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Section 'C”

Vol. 52, No. 2

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ts CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1979

Three Sections (A,B&C)

City Asks For Planning Levy Cut

Citing newly-imposed bud- getary restraints, the city will ask Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Vander Zalm for partial exemption from its $30,000 regional planning levy.

City council - supported Tuesday a motion by Ald,

-Gerald Rust that in view of the ~

mill rate freeze and five-per- cent ceiling on municipal bud- get increases announced by Finance Minister Evan’ Wolfe last week city staff send Vander Zalm a letter asking his support for partial withdrawal from “almost doubling” Region- al District of Central Kootenay planning costs.

Discussing the expected:

impact of the new restraints on the city’s finances Rust, a ‘member. and former chairman of council's finance

centre teft, who w: jt

SWORN [Nat the School District No. 9 board 1979 Inaugural meeting last Thursday were Stewart Webster, left, Mills, both re-elected as city trustees In Nov. 18 elections. Also Inaugurated at th mee ting was Vera K

ind Ernie

Igan, seated by in Area J

trustee. The board aleo elected trustee Pat Haley to a fourth

term as chairman and Litiesa

trustee Anne Jones, right, to a fourth term as vice-chalr jewsFoto by Ryon Guedes

jeated centre in. (See story on Page

noted that the $4,277,000 pro- visional budget adopted Tues- -day represented an overall in- crease of eight per cent. But he added that the final budget of 1979 will reflect the five-per- cent ceiling.

“In my own mind I don't feel the five-per-cent limit im- posed on the city will incur any hardship to the municipality or its on-going efforts to improve service,” Rust told council.

“However, without budget

_ figures being anywhere near completion. at this ‘time and without the: total impact being assessed I think it’s a little premature to come out with an

+» overall. portrayal-of: how‘it will -

affect us."

Rust ‘said city taxpayers will face policing costs which will exceed the ‘fi ive-per- cent ceiling unless the city is suc- cessful in securing further pro- vincial funds to offset them.

“However, application can be made to the finance ministry for out-of-the-ordinary things of this nature to be taken care of, even though they go outside the five-per-cent guidelines,” he said.

Ald, Len Embree criticized the finance mitiistry for policy ‘he said was inconsistent.

““There's quite a contra- diction coming from a provin-

cial, government body. that,

seems to capitalize particularly. on amassing a particular amount of surplus in the coffers in Victoria‘and turning around and telling municipalities around the province that what's good provincially isn't good municipally,” Embree said.

Under the restraints an- nounced by Wolfe, municipali- ties and regional districts will not be allowed to increase their mill rates over the 1978 level and will be required to treat their unexpected general re- venue fund surpluses as’ reve- nue for the 1979 budget pur- poses. y School districts will be required to meet with local municipal boards to work out a program to. minimize local school district taxes.

Labor relations and energy conservation will be top priori- ties for School District No. 9 trustees in 1979, according to chairman Pat Haley.

Haley, elected by the board fast Thursday for a fourth year as chairman, told the Castlegar News the current contract dis- pute between the district and its non-teaching employees rep- resented by the Canadian Union

_ of Public Employees ‘is still a

main concern of the, board. - “Tbelieve that until we can get the labor negotiations set-

A Nelson provincial court judge Monday set April 23 as the starting date for a pre- liminary hearing to

School Board Chairman Names 1979 Pri

Labor, Energy Thrift Stressed

tled we'll be concerned and hoping to get it settled so that everyone is happy,” he said.

Speaking after his re-elec- tion as chairman of the board, Haley commended trustees for their co-operation during the district's recent six-week strike- lockout deadlock with CUPE in maintaining some level of ser- vice at Iécal schools:

“I think that as time goes along we'll find that what we've

~--done last-year will-be beneficial =~

to students. throughout the province,” he said.

USCC Leader,

in court for presentation of evidence after Verigin — honor- ary chairman of the Union of Spiritual C ities of Christ

whether Orthodox Doukhobor leader J. J. Verigin and two

other men will go to trial for.

arson conspiracy.

A court registry spokes- man told the Castlegar News this week that judge L. J. Keffer reserved up to five days

—and the two other accused in their first court appearance Monday chose, trial by judge and jury.

. The spokesman said Veri- gin, charged with four counts of conspiring to set fire wilfully to a building, was represented

The board chairman said the “most energetic” school board committee in 1979 will be the newly-appointed energy committee, created to imple- ment programs which will help

cut down on the waste of heat.

and electricity in district schools,

“This committee, if we can get it working. properly, : will pot’ only save money, for ith taxpayer but‘wi ‘will-also’get the’ students* and everybody ‘in- volved,""he said.

Two Other Accused Pick Trial By Jury

April 23 Hearing Set for

Monday by Vancouver solicitor Phil Rankin while Peter P. Astaforoff, charged with one count, and William Edvokimoff, charged with two counts, ap- peared without counsel, Verigin was arrested Dec. 19 and charged with conspiring to commit arson at Grand

Forks' Sunshine Valley Co-op- .

erative Society building, USCC Hall and old post office as well

Parking, Safety, Vandalism Proposed Discussion Topics

Parking restrictions, pupil safety on Park Road and vandalism will be among the discussion topics in a meeting ‘between representatives of the School District No. 9 board of trustees and city council.

