN COUNTRY BOY SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank Pumping Phone 365-5013 3400 - 4th Avenue Castlegar Village ‘Cobbler “Complete Shoe Repair” Keith Pendergast PROPRIETOR 410- WIth As ‘astlegar PROFESSIONAL Tree Topping, Shaping, Removal & Fruit Tree Prining Columbia Pest Control & Tree Service Ltd. 368-6114 CASTLEGAR TOOL & DIE * Custom Machining © Jigs & Fixtures © Specialty Tools © Gauges PHONE Bus. 365-6087 Res. 365-7572 Box 3489 Casilegar, B.C. VIN 3W3 “Gen Waterbed: he and y Accessories * e Lighting © Bath Accessories Oxygen — Hobart Wollure brush, roller and spray ig 4 eri lab Bartle & Gibson Co. Ltd. Plumbi ing & Heating Supplies Industeial Piping Supplies Phone Collect After 5 p.m. 352-3896. #3723 Hondryx St. Nelson 2317 - 6th Ave., Cast! 365-7702 BUDGET PAINTING ————————————— & FINISHING Commercial, Residential, Interior and Exterior Painting & Textured Ceilings. LAUENER BROS JEWELLERS WATCHES * Buleva* Seiko® Pulsor BONE CHINA Doulton Free Estimates Coll Collect 352-9426 JACK’ & , PAINTIN : AND REPAIRS Residential & Commercial Interior & Exterior 365-7359 CERTIFID Keys Made LOCKSMITH ‘Lacks Repaired . EMERGENCY OPENINGS B.J. SALES AND SERVICE Site 13; Comp. Castlegar, 8. Be MIN SH? Phone (604) 365-6790 - 365-2728 PROFESSIONAL SECURITY CONSTULTANT 1355.Cedar, Trall 369-9533 A H&M. Painting Contractors © All Work Guaranteed © Interior & Exterior Textured Cailings © Free Estimates SHOP AROUND {T COULD SAVE YOU MONEY. Neill 365-2667 368-5302, 102 Waneta Plaza, Trail See TROWELEX EQUIPMENT - RENTALS cone RENTALS. CENTRE ° Stende: Sales, ° Kon katt Septic Tonks © Erie Wheelbarrows * Concrete Tools 4450 Columbia Ave. Castlegar >a RUMFORD "PLACE © Quality woodstoves ’ Accessories ® lonizers 365-6141. - Anderson says the own- ‘ers have been paying taxes ‘early. 1970s. He said ‘the e authorities started “the® Tulip Creek _ ‘on their property since the: simply came and assessed the value of the boathouses and began taxing thé own- ers. : Anderson said he recalls a Provincial Order in Coun- ci] passed stating that any- one with a: boathouse or cabin in the woods’ was subject to. taxation whe- ther the boathouse or cabin was legally on the land or not. Boathouse owner Rus- sell Decaire of Trail said he received notice from the - ministry to vacate within 60 days. He received his copy by .registered mail - and one was placed on his . boathouse. The notice stated that the boathouse was on Crown land without lawful “ authority, and ordered him toremove it within 60 days Similar notices were posted on the other boat-. houses. One part-owner of-a boathouse said there were 11” boathouses -at- Tulip Creek up until a week ago, when one moved out, He _ said most ofthe develop- * ments are below the high water mark. But. ‘ministry ‘regional’ director F.E, Bertoia said* Friday. any land in the water and below the high. water mark is considered _ to be Crown ‘land. MOVE OUT Decaire said he doesn't. know what to think of the situation. + “It looks like I'm going to have to get out.” - He noted that ‘he. is trying to sell his entire outfit — not because he has to move — but because he feels the boathouse is too much to handle at 78 years of age. “It is short notice,” he said. “Nobody said any- on it.” thing, and I even pay taxes - Decaire's main’ reason for having the boathouse is because it is near his home -and is: handy. for: fishing. . “>. He. has: been* at Tulip ‘\Creek for five years. * Bertoia said: the reason _ for the notices. is because : the owners are trespassing ina park reserve — an area set aside .by the province for the “relaxation and the e enjoyment of the people.” He said he'could not say for sure ifvall were given 60-day notices. “A number of them (no- tices) may be 60 days,” he said. .Bertoia noted that the owners had done work on the land and posted “pri- vate property" and | ‘no parking” signs. “We are now taking ac- tion which should have been taken at an earlier date,” he said. Bertoia said a number of ” of his j Castes Photby Chey Wabi Boathouses ordered fo vacate measures can be taken‘ to remove the boaters. : : One action is through the civil courts while an- other is-a seizure order from the sheriff's office. - A third alternative is to take the--houses some- where, keep them for 30 days, and then destroy them. He said he didn't have an - answer for the fact that the boathouse owners are pay- ing taxes ‘on their prop- erty. “Under normal circum- stances, the assessment authority doesn’t assess unless they (the owners) have a tenure.” He said the issue is out By RON NORMAN