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lurray. He added that the mining industry in, Park, calling them positive. is very depressed “It’s a step in the right direction. It's time an a recognition that claim holders to the minerals in the park have rights and the government does have the respon- sibility to represent these people,” Murray told the Castlegar News. He added that any mining that does take place in the park will be strictly

land from the park or open the park to mining.

“What kind of government allows our parks to be destroyed like this?”

FIREHALLS

continved trom tront poge Pass Creek and $60,000 a year for Robson.

COMMUN Bulletin Board 1.0.F. SKI PARTY Ct. Kootenay No. 1327. Free Skiing and sliding for mem-

bers and guests. Salmo Ski Hill. 6 - 10 p.m, Saturday, February 14, 1987 2

erty of equal value would see an increase of $11.61.

“T can't tell people how to vote,” said Voykin. “The figures are put in front of them and its now. up to them to make the decision,”

more than a few dollars.”

Posnikoff pointed out that homeown- ers’ insurance will likely double if the community does not offer fire protec- tion, He also pointed out that the taxes will go only into the operation of the firehall and that no one in the volunteer firehalls are paid, including fire chiefs.

“All it will mean for me is less head- aches and Tuesday night Off, ” Posnikoff said if halls should close.

“I don't have to do this, but I still volunteer.”

Pass Creek fire chief Brian Bebelman

According to 1986 property values in electoral area I, an average property valued at approximately $60,000 would -have paid a total of $33.90 for fire Tarrys deputy fire chief John Pos- protection. nikoff believes the tax increase is jus-

Fire protection for that same prop- tified. erty, assessed at $51,000 in 1987, would “An increase of $11 a year and $1.8 see an increase of only $10.27 to $44.17. year after that is not a heck of a lot to

Fire protection in Area J for a prop- ask for,” he said. “A life is worth a lot

TAX RATE

AIR CADET GARAGE SALE February 28, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Kinnaird Hall. one wishing to donate items please call 365-3692 or 365-6136 or 365-7038. 4/2

CASTLEGAR MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY ts holding its annual Pot Luck supper this Sunday, February 15 at the Nordic Locge. There will be a sli presentation on South Africa following dinner. For further information phone 365-8058, 365-6904 or 365-7578. /12

ST. DAVID'S THRIFT SHOP Bag Sale, $2.00. Feb. 10-20.

By CasNews Staff ‘Trail Regional Hospital has received final approval to yw CAT scanner.”

“If you buy two at the same time you should get a ny rice.” Hospital administrator Gary Kjolberg told the Castlegar News ‘Tusediy, “1's really economies in

to servicing and purchasing. pessoas epiiiued that a number of difficulties have held up the purchase of the CAT scanner over the past five years.

qUnfortunately, there are always apprehensions until you finally get approval,” he said. “We are not the richest province in the country anymore.

Questions regarding the number of patients who would actually benefit from the scanner, professional capabilities of the hospital and fiscal problems have held up the actual purchase. ;

“Everyone has heard so much about this for the past five years,” he said. “Finally, people won't have to go all the way to the Okanagan or Vancouver for the service.

“People from the Kootenays will be ‘able to come right here,” he said.

Besides the scanner’s actual price, Kjolberg explained that certain “performance specifications” must also be met. He pointed to such things as the machine's operational capacity and the speed in which it performs a function as important considerations.

The ‘specifications have been sent to some five

ah General Electric and Phillips, and a

said if not for the depart- ments, at least two homes since Jan- uary would have been total losses from fire damage.

“And much of that is education too,” he said. “We tell people things and we do these extra duties. Without a volunteer fire department, the aware- ness would drop right down.

“I have people ask me if I would

VALENTINE TEA AND BAKE SALE Twin Ri

Saturday, February 14, 2-4 p.m, White door prize, rattle.

continued from front poge total assessment roll,” he said.

Collins added that only seven property owners appealed their assess- ments this year.

He also noted that B.C. Hydro's Keenleyside Dam has been removed from the assessment roll. The dam was not taxable, but had been assessed along with other properties.

decision will be retroactive, meaning the city would have to refund taxes it had collected for several years.

“It’s working an extreme hardship in municipalities,” Moore said.

The Union of B.C. Municipalities has asked the province to establish a special task force to examine the whole

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assessment system.

Meanwhile, in his report Collins says new construction in Castlegar between 1984 and 1986 consisted mostly of renovations.

