.. I i OF SQUAMISH & ALTA LAKE &1 PEMBERiON Val. 21 - No. 7 SQUAMISH. B.C.-THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1977 20 cents per copy Phone 892-5 I 3 I. TWO SECTIONS - 12 PAGES During the past few weeks In the past I2 months the areas and came to Britannia to work has started on an museum has hosted nearly see the museum and tunnel. as ' auditorium. located close to the 40,000 visitors. 12,000 of whom well as the mill. museum, which will seat 100 have been students. Considering people or more. Work is obstacles such as poor weather, Guided tours for classes proceeding on schedule and a devastating flood and later a aheady prove to, be an in- should bc in limited use by mid- rock-slide south of Britannia, teresting and important part of April. It is designed to become a the museum people feel the the work done by the museum centre for mining education operational performance for the and with the addition of the featuring audio. visual and year has been satisfying. A large auditorium, these will prove audiolvisual presentations. number of people found it an even more interesting. added attraction to the area and Thc muscum will open to the The completed structure will they will spread the news of the public on May 14 this year and have cost upwards of $75,000 museum among their friends. the hours of opening will be ex- and had it not been for the co- Earlier this year the museum tended, from IO a.m. to 7 p.m. operation of numerous business hosted a group of teachers who The museum 'staff' issue a in the Squamish are?. .the are preparing a classroom study warm invitation to anyone in- auditorium proiect would have course in mining in B.C. Thev terested in the history of mining been set back fir at least a year, had visited mining in BC Io. visit the museum and THE OBSTACLE and trying to run it was one of the highlights at the high school indoor track meet. Here contestants are crawling under the or possibly longer. in B.C., Roberts Bank and other see the dlsplays. COURSE net in one of the events. 1 SCHOOL BUDGET NEARS School district Designed for $5 MILLIQN MARK briefs Howe Sound School District No. 48 passed the annhl The board has decided to municipal lands school budget last week after making sizeable cuts and chair- look into selling the Creekside ROSE TATLOW man T.B.M. Fougberg said that, despite the increase of five school at Mount Currie as it is By mills authorized by the government, the board had been able not being used and the board Rural Stores Ltd. along with Canada Safeway Ltd. sub- to effect economies which will cut that figure by three mills cannot see any use for the mitted a joint proposal to council Tuesday night for a multi- and he did not expect the increase to be more than two mills building in the near future. million-dollar shopping complex designed for the and hopefully less. There is also some concern municipally owned lands north of Pemberton Road and :; Secretary-treasurer Don Ross said the operating costs about damage to the bui!ding south of the B.C. Railway's main line. ': ': are up 9.52 peicciit and the debt and capitai costs up 11.05 which is now empty. The project, designed for approximately the same area ,:;,: ,:;,: percent. *** which the recreation complex is planned for, may face .Bids have been called for the :;i The total operating budget amounted to $4,864,111 with problems but after an initial discussion with council further 2h instructional costs accounting for 75 percent of that sum'. In- construction of the new elemen- discussion is planned for Saturday morning and there is a tary school in Valleycliffe and distinct possibility that both prqjects may be fitted into the :$' structional costs come to $3,709,615, with administrative work has started on the new ...!rz costs. $1 87,208,. operation ,account $436,759, repairs .and ''high -schwl..at Brockendale.-.i*. .._I $7.18 ... ,aslre,,site owned ,by the district. , maintenance $340,263, conveyance of pupils $1 81,996, and *** The complex, as outlined by R ural Stores' Fred' Kalley ! auxiliary services $8,300. ..... In reporting on Capilano and Safeway's Ken Horwood, calls for extension of Third The school district stretches from Britannia Beach to .College. T.B.M. Fougberg Avenue nortn on a graceful curvc; a 30,000 square foot : D'Arcy and includes two high schools, eight elementary stated that the search for a prin- grocery store and several smaller stores containing 23,868 schools and the Coast Mountain Outdoor School. In ad- cipal was still going on. square feet with future development of a 10,000 to 16.000 dition, two more elementary schools are under construction +** square foot depnrtment store. as well as a new high school. Mrs. Harris said there would Kal1;y outlined the joint in structural costs and this be an open house on the basic proposal, stating that the coupled with site development skills and training classes at development would provide and the Construction of the ex- Britannia Beach on Friday, complete parking and loading tension of Third Avenue lo the March 4 from 1-3 p.m. facilities. Costs of clearing and roadway adjoining the east Fisheries and *** filling for the site has been boundary of the site next to the In discussions on safety estimated at over half a million railway. following the incident when the dollars. Kalley said because of Included also is the con- ' Guilford discuss child was struck in the the nature of the site piling nection of sewer, water and crosswalk, Bob McCormick said would be needed for the drainage to Pcmherton Avenue DELIGHTED SMILES wreath the faces of Mavis and Bud Butterworth as they hold the stub that the board has asked that the buildings, adding to the costs. and underground wiring. river prob Iem s ' of their winning ticket worth $5o,ooo in the Western Express Lottery. They say it will mean speed limit be reduced, that Discussion on land costs led Parking would be provided for an earlier retirement for Butterworth, a conductor with the BCR. there be a no passing lane there to an estimated area of 6.5 acres 369 vehicles. as well. It was also suggested The Department of Fisheries be done on the Stawamus River with possible costs of 550,000 Kalley said that opening up that the police make more per acre and Mayor Pat Bren- the old road across the railway and Guilford Industries Ltd. after it has been properly frequent checks of the area nan wanted to know if this would be a necessary part of the will look at the Little Stawamus engineered by Water Resources. Bud Butterworth wins using radar. would be subject to discussion. development but Aldermen River and see if some means of Mayor Pat Brennan said that McCormick said that using Kalley pointed out that once a Alma Cunningham and Don solving their differences in the if the timing was worked out adults to man the crosswalks certain figure was reached the McLennan expressed a fear that Valleycliffe area can be then something could be done $50,000U I in lottery had also been discussed as well project would no longer be this would lead to congestion in realized. for protection. If nothing is as the construction of a viable and in Squamirh rental the vicinity of the shopping At present Guilford. which done and there is high water "It's still hard to believe,'' said, as soon as he was aware of money left out of the bill she crosswalk closer to the school. costs were in the vicinity of areas. wishes to open up 22 lots at the then gravel will be dumped into Bud Butterworth said Thursday why I was calling. gave the driver she told him to The board is going to try to set $2.75 to $3.25 per square foot. Mayor Rrennan wanted to north end of their property, can- the stream to protect the homes. afternoon, about his win of "Next morning we phoned keep the change. up a talk with the highways If costs made the rentals higher know how long it would take to not do so without encroaching The fisheries representatives in the Western Express $50,000 Winnipeg and told them we had "If you realize how careful department on the question. than this the development would get thc project started and was too close to the stream which said that plans for the relocation Lottery the night before. "Carol ticket No. G 0 4 70464 and the Carol has been with her money The board also decided to ask not be practical. told that site preparation could meanders through a flat space at of the Little Stawamus would met me at the train in North since she started university man we talked to verified it. the municipality for assistance The developers planned to Conlinurd on Page 3 the base of the hill. have :a be worked out and a Vancouver when 1 got in last ' you'd realize how excited she told us to send the stub by in the question of the crosswalk. spend approximately $2 million SCO 'Multi-million' Fisheries would like to see a proper fish habitat created. night and told me her mother registered mail (and we even was," her mother added. 60 foot strip on the east side of Guilford's Peter Lekteman thought we'd won it and I told sent it special delivery) and now Bud Butterworth said he the creek preserved to facilitate ' said that fisheries had been her, 'Quit it.