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% Times are changing. In recent i,vears, West Kootenay has been iactively searching for new . Sources of power, while encour-

aging its customers to use energy more effectively; Power $ense is he most visible aspect of making fhe kilowatt go further. Other

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to Cascade Pacific Power Corpo- ration, The Group. of entrepreneurs who took over, the plant — mothballed since 1952 — acted quickly to take advan- tage of the low-water period. In February of this year, Cas- cade's No. 3 generator began sup- ‘plying 500 kW of electrical

‘line loses, ‘ion, and

small hydro projects like Goat .-River, brought on stream by Inde- ! pendent Power Producers (IPP), | In B.C., small hydro projects : are being actively supported by : both West Kootenay Power and } B.C. Hydro. Goat River is a clas- ; Sic example of how electric cus- ; tomers, utilities, the private sector : and the environment all benefit : from IPP success, : _ On March 14, 1990, West ! Kootenay Power sold its Goat :_River power plant, near Creston,

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pacity to the West Kootenay Power system, enough to feed 200 average homes on any given day, Later this summer, the enthu- siastic group of experts will bring the second of the dam's vintage

small hydro experience!“with Roger at the coast and me in the Kootenays, it wasn't lon;

“We have no employees, We all contribute our talents, and the Job gets done,” Karountzos said proudly.

Tt was the sweat equity of this pool of experts that made the dif- ference between leaving the plant in mothballs and bringing it back into viable operation. If their i d, the

back into producti

The involvement of Jim Karountzos fit right in with this new approach to resource devel- opment. Owner of the Hacienda Inn and a tireless community booster for Creston, Karountzos teamed up with Roger Bryenton,

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start-up cost would have been too high to make Goat River produc- tive once more, i

What does a restaurant owner have to offer in réstoring a gener- ator? “I was a diesel mechanic in the Greek Merchant Navy for five years — changing bearings is no problem for me!" » :;/ Be

Work done to date represents a wide range of talent. They have blasted away a portion of rock bank in order to develop:road access to the forebay, they have cleaned out the trash’ racks, start- ed on a major re-roofing job, rewired the powerhouse, and most important of all, got:their first generator and turbine on-line,

Installed in 1949, No. 3 unit is now operating at full speed, and so quietly you hardly know it's

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All Goat River power willbe bought by WKP under the terms of a ten year long-term purchase agreement. : :

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From the new owners' point of view, there remains a great deal to be done. The list of jobs will keep the partners busy for years,

Cascade Pacific vice-president and enthusiastic booster, Jim Karountzos. stands Proudly before the spectacular and now productive Goat River dam and powerhouse.

Nelson to leave tramway Power poles in place

Nelson city council has unani-

joing. When the two older units ™ously decided the Nelson Elec- e aedsand keeping in mind ‘Ti¢ Tramway Socicty (NETS)

‘the limitations of the river itself, psaehe Poles at the bottom of Hall

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treet will remain in place for the time being. In fact, the two controversial

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“I'm very happy,” said John Brand, president’ of. the Nelson and District Chamber of Com- merce. He said last weeks devel- opments “concerned us, but it seems that the decision last week

poles council ordered last month will be returned to their original position until coun- cil, NETS, and local pilots asso- ciation decide how to resolve concems over the poles.

About 50 people — including members of both the tram society and the Nelson pilots association — attended a special city council meeting Monday evening.

Council voted unanimously to allow the two poles that have been at the centre of pilots’ safety concerns to go up again. Their decision is in line with a five- point plan of requests the society put to council June 14 in a meet-

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"T think that was a very appro- Priate move on the the part of the city,” said Mike Culham in an interview with the Daily News

An expanded Native Coopera- tive Management and Habitat Restoration Program for BC

got the ity behind the tramway project.” : Last week the tram society said they would explore the pos- sibility of taking legal action against the City of Nelson if council decided this week to give the project the thumbs down. Council has set about estab- lishing a protocol on the various authorities and the responsibili- ties that involve both the city and the society on the tram project. Meanwhile, in a letter from

‘Nelson Airport Advisory’ Com-

mittee (NAAC) representative Doug Williams, a helicopter pilot, to alderman George Millar,

; Williams said the NAAC sup- Port the project, however, they wanted to point out local pilots’ concern over safety with power Poles installed near the east end of the Norman Stibbs airport run- way.

On Monday evening Rob Thomson, secretary of the Nelson Pilots Association, said the poles do not pose an immediate threat to the local pilots, but.they do to yisiting airmen, as well as twin- engine aircraft — like the ones used by Adastra Aviation and the Air Ambulance (Medivac).

According to Thomson, Adas- tra has refused to fly into the Nel- son airport with the poles in place. He also Says Medivac Planes won't fly in ‘in rough weather.

Thomson said soon NETS will have electrified wire hanging from the poles which will pose an

dditi He said while

the council to the NAAC and NETS, the NAAC Tequested council put a limit on the time the poles will remain standing in the loop at the foot of Hall St.

It is estimated that this year's Program will create as many as 115 jobs for native people in

aimed at imp: fish 8 ment and fish habitat funds will also be provided to study restruc-

turing of the Pacific fishery.

It is designed to help ensure a more stable and profitable indus- try, and to a multi-year, cost- shared marketing initiative for salmon products.

It was announced Monday for Fisheries and Oceans Mini:

habitat

hazard, the pilots’ association. doesn't want to play upon fear tactics they do want to see some more creative public input and inform the public of what they believe.

