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OR $979 sentenced to 80 days on each, DRIP. to be served concurrently. 309 GRAM..... He also pleaded guilty to seven counts of false pre- tences, two counts of theft under $200, and two counts of fraudulently obtaining food sae $ 1 29 and lodging. PROCESS CHEESE CENTRAL FOODS CONSIDER TODAY! CREDIT UNION ASTLEGAR SAVINGS He was given a suspended sentence, placed on two years’ probation on those charges, and is required to pay $3,600 in restitution. Finally, Frass pleaded guilty to failing to appear in court and was sentenced to 30 days intermittant in jail, to be served concurrently with his other jail term. *_ 8 « Mike Popow was sen- tenced to 14 days in jail after pleading guilty to driving while having a blood-alcohol content over .08. . 28 « Wayne Medal was fined $1,200 after pleading guilty to possession of a narcotic. . Fred Hlookoff was fined $750 after pleading guilty to driving while impaired. * 28 6 Edward Douglas Gillespie, 41, was transferred to prov incial court in Canmore Al berta. Gillespie is facing charges ‘of escaping from custody and possession of stolen property. LET'S TALK continued from front poge posed of school i ministry officials rpreentig of education. ae fo rope wil be made public at ths same time it is released to the committee. Date for release of the report gee said that although his staff has received some responses already, he expects responses to start : in consistently beginning this ~—— a heavy during the latter part ©! a maar deadline for submissions of written vine! on different organizations and individuals is March 16. But all information from public meetings must be submitted to Rogers by Feb. 27, Castlegar school board chairman Doreen Smecher said at a recent meeting. Public meetings in Castlegar will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday night in Kinnaird Junior Secondary School Gym. This meeting is primarily for all parents and Grade 11 and 12 students. Anyone else who can't 9 _ m Nee i ill be able to attend that meeting. , me Tharediy night at 7 p.m. at KJSS, a meeting for various community organizations will be held. ; People who respond to the discussion paper, will have the opportunity to answer 41 different questions on B.C. schools. Under the portion on Schools and Society, respon- dents are asked questions on: Goals of Education and Schooling; Curriculum and Instruction; Diversity in Society and Schools; Standards of Achievement in Schools; Technological Innovation and Schools; School- Community Relations. The area of School Governance, Management and the People in the System addresses questions on the topics of Legislative Provisions for School Governance — and Manag ; Labor Financing Provin Schools; School District Budgets; The Responsibilities and Rights of Parents and Pupils; Teacher Professional- ism, and Administrative Professionalism Rogers said it’s hard to say what questions people are most likely to address. “We think a lot might address issues in the second portion (School Governance, Management and the People in the System), concerning financial matters and govern- ment issues,” he said. “It depends on the school district and how it views the fiscal problem or whatever label it is putting on it. That section may get more emphasis.” A Gallup Poll will also be conducted across the province in which people will be interviewed on the topic of education in B.C. schools. Taxpayers who are not involved in education will be given 45-minute face-to-face interviews and people ectly involved in education will be interviewed for 35 minutes each by telephone. During the interviews, respondents will be asked the di trustees ed by the ministry who eetings on another same questions addressed at public meetings. Jody was sen- tenced to nine months in jail after pleading guilty to for- ecibly confining another per- son. He was also handed a ‘six-month jail term to be setved concurrently after pleading guilty to theft under $200. Projec The Castlegar ind Pi Cc t Manager for the DUTIES: Commis: QUALIFICATIONS: — experienced in comm ture project at the industrial Park. — superintend the construction of the building; — hiring required work force; — prepare reports as required by the ion. ercial/industrial sources ‘to education as inces. of the other provinces.” Smecher sai Ontario,” she said. shift in population. cent or $40 per pupil. SMECHER continued from front poge “Despite what is being said to the contrary, B.C.'’s education financing does measure up. It is comparable to Alberta and Ontario, and exceeds most Smecher said, although she is not familiar with the statistics on edu cational spending in the provinces, But education is thriving in Ontario. during an eight-day visit to Ontario last May she spent time with senior administrative staff of four school boards in the