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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1978

RE.

25 CENTS

To Transport Ministry

Grass Strip Recommended

City council has urged the federal transport ministry to reconsider its decision: not to provide a temporary landing strip during reconstruction of the Castlegar Airport main ' runway,

Responding last Tuesday to an MOT letter rejecting the city airport committee's re- quest several months ago for construction of a temporary strip, committee chairman Ald. ,- Gerald Rust moved the city ‘recommend a grass strip lo-

; cated between the airport's taxi strip and main runway for accommodation of small aircraft during the repairs scheduled for April, May and June.

He said a comb love shut- | _down of amall sireralt, fa “would affect Hal:Aero Services

Ltd., an aircraft servicing firm, and Adastra Aviation Tid flying. school.

“There are no-similar ser- vices at either the Nelson or Trail airports,” he said. “If we don’t get the runway we are going to jeopardize two small businesses."

Contacted this week, Rust said no construction would be necessary before the grass strip could be used. The com- mittee’s prevous request for a temporary strip called for black-topping at a cost of about $60,000, he said.

Council also approved a motion by Rust that city staff write a letter asking the MOT about the current status of its studies of the track guidance localizer and various

nc __tive navt

airport.

Water Petition Gains 2,000 City Signatures

The door-to-door petition:

campaign endorsed by city council last Tuesday has gained the support of about 2,000 city - residents for the city's pro- posed : Arrow Lakes water system, Ald, Jim Gouk said yesterday.

Gouk. said he expected petition canvassers to have covered “virtually all of Castle- gar South" by today.

to sign the petition and can- vassers have made “a pretty good start” on Castlegar North, he said,

He said completion of can- vassing in certain assigned areas has reduced the number. of volunteers circulating the petition from six last week to four this week, and more volun- teers would come in useful in the campaign.

The "petition UTES the

Still, leted were

of the,

to im- the rec

subdivision “and: . Kinberry ‘Heights in the south end of the city, Gouk said.

utresidents in the Castle:

Bar subdivision and: Woodland Drive North have had a chance

plement

ommendation of the city’s wa- '

ter supply senalbty study. The. goal. set. weeks * Of 4,600 to 5,000 on the city voting list.

Ministry Asked to Pay “Second Youth Worker

‘ The city: has asked the human resource ministry to match the $900 monthly salary ‘of the youth worker who ‘will operate under the direction of Castlegar’s newly - created

youth

Under the health and wel- fare committee recommenda- tions approved by council, the worker would be hired by—and responsible to—the youth com- mittee, which would in turn be

ible to council.

- >, City council instructed city staff last Tuesday to send the ministry a letter announcing the creation of the new position and asking the ministry to pay

~ the salary of a second worker to deal ‘with local juveniles in a similar capacity.

The motion, an endorse- ment of an earlier proposal by the citizens’ group People Interaction, called for a erent

According to the recom-

mendations, the youth commit-.

tee would be comprised of persons’ “who care for the young people of the com- munity” and the city youth worker will meet local youth “on their own ground.”

PI member Colin Pryce, involved in the selection of for the youth, com-

hing the one app by council.

City Makes Traffic Officer

Job Permanent

The status of the city's.

traffic bylaw enforcement afficer_ will change »from experimental to permanent, city. council decided last Tuesday. ... “Council supported a rec- commendation by Ald. C.. S.° Fowler, protective services’ committee chairman, that the currently-unfilled posi- tion be re-instituted per-.. manently to. deal with the increasing rate of . traffic violations.

“The. presence of an enforcement officer does im- prove traffic flows and the income from fines meets ‘about half the cost,” Fowler said, “When you have a city that doesn’t have meters, you have to have some way to deal with people who abuse. the parking regula- tions.”

Enforcement of parking. regulations, currently con- ducted by members of the “local auxiliary police force, was included with enforce-

nt of city watering regu- nthe duties of Che

officer; when the position was created on an experi

mental basis ash April

iE

mittee, this week said the

criteria for the youth worker:

will be discussed by the com- mittee after it is set up.

by ,Gouk two | yas~to- cover” the’

United Way Asks United

By LOIS HUGHES M

lanaging Editor The United Way must live up to its original intent and remain the United Way for the second consecutive year, was

* the message Castlegar District

United Way chairman Bob MacBain delivered at Monday night's annual meeting. He appealed to the public as a whole to fully realize and back the philosophy of this central collecting agency.

No ‘Axe to Grind’ With Other Groups

He expressed concern that in an attempt to continue in the manner as originally intended the feeling had been’ conveyed there was a personal axe to grind between the United Way and groups that had chosen to campaign on thelr own, -

Following last year's an-

nual meeting, Castlegar Dis--

trict United Way had requested

that the City of Castlegar pass a bylaw restricting all door-to- door canvassing of all types not offering goods or services for sale and that these, be channel- led through the United Way. The city investigated the situation and found it had jarisdiction over canvassing on the streets only and not the door-to-door canvass which is

conducted on private property.

