c« Cast légar News

February 11, 1990

Births & Funerals

BIRTHS AASEN — To Geri and Miles Aasen o} Kaslo, a boy, born Feb. 2

BICKERTON — To Mary and Larry Bicker ton of Nelson, a boy, born Feb.

BULLOCK of Castlegar, a girl, born Feb. 3

CAMPBELL of Red Mountain, a boy, born Jan. 29

CHRISTIE/HARSHENIN Christie and Darren Harshenin, of Slocor Pork, a girl, born Feb. 4

CHUTSKOFF — To Leona and Cecil Chut skolf of Surrey, a boy, born Jan, 8 HADLEY of Trail, a boy, born Jan. 31 KENNEDY of Nelson, a girl, born Jan. 29 KINNERSLEY — To Mary and Don Kinner sley of Salmo, a girl, born Jan. 29 LaFACE Trail, a boy, bern Jan PUJOL/PASUITI Brett Pasutti of Nelson, a girl, born Jan 26

REID/DODDING Miles Dodding of Nelson, a girl Jan

SHERSTOBITOFF To R

Jan. 17

ORDER OF B.C. Dirks announces new award

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VICTORIA — Nominations are sought for the new Order of British Columbia, which will be awarded to citizens with outstanding records of service to their province, Provincial Secretary Howard Dirks announced

“The Order will be the highest form of recognition extended by. the government of British Columbia,’’ said Dirks, MLA for Nelson-Creston.

It will be conferred on individuals “‘who have served with the greatest distinction and excelled in any field of endeavor benefiting the people of the province or elsewhere,” according to legislation adopted igst year.

For example, recognition may be given to people who are community leaders or who have made remarkable contributions in the fields of business, labor or industry. Research, culture, sports, the arts and volunteer work also may be qualifying fields.

Dirks said adjudications will be by an advisory council under the honorary chairmanship of Lt.-Gov David Lam. The council will be chaired by the chief justice of B.C. and the other members will be the Speaker of the legislature, the deputy Provincial secretary, a president of a B.C. university and the head of the Union of B.C. Municipalities, the minister said.

Recipients will be recognized with a

To Leona and Pin Campbell

To Susan

To Holly and Robert Hadley

To Jean and Ralph Kennedy

To Loni and | Brent Latace of

To Delilah Pujol and

To Amy Reid ond born

lebecca and Shawn Sherstobitott of Trail, a boy, born

STILL/BURGESS 4 Gerry Burgess of Trail, a boy, born Jan 9.

THOMPSON /LARMOUR

boy, born Jan, 2

To Sonia and David Bullock . . 3 To Maureen and Dan Verigin

VERIGIN of Castlegar, a boy, born Feb

DEATHS

CROSFIELD — Grade Ada “Queenie” Cr

n — ostield of Fruitvale died Jan. 31 at age

80. She is survived by her husband Ted. son Ted, of Castlegar; daughter and son in-law Leslie and Erwin Tanta of Feyit vale; six grandchildren: two brothers two sisters; and several nieces and nephews

HARSHENIN Polly Harshenin of Ootischenia died Feb. 2 at age 85, She is survived by sons Bill, Steve and Walter of Castlegar, and Ken of Grand Forks: 15 grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren

MAKASOFF — Mike John Makasoff of Taghum died Jan. 30 at age 79. He is survived by his wife Polly; sons John and Philip of Nelson; daughter and son-in law Phyllis and George Wanjoft of Rob. son; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and a nephew

McELROY — George Robson McElroy of Nelson died Jan. 29 at age 73. He is sur vived by sori Wayne of Nelson

POLOVNIKOFF — Mary Polovnikoff of Thrums died Feb. 2 at age 84. She is sur

+». to recognize service newly designed medal that incor- Porates the dogwood, which is the province’s floral emblem, and the B.C. shield of arms. They also will receive certificates of appointment signed by the lieutenant-governor and will have the right to have thetetters OBC placed after their names.

Information brochures and nomination forms.are available from government agents throughout B.C. orf the Honours and . Awards Sefretariat, c/o the Deputy Provincial Setretary, Parliament: Buildings, Vic- toria, B.C. V8V 1X4

The first recipients are expected to be announced this spring

Talent show set for March

The Stanley Humphries secondary school graduating class of 1990, along with CKQR radio, is sponsoring Talent Celebration 90 to.be held at 6:30 p.m. March 14 at Kinnaird junior secondary school. The talent celebration is open to people of all ages and the entire community is en- couraged to come out and attend the celebration to help support their graduates of 1990, a news release says.

First place and runner-up awards will be given to the best performers of each category, as well as a grand prize award and awards such as congeniality, most original and so on Categories such as musical musical group, drama/comedy, and miscellaneous talent will be judged-by selected members of local community organizations such as the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce.

