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And as three other school boards waited for the axe to fall, Education Minister Jack Heinrich travelled to the Okanagan and told the Ver- non school board that the Social Credit government's restraint clampdown will be relaxed next year. “The board asked me if this was it,” Heinrich said. “I told the board that this was the last year of the program but I said that we still can’t be- come In the the tea- chers will set up information picket lines at the school board office and at provincial government offices in the city. Elementary school teach- ers will decide Friday on their reaction. Allan Stables, the $300-a- day trustee appointed by Heinrich Monday after the Vancouver board insisted on submitting a budget $14 mil- lion above provincial guide- lines, cut $7 million from the budget by eliminating any provision for teacher salary He also said he will begin to restore local autonomy to school boards next year. About 250 Vancouver high school teachers decided to wait until September before withdrawing services in pro- test against Heinrich’s re- moval of the elected trustees. The teachers agreed that such events as the annual district track meet should proceed, said Mike Gregory, president of the city secon- dary school teacher asso- ciation. But a withdrawal from ex- tracurricular activities could begin with the new school KIWANIS AUCTION This Saturday (May 11) — 1 p.m. - ? Old Kootenay Builders Building (Next to downtown SuperValu.) Viewing 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chahko-Mika Mall Salutes our Community Mom's He also slipped away from a news conference as re- porters devoted their at- tention to a citizen who had interrupted Stables as he an- swered a question. JOBS END Before the disruption, Sta- bles said the budget — set at $186 million by the deposed school board — would be re- duced by $7 million more by May 15. He indicated about 100 jobs will be eliminated, Three other defiant school boards were awaiting Hein- rich’s next move. The education said Monday he would wait just long enough to find trus- tees before replacing the boards in the Vancouver su- burbs of Burnaby and Coquit- lam in the Cowichan district on southeastern Vancouver Island. On Tuesday, Heinrich said: “It could be within 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours — any one of those.” One other rebellious board, at Courtenay on Vancouver Island, gave in and complied with the provincial budget limit, agreeing to cut $752,000 from its spending. ay a MAY DAY FUN . . . Bouncin; around on a giant ball minister “9S these youngsters’ idea of a good time at the May Day picnic. The picnic, celebrating Workers’ Day, was held Sunday at Birchbank picnic grounds CosNewsPhoto by Ryan Wilson WASTING MONEY Brisco accuses Dye OTTAWA (CP) — The hunter became the hunted Tuesday as Con- servative MPs led by Kootenay West's Bob Brisco accused Auditor General Ken Dye of wasting half a million dollars of taxpayers’ money. Parliament's chief financial watch dog was the target of hostile back. bench Tory MPs at a miscellaneous estimates committee meeting. They said Dye by-passed Parliament with his legal pursuit of government inform ation about Petro-Canada’s takeover of Petrofina and wasted public funds and Valuable time. Dye conceded that the legal battle has cost his department $190,000 so far. But he defended his actions to the committee and told reporters later: “I did everything in my power to avoid going to court. 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