“Overall, taxable new development comprises less than one per cent of the

However, Collins said that not only is the dam exempt from taxation, it is also exempt from assessment.

Ogijow noted that the Central Koot- enay regional district is continuing a “struggle” to change the Crown corporation's exempt status.

come and have a look where they want to install a wood furnace,” he said.

Polls open 8 a.m. Saturday at Pass Creek elementary, Tarrys elementary and Robson Community Memorial church with an advance poll Feb. 13 at Robson Community Hall.

quoted price mutually agreed upon by Trail and Nanaimo hospitals will be accepted. .

Kjolberg said the two expect to buy a combined price of approximately $1.5 million for two machines. Trail Regional also expects to pay approximately $200,000 more for installation costs.

The hospital presently has two staff members who specialize in the operation of the scanner, which takes sophisticated cross-section x-rays of the human brain. It will become part of Trail Regional's existing radiology department.

Kamloops firm buys Balco shares

VANCOUVER (CP) — A bidding battle for Balco In- dustries Ltd. ended abruptly Tuesday with a successful $16.75-a-share offer from Timber Investments Ltd. of Vernon, for the Kamloops- based .forest products com- pany.

Timber president J. Allan Thorlakson said 1,375,547 Balco shares were tendered

ber Investments and Slocan Forest Products Ltd.

Slocan, which had made_an offer of $15.50 on Monday, decided not to top Timber’s latest offer.

Timber had originally plan- ned to get control of Balco through a private placement of 1,250,000 treasury shares at $10 each.

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seriographs, Japanese woodcuts etc. The ténifre is open from 9:30 - 4:30 weekdays and 10:30 - 4:30 weekends.

Month of February . . . The Art Councils Presentation Series is featuring Trail artist Maria Crossley. Her pain- tings are on display at the Homestead Soup and Sandwich Shoppe.

February 21'- 22... A Printmaking workshop by noted ar- tist-teacher NOBORU SAWAI of Vancouver. Registration can be arranged with Craig Andrews. 365-7292.

February 23 . . . Regular meeting of the Castlegar Arts Council at 7:30 p.m. at the Kinnaird Library.

1986 Costlegor Art Council Memberships are due. Please phone 365-3834

Items for this bi-monthly feature should be

in response to the offer.

With an existing parcel of shares, Timber Investments now holds 1,789,947 Balco shares or 86.4 per cent of the issued capital.

The $16.75, cash bid ended a series of bids between Tim-

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IF YOU WALK in to the old Bank of building on Columbia Ave. desposit, you may walk out a new dress:

The. building is now owned by Ely and’Pet Santos and it is about to be d into Ely’s

“I have always wanted a place of my own,” Santos told the Castlegar News. “I'd like to rent.” f

Santos, who has operated Ely's Boutique from the 940-4th Ave. location for the past 6/: years, said she just thought it would be a good idea to buy the Bank of Commerce building, which shut its doors last November and moved all its accounts to the Castleaird Plaza branch.

“One day I just said to my husband, ‘Why don't we go buy th Bank of Commerce building?’ ” she laughing and he said if you want it I'l phon

“They didn't even have a sign on it yet,” she said.

Santos, who is married with two children, came to Canada from the Philippines in 1964 and has lived in Castlegar for the past 10 years.

She said the new building will give her more space and a better location in town.

Ely's Boutique should be open at its Bank of Commerce location March 2,

THE LIGHTS go out; there's a shot . . . and when the lights come back on Robert Verigin, a noted drug dealer, ‘lies dead; a woman who has fainted lays sprawled out on the carpet; and a smoking pistol lies abandoned by the murderer . . . or murderess.

But who of the 150 persons. in the Hume Room of Nelson's Heritage Inn last Friday evening, is the murderer?

There are 12 suspects among the guests at the Murder After Eight dinner theatre, including Mike Balahura of Castlegar.

Guests are told that Balahura was “in a mood most foul” since getting suckered into a money-making scam by Robert Verigin and losing his shorts “on the Dixie Dee Powers scam.” Balahura had every reason to want Verigin dead.

‘ But did Balahura cause the gunshot wound in Verigin's chest, or did he walk out of the Heritage Inn at around midnight as a free man after the murder was solved by a fellow guest?

(A hint: he was back in his position as head teacher at Castlegar's special education centre Monday morning.)

THE CITY of Castlegar has a new public works superintendent. He is Kevin Lagan of Edson, Alta. Lagan will also have a new title. From now on he will be called Engineering Services manager.

