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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 14, 1982
Page
4
A letter condemns MacEachan for denying a tax on rental value of outright homes and questions budget papers for such ideas. It accuses officials of planning taxes and mocks air tax proposals. The writer critiques provincial education policy centralization and warns against suppression of dissent with force.
The Extension Department of the Vancouver Art Gallery will bring an exhibition by Maxwell Bates E J Hughes Leslie Poole and Jack Shadbolt to town. The show opens to the public at Windrem C E S S Library on April 15 from 7 30 to 9 30 p m and runs to April 16 with free admission. A gallery staffer will discuss the works and answer questions.
Registration dates set for April 21 and 22 at Chetwynd Elementary Secondary School from 7 30 to 9 00 pm. Parents must accompany children bring birth certificates and medical numbers. Fees vary by age group from 15 to 29. Contact Ian or Shane Campbell for details. Soccer forms distributed. possible minor league. Coaching course April 24 25 at Community Hall. fee 10. Rhythm time tots every Tuesday and Thursday at Community Hall 10 00. call Mary Perry. Keep Fit classes start Monday Wednesday Thursday 11 00 12 00. Betty Deck seeks more players for ladies softball. Exhibition art show features Hughes Poole Shadbolt artists with funding from federal and provincial bodies.
Farmers burning dead grass can damage BC Hydro power poles. Dave Chetwynd of Hydro warns fires can down lines or weaken poles, costing about 750 to replace. Clear grass one metre around bases and dampen area before burning, ensure the fire cannot spread, and never leave unattended.
Report from the British Columbia Legislature outlines measures to limit school tax increases on homeowners. It notes homeowners will pay no more than 95 dollars extra this year, with some districts seeing decreases from 1981 taxes. The plan shifts 75 percent of public education costs to the province in 1982, maintains the Homeowner Grant, and introduces a new grant distribution formula tied to student counts and district tax capacity. In 1982 provincial funding adds 75 million with a further 175 million expected in 1983, aiming for equitable school financing provincewide.
The federal and British Columbia governments renew a $50 million revolving fund to finance industrial parks and sites in BC. The program under the Industrial Development Subsidiary Agreement links loan repayments to fund new projects, extending land programs to 1992 and supporting sites such as Duke Point in Nanaimo and Patricia Bay Marine Technology Centre.
Sunday to Friday group meetings in Chetwynd include art, Brownie Packs, Scout and Guide activities, volleyball, and minor hockey general meeting. Friday hosts Christian Women’s Luncheon. Notes on Easter Seals House funding and a province wide mill rate plan for equal education funding across British Columbia.
Classified sheet lists John Deere and Caterpillar loaders crawlers and skidders with model numbers, undercarriage percentages, tires, buckets and grapples. Items include 410, 510, 5800, 350C, 500E, 350B, D6C, 644B, 544A, 944A, 910, 640, 528, and 640 with locations Fort St John Prince George Smithers Vancouver and more. Prices range from about 9 500 to 85 000 with brief warranties and notes on condition.
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