A2 Castlegar News September 19, 1990

LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS

By CasNews Staff

BRIEFLY

Andy Boolinoff said.

trustees during Monday's school board meeting.

such behavior must be discouraged.

the only way to

Poznikoff, area representative for the union.

wrapped up Friday, Poznikoff said.

Infocentre in August.

month, up from 861 in August last year.

July and August 1989, the chamber said.

25.

75.25 per cent, the chamber reported.

necessary, police said.

Vandalism problem discussed Steps will be taken to combat vandalism and break- Castlegar school district maintenance yard, maintenance supervisor

Boolinoff estimated about $2,000 worth of damage has been done to the maintenance yard, the bus garage and the buses in the last six months. Four major break-ins have occurred since the spring, he told

Secretary-treasurer John Dascher said most of the damage and theft is covered by school district insurance. But trustee Ed Conroy said

The building committee of the board has discussed the problem and superintendent of schools Terry Wayling told the Castlegar News Boolinoff is looking at various means of protecting the yard, including stringing barbed wire and hiring a security guard.

But Soolinet colt electrifying the fence around the yard may be ensure vandals and thieves stay out.

Westar, union reach agreement | i:

Westar Timber Ltd. and members of the Canadian Merchant Service Guild who operate tugboats for the Castlegar sawmill have announced a “‘successful conclusion’’ to contract negotiations.

The end to the talks was announced jointly by Cam Barlow, Westar’s area manager for southern region woodlands, and Ken

Poznikoff said negotiations were ‘‘difficult but amiable”’ and his committee will recommend acceptance of the agreement.

Details of the contract will be released after the ratification vote has been taken, in a week and a half or two weeks, Barlow said.

The two sides have been talking since July and negotiations

August Infocentre inquiries up

Visitors to Castlegar continued to beat a path to the Travel

The Castlegar Chamber of Commerce reported a 5.6 per cent increase in the number of inquiries at the Infocentre last month compared to August 1989. The Infocentre registered 909 inquiries last

Combined with the inquiries from July, the two-month summer total was up nine per cent from last year — 1,834 compared to 1,679 in

The busiest days last month were Aug. 4 and Aug. 16 when the Infocentre served 45 visiting parties each day. The summer average was

As well, the average hotel/motel occupancy rate for August was

RCMP seek parents’ help

Castlegar RCMP are calling on local parents to help deal with the problem of youths who hang out around the Woodland Park Shell service station and obstruct the public’s access to the station.

Several youths have been arrested on charges such as mischief and the RCMP will continue to detain the youths and make arrests if

By CasNews Staff

Residents of the Voykin sub- atthe division near the junction of Highway 3A and Highway 6 say they should have been better informed by B.C. Gas before the utility began putting natural gas pipeliries under their lawns and driveways.

Some residents said they received a “‘shock’’ when they returned home Friday to find the portions of their lawns and driveways that are within the Ministry of Highways right-of- way dug up by the utility’s contractor, resident John Strilaeff said.

But a spokesman for B.C. Gas said the company, which is currently ‘run-

the area last week may not have been

down through the driveways, Zim-

home when a B.C. Gas i was in the area, West Koot

merman Bob ikoff, another sub-

district manager Ken Zimmerman said Monday.

Zimmerman said he spoke to several residents in the subdivision and none of them i t!

division resident, said Zimmerman assured him his property will be restored, But the homeowner said he is not convinced the work will be done

hey were unaware the gas lines would be put ip.

People are mostly worried their lawns and driveways will not be properly repaired, he said.

But B.C. Gas will bring in topsoil and reseed the portions of lawn that are dug up and driveways that are torn apart will be repaved by a

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ning gas lines from to the ighway junction, usually follows up contact with a home visit to in- form residents when the new lines will be installed. Anyone who did not receive notification that work would begin in

LOTTERIES

The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 8, 11, 20, 23, 25, 32, 33 and 52.

The winning numbers drawn in Monday’s B.C. Keno. draw wereld, 14, 15, 23, 27, 34, 35 and 45.

The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto-649 draw were 9, 22, 30, 39; 42 and 45. The bonus number was 41.

The jackpot of $10 million was shared by two tickets, one bought in Quebec and the other in British Columbia.

The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia on Saturday were 9, 43, 70 and 81.

The winning numbers drawn Saturday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 4, 18, 29,. 30, 42, 46, 47 and 51.

The winning numbers in the Ex- press draw were 313472, 078141, 641599 and 893421.

The winning Lotto BC. numbers were 2, 8, 23, 29, 32 and 37.

In the event of a discrepancy bet- ween these numbers and the official winning numbers list, the latter shall prevail.