Native program geared to improve fish management

for-\funding of the Haida’s Guardian Program. Mr. Crosbie also anticipated

restoration, and training

As currently structured, fund- ing will provide up to $500,000 for consultations on a BC-wide aboriginal fishery framework agreement or principles that would asist in the band-by-band negotiation of interim agree- ments; $8 million for cooperative and habitat restora-

John Crosbie and Ross Belsher, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister and MP for Fraser Val- ley East. A

“The cooperative program will build on past successes. It is con-

tion/enhancement programs; and $500,000 for private sector stud- ies of industry restructuring and improved data gathering and analysis.

Every effort will be made to ensure enh: d use of ipl

sistent with the aspirati of both government and aboriginal people's objectives - to achieve economic and social benefits,” Mr. Crosbie said.

A multi-year cooperative pro- gram, with funding this year of $11 million will enable tribal councils, bands and native com-

mentary training, with a budget of some $2 million and funded by Employment and Immigration Canada’s BC Pathways Alloca- tion, in tandem with these pro- jects.

In a separate negotiation with the Haida Tribal Council on

direct benefits to native people and the fisheri Train- ing, at the professional and tech- nical levels, will be a major component of the program and will emphasize fish culture and fisheries management skills through an apprenticeship pro- gram, operated, in part, from a training and demonstration facili- ty established in support of com- munity college programs. ee

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. The 1991 Mt. Sentinal graduat- ing class has much to be proud of according to principal Serge Leukov, -

A student—parent recently announced they had ‘ raised over $9000 in three months ’ of fund raising in order.to run a _ drug and alcohol-free graduati

ly pleased that

the grads had voted to carmark

some of their funds for a new

community awareness program, “This indi

; celebration forthe class, :“I am very i with how

a level of con- cer, maturity and community of which we call

! this group has. worked together : and the results have they have

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. He recalled an incident in Nel- . Son where a man was convicted ; Of child abuse and sent to prison. : When the man’s wife was asked : by her neighbor where her hus- ' band was, she said “visiting the * Atlantic Provinces”. After a time, : the offender retumed home from “his jail-term. The neighbor, a

mother of three young girls, rou-

tinely trusted him with her

daughters not knowing he was

severely abusing them until they _

were old enough to make sense of it. The mother was shocked and, according to Urban, she said, “Why in hell didn’t anyone tell me about his problem.” .

Urban said that one of the things that happens when such

iminals are reported, is'previ- ous Victims come forward about . their ‘abuse. Urban again sited a local case, this time about a man who was watching the news from his Victoria home. After seeing the face of a church official charged with abuse in Nelson, the Victoria man drove all night to testify agairist the same man who abused him asachild.

The defence lawyer on the Current case in question, Wyllic, doesn’t think his client will put the community at risk, and he says there are other ways of pro- tecting society than by publishing the accused’s name.

there is a risk to the pub certainly now have wid

sweeping powers to limit any contact (which the offender has with potential victims,)” he said. “There are clauses that no ‘con- tact will be made with, say, chil- dren under 16 or whatever.”

Wyllie said he’s dealt with about seven sex offences in which the person ended up being acquitted of the crimes.

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Proud,” he said. About $500 will go for seed

g class donates to communit

money for the local education program.

The committee also donates goods to the Kootenay Lake Hos-

pital Auxiliary for their flea mar- ,

ket. And they will leave.a Start-up fund for the next class at Sentinal that has a . Meredith Woodward, spokes- Person for the committee, also

praised the students. “this whole.

dry grad idea was theirs,” she said. ‘

“The parents just stepped in once the grads decided it was What they wanted to do. And the students have been just as

Forty of the forty-five students. “und individuals who have hel ped

in the graduating class will travel to Coeur d"Alene on a chaper- oned bus trip for three days this

d in the fundraising and organization as we have,” Woodward noted noted that the

‘donation to the community drug

and alcohol awareness Program was also the students’ idea. “They Could have just taken extra spend- ing money for the trip, ° We're

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“SALUTING THE SUN!

Festival Committee mem- ber Doug Oliver (right), ‘presents: a plaque to The Castlegar:Sun, for promot- ing a successfulSunfest. Accepting is Sun Editor Sharlene imhoff and Pub- lisher John Jarrett.

nies held by the Kootenay- saw these Cubs advance to the rank of Sco’ don Hewer, Lauchlon Jawkola and Clayton tian, Clinton: Jollimore and Christian Mac! Second Group Hall, last Thursday.

should be protected,” said- Wyl- lie. “People cannot measure’ the damage that has gone on even though the accused has bee:

acquitted.” oe

“If a person is convicted than publication of their name is fine,” said Wyllie. :

He said that the reason for the ban was to protect the identity of the victim and that, before the ban was issued, the press had already breached that.

“From a combination of news- paper and radio reports, anyone in such a small town might have named the victim,” he said.

With more and more sex offences being reported, the issue of where the media stands on reporting such cases will not dis- appear.

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Columbia District Boy Scouts of .Canada uts. Bottom row (I-r), Clifford Waldie, Jor- Rysen. Top (I-r),” Richard Jelly, Keith Kris- Rae. The: event was held at the Kiwanis

“We're very pleased with what,

Us reach our goal. The commuiii- ty support has really been out- standing,” s Besides receiving donations from area businesses and orgarli-

zations, the group held raffle, flea market and auction, and a Rus- sian dinner, :

we've achieved in a relatively short time,” says Woodward. “And we are very grateful to all

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