Castlegar could yet end up with three new shopping malls. At least that's the way it appeara following Castle- gar council’s latest’ move. Council this week’ author- ized its solicitor to prepare a development permit between the city and. First City In- vestments Ltd. of Vancouver for construction of an 81,000 -square foot mall on Columbia Ave, at 15th Street. The development permit is the second council has asked its solicitor to prepare for a mall proposal. The first was the First. Commerical Prop- erties Ltd. of Winnipeg for development of the eliptical site behind Castleaird Plaza. That permit is still in the making. - The third proposed mall is the joint Boel and Sons and Canada Safeway bid for the site just north of the Hi Aen Motor Hotel. LEN EMBREE ++. permit the key ter which council sets a date“ for a public hearing and the public is then invited to hear the development proposal. Ald. Len Embree, a mem- ber of the planning commit- tee, said that once the de- permit sets ‘eae conditions ‘upon which \the developer and city are bound. Once that has been completed, the developer then applies for rezoning, af- permit has been agreed upon, the proposal is on solid ground. The First City proposal is much the same as the plan it presented to council two years ago, though with some minor changes. It calls for a 34,000 square foot supermarket and about 42,400 square feet of retail space. As well, there is an-° other 5,000 square feet for a bank, on the southeast side which wasn't included in the original proposal. Also not included in ‘the | original proposal was a plan: ot. completely enclose the mall in glass. City planner Bill Hadikin said the. mall would “very close to the size of Waneta Plaza” without Woolco. and the office section. The new supermarket would be about the same size as the Super Valu in Waneta Plaza. There would be park- ing for about 400 cars. In-an hour meeting with the planning committee, First City spokesman Tim * Clark said the latest proposal is the only one First City is prepared to move forward volar also said First City has decided to start from “square one” on financing: and tenants, Castlegar’s population continues to climb “By CasNews Staff. “Unlike its:two.neighboring cities — Nelson and ‘Trail — *Castlegar's population showed a. healthy increase from 1976 to 1981, according to Statistics Canada census figures just released. The city’s population climbed from 6,309 in 1976 to ’ 6,902 five years later — an Locals win first aid award Castlegar Ambulance first aid team took the novice increase of neatly 600 or 9.4 per: cent.” At the same time the num- ber of Trail residents drop- ped by 3.8 per cent from 9,976 to 9,599. Nelson drop- ped from 9,235 in 1976 to 9,143 in June’ 1981, a de- crease of about one per cent. > Overall, the Central Koot- enay Regiona} District's pop- ulation increased by 3,083 residents in five years — from. 48,962 to 52,046. : Other.areas to suffer pop- ulation. decreases. included New Denver whose popu- lation went from 668 to 642 a 3.9 per cent drop; and Cres- ton Which went from 4,227 to 4,190 — about a one per cent decline, * Kaslo had the largest per-"" centage increase in the Cen- . tral Kootenay. That town’s population jumped from 756 in 1976 to 854 last year, a 13 per cent hike. In ‘other areas: Nakusp jumped 5.6 per cent from 1,416 to 1,495; Salmo in- creased 7.4 per cent from 1,089 to 1,169; Silverton was + up 10.7 per cent, from 253 to 280; and Slocan’s population stayed the same — 351 peo- ple in both 1976 and 1981. Castlegar now has 2,395 dwellings for an average household size of 2.67. award at the first aid competition in Nelson Saturday. Members of the team were Pat Nekleva, Chris Mason, Castlegar fire chief Dan Fit- ger and Dan Stepanik, of the local RCMP detachment. Castlegar resident Steve SImieff of the Celgar sawmill team won the Gus Porcher ial Award jfor best “We are . looking at a number of marinas which are in po- tential trespass,” he added. He said some have been told to apply for leases at the District Land Office in continued on poge AJ first aid attendant not on a winning team. Cominco team of Trail was the first place team in the competition. Team members included Peter Bruce, Don Green, Mel Bagley and Jim CasNews helps job hunters 365-5210 _/ here By RON NORMAN Editor * Where do our city taxes go?. That's the question asked -by almost every homeowner and businessman at this time of: year. Firstly, it should be pointed out that the city doesn’t collect taxes just for its own use. It also collects taxes for the hospital, school