CELGAR EXPANSION REVIEW PANEL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

The governments of Canada and the Province of British Columbia have ap- pointed the Celgar Expansion Review Panel to conduct an independent public review of the environmental and associated social effects of the proposed expansion of the Celgar Pulp Mill located in Castlegar, B.C. The focus of the

review is:

— The protection of ambient air and water quality, including fish and fish

habitat;

— The availability of surplus wood chip supply; — The impact of additional truck traffic resulting from the transportation of

additional wood chips to the mill.

The panel will be holding Community Hearings at the following times and

locations:

9:00 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. SEPTEMBER 20 & 21, 1990

9:00 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. SEPTEMBER 22, 1990

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said he told subdivision residents who contacted him earlier this week.

The utility does not normally cut into driveways, he said. Usually the pipes are under driveways without disturbing the pavement but large rocks under the soil surface in the area. forced the contractor to dig

to his

B.C, Gas should have held a meeting for subdivision residents before the work was started to allow them to ask questions and find out what the utility planned to do in their area,.Podovelnikoff said.

Strilaeff said area residents could have informed B.C. Gas about the rocky soil if utility officials had spoken to homeowners before the work began.

“The line of communication was pretty poor,’ Strilaeff said. a

Zimmerman said residents in the area targeted for the gas line project were sent questionnaires in late spring asking whether or not they wanted natural gas in their homes.

Utility has people fuming

About 50 people in the Shoreacres and junction regions signed up, making the project economically wor- thwhile for B.C. Gas, he said.

The utility then ensured the project met B.C. Utilities Commission guidelines and sought permission from the Ministry of Highways to run gas lines within government right-of- ways, he said.

Strilaeff and Podovelnikoff said of the 42 lots in their subdivision, only a handful of homeowners appear to have signed up for the gas service.

Zimmerman was unable to say how many Voykin subdivision residents want the service but pointed out the utility considers such gas-line projects in terms of the future as well as the present. More families in the area may sign up for natural gas service in coming years, he said.

The entire pipeline project should be completed by the end of the week, Zimmerman said.

Rematch

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with his renomination and with the turnout for the nominating conven- tion on the weekend. Delegates came from all parts of the riding, he said.

He said he expects the race against Evans will be tight since the NDP

di is already out igni in anticipation of an election call soon.

“That’s good,’’ Dirks said.

Evans said so far Dirks has not sta- ted his position on a number of the key issues in the riding, such as’ tran- sportation in the Slocan Valley, Nelson’s ongoing fight for a univer- sity and recycling at Creston’s brewery. Evans pointed out that the constituency is made up of diverse communities which have distinct con- cerns.

But Dirks said ‘‘there isn’t one area in the constituency that hasn’t

’’ from his i and he will run on his record and his party’s record.

““We will remind people of the work that has been done and the achievements that have been made. Our record has been excellent.’”

Dirks said his main task since being elected MLA for Nelson-Creston has been to ‘clean up a lot of backlog’ of Projects that were neglected by the previous MLA, New Democrat Lorne Nicolson.

Major achievements include the widening of the Slocan Bluffs, ob- taining a subsidy for Nelson to bring its municipal police force in line with other police departments in the

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Province and work on Creston’s Sewage treatment needs.

But Evans said Dirks has not taken a stand on several issues that Evans sup 's such as the hauling by barge of chips from the Slocan Valley destined for the proposed Celgar pulp mill expansion in Castlegar. Valley residents are also concerned about maintenance of railway lines, he said.

And Dirks has been mum on the Castlegar-Robson ferry, the request by Creston-area orchardists for establishment of an apple marketing board and Nelson’s housing shortage, Evans said.

He pointed out NDP leader Mike Harcourt, during several visits to the riding, has pledged his party's sup- Port for reopening a university in Nelson.

Evans said he will run mainly on the NDP record in the province and Harcourt’s achievements as Van- couver mayor and party leader. Evans said he sees himself as a component of the party.

“We are a party of many talents and many candidates — male and female, and of many professions.’’

Evans said the Socreds are cam- paigning unofficially now and Premier Bill Vander Zalm and the par- ty are spending taxpayers’ money to advertise the government's positions.

‘We're being subjected to an un- called election,’’ he said.

“What I would like to see is next time people are called by the pollsters, they say they’re going to vote Socred so they can call an election,” Evans

quipped.

Leaders fuel B.C. election rumors

DUNCAN (CP) — The election guessing game picked up a little stream Tuesday with the premier and the leader of the Opposition both playing.

First, Mike Harcourt, leader of the New Democratic Party, said on a pre- election-style tour of this Vancouver Island town that he thinks the elec- tion call will come next Wednesday.