A ainique new category will be in- cluded in the show. This category is the ‘‘still talent display’’ which will include art work, handicrafts and tex tile displays. This category will also be Presented to the judges and an award

solo,

will be given to the individual or in dividuals who put on the best display

If you are interested in performing in the celebration or know of” someone-who maybe, please feel free to pick up an application from the of- fices of most local elementary schools, Stanley Humphries, Kin naird junior secondary, CKQR and Castlegar News

The deadline to return applications is Feb. 26. Applications may be retur ned to any of the above locations by 3:30 p.m. A general meeting will be held Feb. 28 at Kinnaird junior secondary school to discuss all ap. Plicants wishing to participate in the talent show. All applicants must please attend

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To Koren Still and

To Mary Thompson and Norm Larmour of Trail, a

vived by daughter Nellie Konkin of Trail sons and doughters-in-law Jack and Sara of Thrums, and Peter and Olgo of Maple Ridges nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; dnd a brother

PRICE William (Bill) Price, formerly of Castlegar, died Jan. 29. at age 53. He is survived by five daughters ond three brothers

REID — Jane (Jean) Reid of Fruitvale died Feb. 1 at age 80. She is survived by daughters Jean Gibson of Princeton and Bonnie Newlove of Castlegar; son David

of Fruitvale; 15 grandchildren; 16 great. Grandchildren; and a sister

, Englond; daughters Clara Stewart of Delta and Ella McLachlan of Trait; seven” grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchild SAPRIKEN Mary Sapriken of C " Valley died Feb. 2 at age 87, She is sur vived by four sons and daughters-in-law.

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SAWATSKY — Jacob Peter Sawatsky of

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Hildahl of Cranbrook; sons Elmer and Allan of Salmo, Herb of Surrey and Will

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STEED — John Willmott (Jack) St Nelson died Jan, 30 at age 64. He vived by his wife Jane; son Ross dought Jennifer and Patricia doughter-in-law Shannon Murphy; a fer; and many relatives and friends.

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Council OKs report

By SIMON BIRCH Editor

Castlegar city council Tuesday unanimously endor- jon of its Celgar expansion advisory oup that the provincial government grant approval in inciple as soon as possible to the proposed expansion of

d the recommenda’

e Castlegar pulp mill. But céfipcil also endorsed a

bial government’s handling of its maj

Process in which Celgar is the first company to par-

Hicipate.

Mgroup, said Celgar was fulfilling all its obligations under

Ald. Doreen Smecher, council’s rep

H the current government guidelines un

when the government said the company through the project review.

‘of concerns which the dvisory group in its final report said should be addressed fore the approval is granted and criticized the provin-

“*And then it was poorly executed,”’ she said. ‘The major project review process is still in draft form.

process.

Ald. Albert Calderbank, who along with Smecher, met David Parsons of the major project review subcommittee in January, was also critical of the current status of the

“I couldn't believe such an important project was being

this province.”* r project review

treated in this fashion,’’ he told council. ‘*They sure bet- ter clean up their act or they’re going to lose industry in

The advisory group divided its list of concerns into five

will increase 37 times. The advisory group says Celgar should use state-of-the-art technology to reduge these

emissions.

The group also says the levels of fog and haze that will be produced after the expansion project is under way need to be examined more, closely with respect to the en- vironment and the effects on the quality of life in the area,

As well, the group says it is concerned about the bur- ning of sludge from the proposed settling ponds.

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CONCERNS

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achieved then dioxin and ares a would be created by

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til October 1989 would have to go

project review process.

In its 11-page report, the advisory group says it is concerned about increased sulphur dioxide emissions from the expanded mill. Celgar

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group says in the report. eae, chlorides — mainly which produce dioxins and furans during the bleaching of kraft pulp. Dioxins and furans have been linked to cancer and genetic defects in

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Castlegar city council's Celgar expansion advisory group which council endorsed Tuesday: © The community needs to be assured that Celgar will cOntinue to meet the provincial government's level A emission requirements. © The monitoring of effluent and emissions is a fecessary and low cost requirement munity. The Ministry of Environment should be diligent in ensuring that the environmental standards Additional monitoring stations should be established and their location determined sultation with the appropriate authorities, including local health unit officials. © The solid-waste disposal one should have a continued

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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1990

WEATHERCAST

Tonight: Periods of snow. Valley accumulations of 3 to 6 cm. Lows near -9. Thursday: Cloudy .with scattered snow showers. Highs near -2°. The outlook is for con tinuing cloud with scattered snow showers Friday and Saturday Probability of precipitation is 90 per cent tonight and 70 per cent Thursday

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Environment Week underway at college

By CasNews Staff

“74% People must consider the world an

Weptity they belong to and can MBboperate with rather than an object own and exploit if the destruction the planet is going to stop, Selkirk Bollege anthropology instructor Mark Mealing told a small group of dents and interested members of public during a lecture at the stlegar campus Tuesday

MEWhile people pursue material

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killing the planet, they are neglecting the possibilities of greater pursuits in cultural areas, Mealing said

The lecture, entitled Apocalypse 101, was part of Environment Wét at the college. Joining Mealing in the lecture was Green Party spokesman David Lewis.

“*A stable’ society is not necessarily a stagnant society,” Mealing said, referring to the popular belief that a society which—doesn’t continue to

grow technologically will not Progress.

People cannot denounce technology, he said, because ‘‘it is written in our genes."

‘*But we can fine tune it,’" added.