Toronto area. “Education is a thriving thing in “It's alive and moving. It doesn't seem to be a major restraint problem.” She added that in one case “a couple of schools” had to be shut down. Smecher said the reason for the shutdowns were not because of funding restraints, but because of a Heinrich also said that the amount of money that has been taken out of the system is “relatively small” — amount ing since 1982 to $75 million or 4.4 per REDIT IINION construction field. — ability to supervise, and implement the work of the project. Applications and resume costs of 1985. be to: CANADA EMPLOYMENT CENTRE 835 Spokane e have gone up.” Prior to February 7, 1985, 4:30 p.m But Smecher said that spending has been reduced to the same level as in 1982, costs are reflecting the “Our utilities have gone up, things outside of classrooms, teachers’ wages She noted that although teachers say they haven't had a raise, they have had percentage increases all along. Heinrich also charged that some school boards spend more on admin. istrative salaries than the fiscal frame- work provides, which means “other re- sources have to be sacrificed.” He also said boards have created more administrative positions than re- quired, with the number of principals and vice-principals jumping 20 per cent since 1976, while student enrolment fell by 10 per cent in the same period. other prov. Smecher said at Castlegar, administrative positions have actually decreased by four positions She said one administrative assistant has been lost at Stanley Humphries Secondary School, a head teacher has been lost at Pass Creek and a director of instruction, as well as a director of special education has been cut at the school board office. Enrolment figures show that in December 1984 there were 2,455 stu. dents in the district, compared with 3,049 in 1975. Heinrich also said in 1975-76, 27,455 teachers taught 525,344 students and if the number of teachers compared to the number of pupils had remained the same, then in September 1984 there would have been 24,664 teachers to instruct the 472,295 pupils now in although school In fact, he said there were 26,623 teachers as of September, 1984. The additional 2,000 teachers should be ample to deal with special education needs that are now in the system, Heinrich said, al Castlegar, there were 141.40 teachers in 1975-76, compared wi 142.83 in Jai ™ = Kersoene Heater Sale These portable heaters will provide hours of safe, economical heat and are ideal for greenhouses, workshops, spare rooms, etc. Perfect during power failures. Sunbeam Kerosene Heaters Reg s2i9.95-. SLAG" meaetn 189" ell Lag 1985. vveseauvtuconevvesventsvoosnanenvvisvanvnniniensanusnionnnntot CONGRATULATIONS To Walter and Elsie Laktin Who Have Purchased Cypress Sausage Delicatessen Eileen, Sue and Dovid would like to thank their many cust oo ustomers and wish Walter and Elsie the LUNCH IN THE 1884 RESTAURANT shrough Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday & Wed: BRIEFLY trail b.c. Liquor study done VICTORIA (CP) — Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Jim Hewitt says the government has completed a review on liquor policy covering such matters as the drinking age and sale of alcoholic beverages at corner stores. The study is completed; the report is done, Hewitt said in a television interview. The next step would be for cabinet to decide whether to accept the recom- mendations in the report. The report was the most comprehensive study that’s been done with regards to the provincial liquor policy in a number of years, he said. The minister declined, however, to disclose the recommendations in the report. He said it dealt with a wide range of liquor-related issues ranging from production to retail sales. Restore punishment HALIFAX (CP) — Solicitor General Elmer MacKay says he believes capital punishment will be restored in Canada. “Yes, I'm in favor of it and I think eventually it will come back,” MacKay said, responding to a question from a delegate to the annual meeting of Nova Scotia Conservatives. His remark drew loud and hearty applause from the thousands of Tories. The solicitor general, who represents the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, said he believes the death penalty should be reserved for “particularly heinous crimes” such as the killing of policemen or prison guards. Fair left with $57 KNOXVILLE, TENN. (AP) — The 1982 World's Fair closed its books with a balance of $57, a far ery from the $5 million predicted at the time of the fair but even farther from the $110 million loss of the 1984 New Orleans version. However, the city of Knoxville was left with a $46 million debt not mentioned in the report released by Knoxville Foundation Inc., whieh organized the fair that ended Oct. 31, 1982. “Whether it lost $57 or made $57, it would still be a success,” said organizer