Otherwise, he said, ‘‘you’re into the problems of the snows coming down from the north through Pine Pass (in central B.C.) and into Prince George and the Interior.

“‘When that happens, it just gets

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that much more difficult to run an election,””

Premier Bill Vander Zalm said later on a Vancouver radio talk show that he wants to call an election because he likes challenges and campaigning.

But he said advisors to the gover- ning Social Credit party are weighing the pros and cons of going now or waiting until spring.

“It’s a major decision and you call it to win obviously. I mean that’s the name of the game. You don’t call to lose, so you need to assess it very carefully.””

The premier said constituency of- ficials have been looking at arranging a nomination meeting in his riding, Richmond East.

Board

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Thirty-six first-year students are currently registered to begin school in the new year but new school district data indicates there fhay be as many as 65 students eligible for enrolment in January, Wayling said.

Depending on where the students come from and which schools they will attend, the school board may face more probleis of large class sizes and shortages of classroom space, he said.

A second registration for first-year students will have to be held, possibly in October, to determine just how many students will be starting school in January and what areas of the district they are from, Wayling said

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LOCAL NEWS

STREET TALK

SOME VISITORS to Castlegar continue to leave town without a completely favorable impression.

Jim Gibson, a columnist with the Victoria Times- Colonist, writes in his Sept. 13 column of leaving Vic- toria for a trip to Calgary.

‘And between here and there,’’ he writes, ‘are some incredible tableaux waiting for anyone with a camera or paintbrush: the harvested wheat fields out- side Creston, streaked by the colors and shadows of sunset; Castlegar at night from the lookout high above this otherwise tawdry town . . .””

Ah well, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

Defenders of Castlegar may send letters to the Times-Colonist’s editor.

CAST! 3AR SCHOOL DISTRICT bus drivers as a group are notably safety conscious. So much so that nine of them qualified in June for awards and cer- tificates under the Bus Driver's Safety Award Program.

Among them, the nine drivers have 62 years of ac- cident-free driving: Leo Plamondon, 24 years; Ira Johnson, Doug Richards, Stan Jollimore, 15 years each; Pete Plotnikoff, Darlene Schultz, 10 years each; Ray Plamondon, 18 years; Jay Hawkins, five years and Bill Plotnikoff, one year.

During the 1989-90 school years, Castlegar bus drivers drove 330,285 kilometres. That was an increase of 23,000 kilometres over the previous year.

Nearly 2,500 students were taken to and from school each day.

MAYOR AUDREY MOORE is playing a key role this week at the Union of B.C. Municipalities annual convention which beld its opening session today in Vancouver.

Columbia between Robson and Castlegar, staffing of the RCMP detachment in Castlegar and GO B.C. fun- ding.

GARY MALONEY of Castlegar will be on TV this Friday when Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes premiers on channels 6 and 14 at 8 p.m.

The film footage was provided by BCTV and is of some of Maloney’s TV commercials that never got aired and should have ended up on the cutting room floor

Maloney, of Castlegar Mazda, did a series of commercials with his bull and the bull, not being the experienced actor that Maloney is, often did things

Moore is chairing a special c c of UBCM past presidents currently in office which will monitor all of the week’s policy sessions and prepare a report on the most important challenges facing B.C. communities.

“What we envision is a process that will see delivered, on the final day of the convention, a statement of. the major challenges facing B.C. com- munities and some of the possible actions that could be taken," UBCM president Len Traboulay said of the new policy development process.

Walter Hardwick, a former Vancouver alderman and an authority on local government, will be the Project leader for the policy development process.

CASTLEGAR'’S DELEGATION to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention won't have a chance to get bored during the annual gathering.

Starting earlier today, Mayor Audrey Moore, her council and city administrator Gary Williams have a full day of meetings with representatives from a slew of Provincial government ministries. The meetings con- tinue tomorrow morning.

Among the topics on which the local politicians will bend the ear of ministry officials are grants for a recycling program, funding of community services, property along the Columbia riverfront, expansion of Syringa Creek Park, the Highway 3-Highway 22 inter change, the much-talked-about new bridge across the

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Show hosts Dick Clark and Ed McMahon are going to learn what locals here always knew, and that is when it comes to ‘‘bull’” Maloney’s an expert!

CONST. FRED P. POPOFF, son of Pete and Kathy Popoff of Blewett, recently graduated from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police training academy in Regina. Popoff attended Blewett elementary school and Trafalgar Junior secondary and L.V. Rogers secondary schools in Nelson, as well as Selkirk College.

After completing six weeks of special duties at the Regina legislature building, Popoff was posted to Kamsack, Sask.

THE MINISTRY QF REGIONAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT will present a free public seminar on employee investmenj Oct. 2 at the Sandman Inn from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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