“The support,” says Mac- Bain, “can only come from the individual person who will say ‘I give the United Way’ and refuses to make any other donation.”

“It is your United Way to make as big or as small an organization as you wish to make it,” he said,

The recent Castlegar United Way campaign, which reached the $40,000 figure, was short of its $50,000 target but up from the previous campaign which realized $33,000.

MacBain stated he thought it was not 2 good policy to set a goal which can easily be made. He said he felt there had been a tremendous effort made by the

jembers a tan eh , Bissell and. dim’ Lamont appralser: Ted Lalthwal

A spokesman told the Castlegar News around §0

this year and ex- pressed his appreciation of the work accomplished by cam- paign chairman Harold Webber and all his co-workers, Members were shown the new application grant form being utilized this year by the Castlegar District United Way. While very similar to the pre- vious years, a new paragraph has been added and reads as follows: .. "Applications, ree

City Approves Rayment of

Sewer Clainis

Payment of $2,904 to local homeowners and plumbing firms affected to unexpected costs of connections to the Castlegar South’ sewer system gained city council approval last Tuesday.

Council approved a motion by Ald. Gerald Rust, sewer project committee chairman,

. that claims ranging from $45 to

$719.75 be. paid to 16 claimants in return for signed final release forms “and easements ‘where applicable.”

Alex Lutz, works and services superintendent, told council the payments approved resolved about 60 per cent of

he * the claims which. had -resulted a 2 appa at city | hall Monday and Tuesday, is

Tex Mowatt. and Tom

‘oto by ra Hughes

e Seating for at least 50 people;

Easy access to public and service vehicles;

. Compatibility with sur- rounding

Seating for 50, Non-Residential: Location

~ Council Sets Pub Guidelines

ee of in the

es city planning depart- ment “has nothing against the concept of neighborhood pubs", but the “should

© Opening hours identical to those of local beer parlors.

Those were among the criteria d by city

not be located within a pre- dominantly residential area,” the report said.

_ The staff report said no

staff last Tuesday for ‘establish ment of neighborhood pubs in Castlegar.

In response toa request by the Union of B.C. Municipali- ties, the staff report recom- mended regulation neighbor- hood pub of closing hours by the Liquor Administration Board as well a8 provincial government control of the

Chamber to Create Grievance Committee

Creation of a committee through which local business- men could air grievances and problems won approval last ‘Thursday at the Castlegar and District Chamber of C

will include the erection of two “Welcome to Castlegar” signs on the highway approaches from Nelson and Nancy Greene Lake, and the completion of with the Koot

general meeting, a chamber spokesman said this week. Vice-president . Bill Jones told the Castlegar News the select committee, one of several projects proposed for 1978 by

|. the executive, would function in a “semi-ombudsman” capacity -

for both members and non- members of the chamber in the local business community. The committee, co-chaired by merchants Tom Oglow and Nick Deenik, will be limited to activities within the chamber's jurisdiction, but will deal with problems ranging from griev- ances against various levels of government to disputes among local businessmen, he said. The chamber’s “major long- term objective will be the a part-time «paid ad ihe iocation of a chamber office in the city by the end of the year, Jones said.

Orher nenfocts this year.

Doukhobor Historical Society over the proposed operation of the chamber's tourist informa- tion booth on the Doukhobor

Village site this summer, he - said.

KARE RERAKK KK IN «BAT Mobile Unit Arrives Here Today

It is arriving today. The Breath Alcohol Testing (BAT) Mobile will be in ‘the area for the next week.

It ia all part ot the continued attack to keep the drinking driver off the high-

ways. ,

Several BAT Mobile unite operate throughout British Columbia as part of a program introduced b

d pub licenses have yet been issued in the city. It said. the city received one application for a location in a residential area’ in .South Castlegar, but it was refused by the LAB.

Business license inspector Peter Ozeroff would control issuance of licenses for neigh- borhood pubs, the report said.

Council supported Ald. Len Embree’s motion that the report be forwarded to the UBCM pub committee.

City clerk Barry Baldigara said the planning department had suggested that rather than

Staff Preparing City Brief

For Hearing

The city will submit a brief in April to the provincial gov- ernment’s special committee reviewing the role of regional districts in B.C., council mem- bers decided last Tuesday.

Council supported Ald. Gerald Rust’s motion that city staff prepare the brief and publicize information on the Regional District Review Com- mittee’s schedule of public hearings.

Scneduled in the week beginning April 10 to hear briefs ‘in Castlegar, the com- mittee was appointed by Muni- cipal “Affairs Minister Hugh Curtis late last fall to examine the jurisdiction and organiza- tion of regional districts.

Organizations or indivi- duals wishing to appear and present briefs to the committee should contact the committee's

y General.Garde Gardom. KAKA AAREEK

secretary at Suite 206, 515 West Tenth Avenue in Vancouver.

i seating capacity of 50, the city should set a maximum of 100 to 150.