Jake Butcher. Storm hits South A massive storm that stretched from the U.S. Rockies to New England dipped into the South again Saturday after pushing the temperature to -57 Celsium in Utah and layering Alabama with up to 28 centimetres of ice that knocked out power to thousands of homes. At least 16 deaths in eight states since Wednes- day have been blamed on the storm, caused by an immense bulge of cold air pushing southward with rain, snow and sleet. The temperature in Peter Sink, Utah — which marked -54 C Thursday — dropped to an unofficial -57 C Friday on automated equipment, said forecaster Jim Pringle in Salt Lake City. U.S. to overspend WASHINGTON (AP) — The first budget of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's second term will run a deficit of nearly $180 billion, with $40 billion in new domestic spending cuts nearly offset by a proposed $30-billion increase in military spending, officials say. The administration's plan also projects that the 1987 fiscal year could mark the first time the federal government spends more than $1 trillion in a single year, documents circulating on Capitol Hill said. The documents project the government could spend $1.027 trillion that year Star lacks ambition LONDON (AP) Ex-Beatle George Harrison says he has no ambition for being a star — in fact, he hasn't much ambition at all, except perhaps for living the life of “a normal human being.” “I don't want to be a film star,” he said in an interview on the BBC. “I don't even want to be a pop star. I just want to live in peace. But I would like to get more of my ideas onto film.” Harrison, the 41-year-old “quiet” Beatle who became involved in Eastern mysticism, has rarely given interviews since the Fab Four parted ways in 1969. Killers being sought MUNICH (AP) Police across West Germany continued their search Saturday for a man and a woman who killed a major West German arms indus- trialilst at his home in an apparent return to terror. by-assassination by Red Army Faction extremists. However, investigators refused to confirm media reports that they had identified the killers of 55-year-old Ernst Zimmermann as a couple already wanted for terrorist activities. The West German media identified the two fugitives as Werner Bernhard Lotze, 32, and Barbara Meyer, 28, saying both matched police descriptions of Zimmermann's attackers. Pope welcomed AREQUIPA (CP) — Crowds chanting Spanish rhymes and waving banners welcomed Pope John Paul as he arrived in this southern Peruvian desert city on Saturday to beatify a 17th-century nun and sgy outdoor mass at the foot of a dormant voleano. Meanwhile, the Communist-led Provincial Work ers Union delayed until Thursday a general strike to protest price increases of up to 33 per cent for bread, gasoline and transit fares. The strike in Peru's second-largest city was ex pected to be largely symbolic because a public holiday had been declared for the papal visit. But church authorities changed the Pope's itinerary to avoid the city’s main square, which the workers had threatened to occupy. Court decision sets preceden VANCOUVER (6P) — {fhe British Columbia Supreme Court’s refusal to authorize the sterilization of a mentally ie d girl hed a national say girl has advocates of the rights of the disabled. “It has set a frame of reference for others,” Connie Clarke, president of British Columbians for Mentally Handicapped People, said of Mr. Justice Josiah Wood's decision Thursday. The parents of the 10-year-old girl, identified only as Infant K, had asked the court to approve a hysterectomy. The parents feared the hygienic and psychological effects of menstruation on their child, who is profoundly retarded and can’t control her bowel and bladder functions. Physicians agreed that the operation should be done but refused to without a court decision. “We have to make careful decisions for those who are unable to tell us what their decisions would be,” Clarke said. Despite the girl's condition — she has the mental ability of a two-year-old and other ailments that include five to 30 Castl and District reation Commission daa Community Complex brain seizures a day — she has the same constitutional rights as anyone else, Wood said. __The decision is the first in Canada to establish guidelines for those caring for the i d. February 3, 1985 Castlégar News — have used’ up all other alternatives. before they go to h A ; said Joe Battista, lawyer for the publie trustee who repres- ented the child's interests. “The handicapped have always had their rights but now it —_ how those rights are to be considered,” Battista said. “Now there has to be clear and convincing evidence of the real necessity of an operation before it can be done.” Wood said a hysterectomy would be contrary to the public interest because the benefits were of “an uncertain and anticipatory nature.” NOT RULED