In response to a Nov. 22 letter from district secretary- treasurer John Dascher, coun- cil instructed city staff to arrange a suitable date for a meeting between its works and

services and protective ser- vices, committees and the

board's building and trans-.

portation committees to discuss issues of common concern. The board decided in No- vember ‘to request the joint meeting after reacting critically to council's. rejection of its s request that parking restric- tions at Stanley Humphries Secondary School, Twin Rivers Elementary School and Castle-

gar Primary School be lifted partially to provide for visitors’ and parents’ parking.

In addition to vandalism at local schools and the city's decision not to’close Park Road to vehicle traffie for the safety of Kinnaird Elementary and Kinnaird Junior Secondary stu- dents, a bus, stop at Fifth Avenue South and Sixteenth Street is also slated as a

discussion topic at the meeting. . -

Asked about restraints ex- pected to be imposed by the provincial’ government upon school district expenditures,

-Haley said that although trus-

tees have not yet received any information on the restraints he

strated enuugh budgetary re- straint in the past to not be seriously affected.

We've:tilways-tried to be testrained-in-our: didigets," he said. “And I believe that's going to help us,”

Verigin as the Krestova home of Re- formed Doukhobor leader Ste- fan Sorokin, and was released from custody later the same day on his own recognizance. Astaforoff and Edvokimoff were arrested the same day and also later released.

The charges followed alle- gations in Nelson county court earlier last month by five women belonging to the Sons of Freedom (Reformed Doukho- bor) sect that Verigin had directed them to commit acts of arson under threat of a seven- generation curse.

their passage.

By RYON GUEDES

Ootischenia Rezone Bid Splits RDCK B

CasNows Editor 1

After two hours of debate and five defeated motions, Central Kootenay regional directors falled to make a decision Saturday on the proposed commercial development of 9.27 acres of land In Ootischenia.

Amid several heated arguments over board procedure and the autonomy of individual directors, neither a motion for refusal nor a motion for approval of local realtor Jack Hipwell’ S application for rezoning of the property from "developing urban’’ to,'‘commercial’’ use gained the two-thirds majority deemed necessary for

The board was divided over accusations by several directors that the Area J area planning commission and the RDCK technical planning committee were interfering with Hipwell’s property and by Area J directo? Martin Vanderpol that other board members were interfering with the affairs

of his area.

Appearing before the board Hipwell, who owns the property jointly with his wife Muriel, complained that he did not receive fair treatment at the Nov. 30 Area J APC hearing which dealt with the application. He said several “anti groups” were allowed to speak against the application at the hearing.

“It appeared to us that we were ‘before a public hearing when there wasn't a public hearing called,” he said. “There was an environmentalist there who spoke against us, and an anti-development individual who spoke against us and we don’t know why they were there.”

Hipwell told the board he purchased the property, one of

two pieces of Qotischenia land recently released from the Agricultural Land Reserve, in 1964 for the specific purpose of developing it.

“I'm already 55 years old, T've owned this property for 15

" years and.it just seems a crying

shame that it should be expect- ed ofus to hold onto it for years and years," he said. “Another 15 years won't do us any good.”

He said he was “very enthusiastic” about the proper- ty, located at the first Highway 3 intersection south of Castle- gar Airport, as the potential site of a hotel and restaurant serving highway and airport travellers, He added he’ has reached “an understanding” with the Travelodge hotel chain

regarding a franchise for the site.

" Responding to the APC recommendation that the appli- cation be delayed until the completion of an overall devel- opment plan for Ootischenia, Hipwell said that asa realtor he supported good planning,

. “However, what's the use of planning something at Ooti- sthenia’ which is presently blanketed with an agricultural land freeze?" he asked. “Under the provincial guidelines for the approval process the main criteria should be whether the site is suitable for develop- ment.” z

Acting Castlegar director Ald, Len Embree, commenting on Hipwell’s presentation to the

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CanCel Awarded $1.2 Million Assessment Cut:

Revenue Loss Offset

CanCel has won a $1.2 ‘million reduction in the assess- ments on land.and machinery, at its sawmill here.

But according: to : district S assessor Derek Turner, the inclusion of a new land parcel on the supplementary tax roll is. expected to offset any resulting tax loss to the city.

Turner, of the B.C. Assess- ment Authority, confirmed this

+ awarded the reduction — which - represents a 10-per-cent cut

week that the Appeal Board

Assessment last. month

plus ‘adjustments arising from the removal of several items from the property — to CanCel after the cdfhpany appealed the 1978 assessment of the actual value of its property at a Nov, 17 hearing.