Mealing and Lewis presented and discussed data that details the decline of the planet in general and the ear th’s atmosphere in particular

Lewis called the discovery of a hole

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Mealing

Panel to rule on

liability this week

) By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer he panel mediating a dispute een Celgar Pulp Co. and Local | he Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers (Canada will rule on the liability ‘ion of the case when the union’s witness finishes testifying Thur- y or Friday, PPWC spokesman ¢ Espenhain said Tuesday. he panel, headed by mediator in Kinsey, will determine the jount of liability the union must bulder in connection with the com- y’s alleged production and sales during a union walkout in 8, Espenhain said. he case will then resume at a jure date to determine the actual ‘ial loss the company incurred,

he said. The union will owe the com- pany a percentage of that figure equal to the amount of liability the panel determines the union is responsible for.

Originally, the entire case, which began in November 1989 and resumed earlier this month, was to be heard before a decision was handed down, Espenhain said. But because a long time is expected to lapse before the hearings resume after this week, Kin- sey suggested the change and the lawyers for both sides move, Espenhain said

Celigar is seeking pver $600,000 in damages in connection with a union walkout in September 1988 when more than 200 workers walked off the job over a seniority dispute.

The union is claiming the company did not lose money because the mill was shut down for routine main. tenance at the time,

The arbitration panel, consisting of Kinsey, Bob Henderson, the union's national president, and Ken Halliday, a private businessman nominated by the company, will determine the amount of damages, if any.

A decision on liability may be brought down by the end of March, Espenhain said

A report obtained by the Castlegar News details how Celgar arrived at a figure of $609,214 in lost production and sales.

The report, prepared by the ac counting firm of Coopers and

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CELGAR EXPANSION

Valhalla Society wants moratorium

By ear aie H

“~ The Valhalla soy has called for a moratorium on the proposed expan- sion of the Celgar pulp mill in Castlegar until public hearings are held and a federal environmental review panel assesses the impacts of the project.

The New Denver-based environ- mental group, which has submitted a brief on the proposed $630 million expansion project to the provincial Environment Ministry, says it has “serious and very legitimate concerns about air and water pollution’? from

Celgar is currently going through the provincial government’s major project review process which is still in its draft stage. It is not clear at this point if the provincial government will require Celgar to hold public meetings or public hearings, or con- duct further environmental impact reviews ofthe proposed expansion.

Among -the concerns raised by the Valhalla Society is Celgar’s estimate

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that the new mill would emit 37 times more sulphur dioxide than the

mill _which_are_not_ad- existing mill. Sulphur dioxide is_a

dressed in Celgar’s envir im- pact assessment.

“‘What’s really needed is a full public inquiry,’ Valhalla Society Siessipe ara Copeland told the CastIgar News Tuesday. ‘‘What we've raised are questions and the questions need to be answered.”"

Copeland said it will take time and money to conduct a thorough en- vironmental assessment of the proposed expansion. He said the federal government is better able to conduct a review, noting that the provincial government ‘‘doesn’t have hearings which compare” to, those of its federal counterpart.

leading c of acid rain.

“Acid rain is a growing economic and environmental disaster, and pulp mills are a large contributor Copeland says in a news release. ‘‘] could kill off the trees on which the whole logging industry in this area depends, which is more than enough reason for further study” of the proposed expansion.

Citing Celgar’s past. pollution of the Columbia River, the Valhalla Society says approval of the expan- sion should be contingent on the cleanup of the river. Although Celgar says the effluent from the expanded mill will’ contain significantly less

OUT OF USE. . . the old Slocan bridge in Slocan sits covered in snow while the Ministry of Highways decides where to build its

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replacement.

Bridge site not chosen yet

By CasNews Staff A final decision has yet to be made by the regional director of the Ministry of Highways on what will replace the Slocan bridge at Slocan, but a new bridge about 100 metres downstream from the current bridge site is favored, district. highways manager Dan Williams said The Village of Slocan council and the Regional District of Central Kootenay board have told the Ministry of Highways ‘they prefer a new bridge on the old site to

upgrading the Tri-Pac bridge about two kilometres downstream or building a bridge midway between the two existing structures, Williams said.

The recommendations of the coun- cil and board are being given serious consideration, he said

The downstream site is being looked at because it would allow bet- ter bridge access, Williams said. The approach to the old bridge includes two 90-degree turns, he added

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dioxins and furans, the Valhalla Society says there are more than 1,000 toxins in pulp mill .effluent which have not been adequately studied

The society says mills currently expanding and upgrading can lower their output of toxic compounds per tonne of pulp produced but an overall increase in pulp production in the future may outstrip this advantage

The Valhalla Society also points out that Celgar’s own report says past pollution of the Columbia River has been increased by the mill operating at or above its capacity, causing a decrease in the efficiency of pollution control methods.

“What this says is that there has been an irresponsible push for more production, more profits, at the ex pense of polluting a resource as in valuable to millions of people as the Columbia River,"’ the society says.

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Injunction wanted

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Lottery numbers

The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in the B.C: Keno lottery were 6,7. 16 21, 22, 25, 38 and 56.

Oscar nominees

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Canucks lose

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