Ald. Albert :

for beer parlors to neighbor- hood pubs. He asked staff to include in the report a recom-

from inaccuracies in depth and location ‘calculations made by contractors and engineers in- volved in the sewer project.

KIDA Fades Away From Area Industry

The Kootenay Industrial Development Association—

of which Castlegar is a former . be

objected to application of the same opening hours limitations

pubs be alowed Sunday open- ings.

City Seeks Joint Meet With School Board

City council is seeking a joint meeting with the School District No. 9 board of trustees to discuss the city's 1978 budget and other

common interests.

Council last Tuesday supported Ald. Len Embree's motion that city staff investigate the possibilities of a meeting with the

schoo! board.

Embree said many city residents are unaware of the amount of funds in the city's budget which.is passed on to the school district on behalf of the education ministry.

“It's important that it be opened up to the community,” he

said.

Council members were requested to suggest to city clerk Barry Baldigara topics they wished to discuss at the mecting.

Council's decision followed discussion of an education ministry schedule forecasting a $6, 164,071 school district provisional budget

for 1978,

More than $200,000 of the total $522,838.79 in city accounts payable for December consisted of funds forwarded to the school

district.

‘held its final meeting yesterday as the Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary prepared to assume the organi- zation’s function.

Formed in 1968 to promote industrial growth in the area, the Trail-based KIDA is ending its existence because of a provincial government decision ‘that regional districts should administer financial aid under the federal-provincial Indus- trial Development Subsidiary Agreement.

Charter KIDA members were Trail, Warfield, Rissland, Fruitvale, ‘the Villages of Castlegar and Kinnaird and Salmo. After Castlegar and Kinnaird amalgamated they left the organization,

After a report in 1975 by Walter Uegama, city represen- tative on KIDA, recommended the city use the $6,000 it spent yearly on KIDA dues on pro- moting itself, city council voted to leave the organization.

Support

ter November first will be carried over to the following year,"

At also stipulates an appli- cation will. be rejected unless it is accompanied by a proper financial statement for the previous year and a proposed budget for the current year.

The meeting was sparsely attended, resulting in those present recommending to the board that local organizations who have received United Way funds in the past but did not have representation at the- annual general meeting, may be disbarred from receiving funds the next year.

Those presenting reports Monday night were Robson Recreation Society, Camp Rory, Girl Guides of Canada Castlegar-Robson District, Air Cadets Squadron 581, Koote- nay Columbia District Council Boy Scouts of Canada, Castle- “= {Guntd Pg. Ag, Cai L)

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TRANSIT: We don't fitin with municipal affairs ministry plans.

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BASKETBALL: The Jr. Rockettes score their sec- ond big win in their own four-team weekend tour- nament.

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CLOUDY skies today should assure that the ground hog -will not see his shadow. If the tale of Ground Hog Day can be used as an accurate forecast, winter will have its back broken early. The |- weekend will have reoceur-

ing periods of cloudiness with light snow flurries.

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N

hour-day ‘compressed .work week designed to reduce the impact of working grave- yard shifts and provide more consecutive time off is un- dergoing its second 24-week trial period at CanCel’s local pulp operation.

The Castlegar mill, which -pioneered the ap- proach in the industry last May with the co-operation of the Pulp, Paper and Wood- workers of Canada Local 1, has expanded the system to include its steam, machinery and shipping departments as well as the 34 pulp depart- ment operators originally involved in the experiment.

Experimental 12-Hour Day at Pulp Mill

“As far as we're con- cerned, it's been a pretty _ positive experience,” Bert Collier, the mill's industrial relations manager, told the Castlegar News.

Collier said the com- pressed week, which has in- volved most of the mill's production workers in vari- ous stages of the trial period, is still considered an experiment, but has re- ceived a good response from employees.

The introduction of the new schedule at the mill was consistent with the com- pany’s joint labor agreement with PPWC members, Col- lier said, and had been

cleared with government agencies.

In the experimental schedule shift workers work four 12-hour days in succes- sion—the first two from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m, and the next two from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.— followed by four days off.

Pulp operator Frank King, one of the PPWC members who worked with the company to set up the experiment, said “the vast majority" of production workers at the mill are pleased with the compressed week,

He said persons work- ing the four 12-hour shifts rather than five eight-hour

Schedule Gets Good Response

An. experimental 12.‘

shifts. have “more usable free time and fewer trips to and from work.”

“You get more week- ends off, so socially you're a lot better off,” he said. “And you still maintain a 40-hour work week.”

Meanwhile at B.C, For- est Products’ Mackenzie mill, the compressed work week was introduced in the steam plant for a one-year trial period.

Finlay Forest Indus- tries, also at Mackenzie, has introduced an experimental program, ‘while the Weyer- haeuser Canada mill at Kam- loops has just implemented a compressed work week pro-

gram.