He added that a parcel of

land. entered on the 1978 Supplementary assessment roll

‘-afler~-previously - being - over-

loaked because of an‘incorrect, acreage figure’ should amount toabout $1 million and absorb a substantial portion of any loss of tax revenue, :

“It's almost an offset fi- gure,” Turner said. “The city might gain a little when the final results are out.”

Kiwanians on the Lookout For ‘79 Citizen of the Year

The search is on.

The Castlegar Kiwanis Club is again putting out feelers into the community for its annual Citizen of the Year.

Many clubs and organized groups have already been in- vited to submit names.

. Dr. R.. V. Ward, chairman of the Citizen of the Year i told the Castlegar

‘Would Benefit’ - From Public Crematorium

City council approved Tuesday the investigation of available funding for construc- tion and operation of a $100,000 crematorium by the city.

Council supported a recom- mendation by Ald. Heather Hallett, health and welfare committee chairman, that city

Reluctance of both sides in the West Kootenay schools labor dispute to alter their positions may force government mediator Noel Fall to decide whether me- diation should continue.

Hall, who met earlier this week with represen- tatives of Selkirk Cvilege and the Grand Forks and Trail school districts and their non-teaching employ- ees represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, told the Castle- gar News Tuesday he has

ing the gap between the two parties.

He said he hoped his meetings with representa-

had little success in narrow- -

Settlement

tives of the Trail district and CUPE local, scheduled yes- terday, would have a more successful outcome.

“We're not exactly bub- bling over with enthusiasm but I am hoping we are going to get some positive signs of progress,” Hall said. “Otherwise, we're, going to have to look at the whole question of whether a me- diated settlement is Pos, sible.”

+ Asked whether he had decided to request an exten- sion on the 30-day tenure given to him by the pro- vincial government, he said the time factor “is not the erucial problem.”

Outlook Dim.

Mediation Talks Progress Nil

“The whole idea of an -extension hinges on the idea that you're just about there,” he Said. “But that’s not the situation we're in right

Ow,

The government media- tor — whose appointment was part of the legislation which sent CUPE members back to work at the college and. Castlegar, Nelson, Trail and Grand Forks schools early last month after a six-week strike-deadlock — said his 30 days expires some time after the ori- ginally-anticipated Jan. 11 deadline because holidays do not count as part of his tenure,

Hall said he was un- certain whether he would have time to meet with representatives of the Cas- tlegar school district and CUPE local this week.

Interviewed in Van- couver by the Castlegar News last week, Hall said he was “optimistic” that a set- tlement could be mediated.

Under the back-to-work -legislation, the West Koote- nay Schools Collective Bar- gaining Assistance Act, binding arbitration will be handed down by the pro- vincial government if Hall is not successful in mediating a settlement between the two”

sides. Bit

staff i igate grants avail- able and recommend criteria for financing the project.

The recommendation was carried following Hallett’s with- drawal of another motion that the city “proceed with the construction and operation of a publicly-owned crematorium.”

Committee member Ald. Albert Calderbank told council the committee agreed the city should go ahead with construc- tion of a crematorium, but felt additional information would allow it to “come back with a better recommendation.”

According to minutes of a health and welfare committee meeting last week, a report prepared by member Ald. Bud Godderis and city staff re- viewed various costs cited by the Memorial Society of B.C.

The committee agreed “that in the economic sense there is no question that people of the area would benefit from a

News there are eight candi- dates to date and the club welcomes any further sugges- tions from the community at large.

“These suggestions may be presented to any Kiwanian,” he said.

Past recipients have varied in both age and interests, and recognition at times has been given to husband and wife teams.

Dr. Ward said each ame

by

The selection this year is to‘ be made at the Jan. 23 meeting, and at a banquet Feb. 6 the 1978 Citizen of the Year will be guest of honor.

This is an open dinner by ticket enabling other members of the _ community to give to the chosen per-

is member who presents his fi a

ings to the club. The members . then began voting by secret ballot until a final name is struck through the process of elimination.

Old Yuletide Trees ‘Included in Pickup

Got an old Christmas tree you wish to discard? According to city works supervisor Alex Lutz, if you're a Castlegar resident and cut it into small pieces, it can be included in

routine city garbage collection.

Lutz said the city has not previously disposed of the discarded trees, which have apparently disappeared on their own in the past. He warned that the collection of sticks and branches will be confined to those from Christmas trees.

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son or persons, he said.

There has beena citizen of the year since 1958 when the club selected Ann Peterson, In 1959 it was Jack Webster, 1960 Johnny Clarke, 1961 Gwilym Hughes, 1962 Sam Muirhead, 1963 Harry Evans, 1964 Norm Fishwick, 1965 Bill Waldie, 1966 R. A. D. West, 1967 Ann Easton, 1968 Denny Hughes, 1969 Rose Johnson and 1970 Harold Webber. -

In 1971 it was Mike Saw- chenko, 1972 Gladys Thorp, 1973 Arlee Anderson, 1974 Kay and Harry Bate, 1975 Marge Bro, 1976 Bob and Marjorie MacBain and 1977 Ed Lewis. Lewis.

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