OUT He didn’t rule out the possibility of surgery later if it were shown to be in K's best interest. The parents and theit lawyer, Chris Kinkson, haven't commented publicly on the decision. director), Gordon Porter (Area J representative), Ron Ross (City representative). Front row, Marilyn Strong, inaugural meeting took place y- s are: (From left) Back row, John Voykin YJ (Area | rep , Bob White (City Represen- tative), C Mayor Audrey Moore (City Council District director, Area |), Martin Vanderpol (Area J representative). CosNews Photo by Reb Popolt TOWN TALKS Teacher in magazine ABBOTSFORD (CP) — It may be a tempest in a C-cup to the rest of the world, but the issue of the teacher who bared here breast — and he? husband, who photographed it — has the conservative population of this Fraser Valley community-talking about little else. It’s the Abbortsford school board, however, which must decide what to do with Ilze Shewan, 34, and her husband John, both local high school teachers. “The school board is elected to reflect the thinking of the public,” says school superintendent Harry Sayers. “They try to reflect the public opinion. We're a conservative com munity. We're conservative fiscally, we're conservative with programs.” In fact, Sayers agrees, the community long has been called B.C.’s Bible belt. So far, the board has suspended both Shewans — Ilze for baring her right breast in a photograph submitted to New York-based Gallery magazine, and John for taking the photo. The school board held a private hearing last week into Ilze's case, and will discuss John's role in the affair next week The final decision could range from total reinstatement, to outright dismissal. The issue is being discussed on street corners, in living rooms, and wherever people get together. PENALTY SEVERE At the Valley Market, a block up the road from Clearbrook Junior Secondary where Ilze is a languages teacher, Dave Longbottom and his wife Henri were reading a newspaper account of the controversy. “You know, I just think that in this world, where there's so many things going on, that the penalty is very severe for a minor indiscretion, and a one-time indiscretion,” said Dave. “In the average home today, you'll see a lot more than (the photo which showed Ilze wearing stockings, a garter belt and high-heeled shoes) . any physical fitness magazine, anything around on TV. Just watch The 20-minute Workout on TV every morning. That's a lot more lewd.” Henri agreed. “But this is Abbotsford,” she said. “If it had happened in Vancouver or anywhere else, you probably wouldn't have heard of it.” It being Abbotsford, however, is what bothers Lynn Dick, who was picking up her 14-year-old son at Clearbrook junior secondary. “I wouldn't be opposed to firing her,” Dick said. “She knew what she was doing. And of all the conservative districts, Abbotsford, well, she should have known better.” MAGAZINE SOLD OUT At a convenience store down the road, you can buy a Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler or Swank, but there hasn't been a Gallery magazine to be found for days. “We're sold out,” said counter clerk Gertie Fraser of the magazine that has never been a big seller. “They didn’t even leave one for me.” Fraser said she doesn't know what to think. “I really don’t know. I'm open-minded but I don’t think a teacher should do that. It is her personal life, but she's brought her personal life out in the public by doing that.” School board members — seven men, all from professional backgrounds — all are listening to the public feedback, and see no simple answer. “It all comes down to the old debate on whether an elected official is a delegate or a representative,” says acting board chairman John Sutherland, an administrator with the University of B.C.’s theology school Doonesbury BY GARRY TRUDEAU HEY, MAN, IM AN REAL-LIFE COMIC. . NEW YORK (AP) — A fictional gunfight on a city subway train wounded some sensibilities this week, with supporters of real-life subway shooter Bernhard Goetz aiming flak at the Doonesbury comic strip satirizing his case. “People who have never been knocked on the head or threatened with a knife might find some humor in it,” Joseph Kelner, Goetz’s lawyer, said. “I don't. “The week-long segment began with a subway rider - Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau has taken to satirizing subway shooter Bernhard Goetz in the latest comic strips Subway shooter satirized asking Michael Doonesbury, the strip's star, for a cigarette. At least seven passengers draw weapons and engage in the ensuing gunbattle, one crying, “Execute him! Execute him!” The strip drawn by Garry bike © satirizes the case of Goetz, who says he shot four teeflagers Dec. 22 after they asked him for $5 on a subway train. A grand jury indieted Goetz last week, but only on weapons possession charges. ry. Carter said