Lagan currently works for the Alberta Ministry of Municipal Affairs as superintendent of works for Improvement District 14. He was previously assistant city engineer for Wetaskiwin, Alta., following a number of years in engineering and public works positions in

Commerce — month to ‘make a i a

MURDERER MIKE? recently took

theatre. But did he kill someone?.

Costlegar's Mike Balahura

After Eight dinner

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He and wife Margaret have 4 14-year-old daughter, Kim, Darren.

and 11-year-old son,

Lagan was selected fqn

some 45 applicants.

THE RED Mountain Racers are bidding to host the 1988 women’s World Cup downhill ski race at — where

else — Red Mountain.

The Racers say the budget for the race will be about $300,000, with Husky Oil putting up about $100,000 of

that.

The remainder would have to be raised locally and through the sale of sponsorships.

is with ine Village in Banff

and Blackcomb-Whistler for the event. A decision on the site is expected sometime in May.

JAKE HENDRICKS had a crib hand last week that

most of us only dream about — a perfect 29,

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was playing with his wife Mary and the game was

witnessed by Irene Pater.

“We've played a lot of crib,” Hendricks said.

But he's never had a 29 hand.

“My wife had a 28 hand (once),” he said.

CALLING ALL seniors. Selkirk College is offering a course Monday called Federal Benefits for Seniors: What are They? For more information contact the college's

Castlegar campus.

WANT SOME property cheap? The provincial government and its Crown corporations have put some 1,500 properties on the block.

The sale was started last May with the publication of the first edition of the Crown Land Marketing Catalogue. Since then, public property estimated at more than $8

million has been sold.

On the block this year are properties worth more

than $100 million. They include agricultural, commercial, industrial, recreational and residential lands, and are contained in the province's second edition of the catalogue.

To view the catalogue go to the nearest Forestry Ministry office, government agent's office or public library.

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Lagan arrives in Castlegar this week. He is married.

For specific details on the properties contact the lands division office_in Cranbrook.

- §ki-A-Thon held for Rick

VERNON (CP) — Marni Abbott returned to the site of a tragic accident recently to help her friend Rick Hansen.

Abbott was among some 60 participants in the Rick Han- sen Man-In-Motion Ski-A- Thon last weekend at Silver Star Mountain near here.

Like Hansen, Abbott is a paraplegic. She was paraly- sed in a skiing accident in December 1983 at Silver Star.

The return to the Okan-

agan Valley ski resort was |

her first since the mishap. “I've skied several times before, so I'm not really ner- vous about skiing,” she said. “But I was nervous about re. turning to Silver Star. It felt strange when I arrived.”

Ski-A-Thon participants collected pledges for every run they made and the pro- ceeds went to Hansen's Man- In-Motion world tour.

One of the participants was blind skier Matt Salli of Ver- non, who completed 20 runs and raised $230.

Hansen is currently wheel: ing through Saskatchewan on his way to a finish in Van couver, which he departed almost two years ago on his around-the-world wheelchair trek to raise money for spinal cord research and make the public aware of the disabled’s capabilities.

Organizers of the Silver Star event set a goal of $10,000 and surpassed it by raising $10,104

USED SIT-SKI

Abbott made her runs on a sit-ski, which is similar to a toboggan. The skier is closer to the snow and turns are made with the aid of modified ski poles. A skier with a safe ty line accompanied her on

queen from near by Enderby prior to her accident. Like Hansen, she has refused to let her handicap slow her down. She won five swim- ming medals, including three gold, in the Pan-American Games for the Disabled last November in Puerto Rico. “I really admire Rick,” she

Past Fireside Motel

Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship :00.a.m

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said. “He's a pretty amazing guy.” She has been working as a volunteer on Hansen's cam- paign for several months. Silver Star president John Gow and Abbott presented awards to the top fund rais- ers following the Ski-A-Thon. Gow, a double amputee, is an

expert skier with the aid of specially designed pros- theses.

Gow won four gold medals at the world championships, for disabled skiers in 1974 Grand Bornand, France, won a gold medal in slalom at the 1976 Winter Olympics for the Disabled in Swedep.

ANGLICAN CHURCH 1401 Columbia Avenue Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:00.a,m. Sunday School 10.a.m. Rev. Charles Balfour 365-2271

Parish Purpos “To know Christ and make Him known”

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SUNDAY SERVICES — Sunday School 9:45 a.m Morning Worship 11:00 Evening Fellowship 6:30 Wednesday: Bible Study

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