district, regional district, Municipal Finance ® just over $6.3 million. That’s what iss; industry and residents will pay for their schools, city services,-hospital, assessments and the MFA. . That's a 22:per‘cent or $1.1 million increase over the previous year when the total taxes collected was about $5.2 million. |, However, the $6.3 million figure isn’t the total amount our local government services will spend. That figure is much higher. The rest of the money comes from federal and provincial government grants, special assessments and a host of other sources — but not from local taxpayers’ pockets. The $6.3 million figure b is what is paid on the local level. Lennox, c Students seeking full or. part-time summer employment are reminded that the Castlegar News Action. Ads are available to help them find jobs. Students 13 to 21 years old may place a free ad in the Student Placement section of our Action Ads. Students may offer their services for fulltime employment or-for part-time jobs — such as babysitting and lawn mowing. Simply phone the Action Ad number at 365-2212. _ Students should be planning to resume their studies in the fall to be eligible. does our tax money go? Of that, the city takes $2 million or about 31 per cent; the school district takes $3.5 million or 56 per cent; the hospital $165,000 or.2.7 per cent; the regional district $600,000 or 9.4 per cent; and the MFA and Assessment Authority $77,600 or one per cent. A comparison with figures for last year shows local: taxpayers paid $1.6 million for city services (which means local taxes increased 19.4 per cent this year);.$2.9 million for schools (21.5 Per cent increase); $442,000 for the regional district (26'per' cent increase); $121,600 for the hospital (36 per cent increase); and $70,000 for MFA and the Assessment Authority (10 per cent increase). Now to brass tacks, Where did the-money go? We'll take a close look at just the city's budget, excluding school, hospital, regional district and the rest. General Government Services will cost $440,000 this year, up 45 per cent from $303,000 spent last year. Included under that heading is council expenses such as indemnities, advertising, telephone, and printing and stationery. Council expenses went from $45,450 last year to $56,000 this year — a 23 per cent hike. Also under general government services is adminis- tration which’ will ‘cost $115,000 this year compared to $152,000 last year — an actual decrease of 82 per cent. However, the new clerk-collector will cost the city $51,000 _ this year, where last year there wasn't anyone in that position. Treasury management will cost $142,000 this year. Last year it cost $50,000 — a 182 per cent jump. Building and maintenance costs went from $10,400 to $18,400 — a 77 per cent increase. Transportation services make up the largest portion of the city budget — $861,000 or 26.5 per cent of city costs this year. Last year transportation services cost $716,000. This year's costs are up 20 per cent over that figure. Transportation services is another word for the city -works crew and equipment. It includes such things as salaries and benefi fits, materials and supplies, small tools and Common services — such as office leases and repairs, telephone costs and postage costs — will increase - from $36,350 in 1981 to $49,500 this year — 36 per cent jump. Other general government services such as election expenses, convention expenses and grants to various organizations will drop by more than 50 per cent — from $9,600 last year to just $6,000 this year. Meanwhile, protective services costs for police, fire, animal contro) and emergency measures will total $566,000 this year — up $114,000 or 25 per cent from the $452,000 spent last year. Police protection is the major expense in that category — $360,000 — up $53,000 or 17 per cent over last year. Fire protection is the second largest cost — totalling $134,000 or $34,000 more than last year. of shops, yards and buildings, asphalt patching, gravelling, oiling roads, sidewalks, storm sewer maintenance, street sweeping, snow plowing and all the other expenses incurred in running most outside city services. Meanwhile, environmental Health Services (garbage 1 ing and brush cutting), will cost $84,500 this yea That's a $3,000 drop from last year's costs, Public health and welfare will increase 11.6 per cent from $120,000 to $134,000. Environmental development ser- vices — which include the RRAP program, board of variance, advisory planning committee, chamber of and di ion costs among other continued on page A3 we