there was no right or wrong side to the case. ‘Phe parents — who care for the child at home without institutional help — “are one of the best sets of parents I've ever seen,” she said. “This case shouldn't detract from what they are trying to do. They had her interest in mind at all times.” The law has only recently begun to support the rights of the mentally handicapped, Wood wrote in his judgment. “The history of the non-therapeutie sterilization of the h is ch d with of much abuse,” he said. “The eugenic sterilization of the li, became part of the official policy of a number of governments in North America in the early part of this century. IWA FACES RAIDS BY RIVAL UNION VANCOUVER (CP) — The International Wood- workers of America, B.C.’s largest private-sector union, is facing raids by a rival union at three of its Vancouver Island sawmills. The Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada is attempting to sign up more than 350 woodworkers at mills by Feb. 15. Only last week, the 35,000-member woodworkers’ union announced it was withdrawing all but token support from the B.C. Federation of Labor. The union was upset about the defeat last November of leader Jack Munro as the federation's first vice-president — a post traditionally held by the woodworkers. Vaughan Bannister, chief organizer for the raiding union, said many of the woodworkers want to change unions because of the type of service they have received. “It is partly because they have a lot of paid staffers who don't work in the mills and get out of touch,” Bannister said. “If you don't work in a sawmill, you can hardly be the best to decide what is the best for sawmill workers.” Bannister claimed his 5,500-member union practises a type of grass-roots local democracy that is the opposite of the woodworkers’ union methods. RAID DISMISSED Roger Stanyer, IWA Local 1-80 president, dismissed the raid, saying the pulp, paper and woodworkers have often attempted, unsuccessfully, to take over his members. The mills targeted by the PPWC are Mayo Forest Products Ltd., and Cipa Industries Ltd., both in Nanaimo, and the Pacific Forest Products Ltd. mill in nearby Ladysmith. While the woodworkers’ feud with the B.C. Feder- ation of Labor does not involve the PPWC, which is a member of the rival Confederation of Canadian Unions, Bannister said it is an indication to some IWA members of how the union operates. “They were democratically voted out of the federation (executive) and now they are whining and snivelling about being kicked out,” he said. “If the IWA was contributing anything substantial to the federation they would still be there.” The PPWC has only two weeks left to sign up members under Labor Code regulations that allow raids in the seventh and eighth months of a current collective agreement. If it is successful in signing up 45 per cent of the employees at a mill it can apply for a secret ballot vote conducted by the Labor Relations Board. Divers recover stray rocket HELSINKI (REUTER) — Divers recovered the main section of a stray Societ roc- ket from a frozen lake Sat urday and military officials said it was not a cruise mis been picked up earlier Finnish military authori ties told reporters the debris showed it was “an old-type missile dating from 1971-72 and without military capa sile. city.” The main frame and engine of the missile, which crashed The Soviet Embassy has in Finland on Dec. 28, were listed from Lake Inari in northern Finland by a mil itary helicopter. The nose cone and other debris had requested the return of rem nants of the missile, which Moscow said went off course while being used for target practice in the Barents Sea. spring Groundhog picks an early spring WIARTON, ONT. (CP) forecaster, Wiarton Willie, has decided it will be an early Willie, the fabled groundhog of this Bruce Peninsula community, strolled out of his burrow at dawn Saturday but couldn't see his shadow. And that, according to honored legend, means spring can’t be far away However, Willie's cousin in Pennyslvania saw things in a different light. Punxsutawney Phil caught a glimpse of his shadow, with the dire result that spring down there must be at least six weeks away “I hope he (Willie) is right, said Wiarton Mayor Harold Silk, who reported the local phenomenon in the town 15 kilometres northwest of Owen Sound “I personally have had enough winter.” Willie's forecast is a highlight of Wiarton’s annual Groundhog festival weekend, now in its 29th year. Groundhog Day has grown into a North American tradition and is an adaptation of the old German view of the spiney-coated hedgehog as a harbinger of spring. The date, Feb. 2, is linked to Candlemas, a Roman Catholic feast day, and the Scottish saying that “If Candiemas be fair, there be two winters in the year.” Wiarton has still another claim to Groundhog Day That grand old weather