ly. Evens a what ae new :
ted ‘district might be.
gree! ent Robson. sells water tow.

‘and. the

Distriet

.: poner for 80 per, ent of ‘any expenses incurred in {maintaining

fore the amalgamation proposal was
lents did; not expect to. vot
tinge is

ig th 5
| resident ‘Ak And

“L don't da we

th taxpayers of both’ communities."

also /a-Robson

sident 9. agreed,.

thought ‘we'were here to discuss, ‘not to decide.” it

But Robson Irrigation ‘District Chairman: Fred’ Zibin
pointed out'that the!trustees have the power:to make ‘the
decision without. PI ting: the proposal to; the publie:;”

“If we can‘tsps
hould take i
invested in

the‘trustees have the Power
eir:own,” he said.

Zibin alad said that few people ever show upat meetings

sid were also

"We're: lucky to got as many people as-we did.” . -

d that voting

J wet changed once the two districts were amalgamated.
“continued on page A2,

«+. about tim
{

PROVINCIA aes TRAINT | PROGRAM

~-Comines se ieecident Bill Wil

d: the moves, with’

this year — meaning the

0 es
munitipality is facing a shri-

nking tax base in 1988. At the
same: time, she said there

work out: some ‘solution to
:,the budget problems, MT

palit :
cutting services and

its; capital, spending,
dded. y

Everything’ Ss ready
for. ebrister ne

"LONDON (AP) — ~ In the
of Pal-

nough

tion: to“Faise'the tax base
even to. last year’s level.

If. the ‘province -in ‘turn
reduces its grants to munici-
palities, council: will have to
sit down with its employees |

- restrictions are made on-the

non-salery side by : school

_ hoards, the savings could be

achieved : “if. the .teachers’

salary’ increases this year of,17 per

“We: ee statoa our 1982
contracts, all’ we'can: say is

) one we're currently in, “Mac.

Donald said Friday of Smith's
n that

cent were reduced to 10 per
cent.”
3,000 JOBLESS
“If no’ salary reductions
were agreed to, and layoffs
did‘occur, 8,000 (of the 28,000

: teachers): might lose their

jobs,":Smith said.

Boards have been given
until Sept. 16 ‘to. develop
pees to Feduice their bud.

aren Edueation Ministry.
source esti the cuts

Filday
that his ministry's $1.3-billion

te budget has been pared by $77

‘would’ amount to average

reductions of just under 2.5
per cent for budgets. around
the’ province. There wili be
no layoffs without the ‘min-
ister's approval, but, he said,
salary rollbacks are almost a
necessity, ‘)

An’. arbitrator from the

teachers’ federation said roll-
backs in’ the: negotiated ‘sal-
would have «

ary
to’ be :agreed™.to ‘by the

*. teachers.'The ‘ministry sour-

)* layoffs,

ce said that if teachers don't
agree, the: next step is
probably starting
this October, with a 30-day
notice. .

ace’s “Music Eg the six-
week-old. child’ of Prince
Charles and Diana, Princess
of Wales, will be christened
Wednesday'in. the’ Church of
England rites and the tradi-
‘tion of the British monarchy.
Prince William ‘of Wales,
id. ike of

_ mother, the Queen Mothei

who will celebrate her 82nd.
birthday that day. i

' The only glimpse the pub-*
lic will: get of the christening ;’.
will’ be at. a brief photo.
session with a small group ‘of®

ani
the Norman’: invader © who
conquered England in 1066,
will be baptized ‘by Arch-
bishop of Canterbury Robert
Runcie. in a silver-gilt. Vic-
torian: font used ‘for every
royal christening since 1840.

‘The... child * will ° officially

take the name William Arth-~

ur Philip Louis. and‘ will be
second in line to the throne.

The christening is to bea
private affair ie

al after ' the cere-.
mony. - i
For his christening, ‘the=
infant will be dressed: in ‘a’
lace robe lined ‘with ‘white
satin that was first worn by -
Queen Victoria's son, Prince
Albert Edward—later King
Edward VII — and has been
used by royal babies over
since. F
The ornate Music Room,’ *
with its French antique furn-"

River rioths not
as bad this year

By CasNews Staif

Castlegar hasn't yet been
plaqued by. swarms of river
moths but. a local ‘entomol-
ogist says the moths can be
expected to clog radiators
and car. windows for.the next
few weeks as their mating
season gets under way. -

“They're'/not in terrible
numbers yet. I've seen’ a lot
“worse,” Dr. Peter Wood said

in recent interview. But’ he
said the Jarvae are beginning
to transform into river moths
— otherwise known as Cadis
flies — end will continue to
mate for the ext, three to
fou weeks. ,

Wood, an “instructor at
Selkirk. ‘College, said the
Cadis Fly, which lays its eggs
in the coo}, running waters of

“your radiator and plug up the
~ lights."

az:

the Columbia River, is harm-
less. But he noted that some
people are allergic to the dust: -
created when the. moths lose ©
their’ scales. :'

As well, he said, the moths:
do not eat when they become»
adults. “They just. fly and.
mate-and die..’.. and get in

* Although Wood eaid there
has been no program of pest:
control that he knows of here’
in the Kootenays, he ‘said a‘.
pesticide program was car-
risd out in Montreal during
Expo'67, At that time DDT
was used to get Fd:of the
moths.

“As-far-as 1. know. it was
only.partially effective,” said
Wood: “! ie