Election profiles rain 50 Cents SCHOOL . . . Transport supervisor tor the Castlegar school district Philip Konkin with some of the school buses that hove been steani-cleaned, un- Sunday Ss. Castlegar Cw SEPTEMBER 2, 1984 dercoated 3 Sections (A, B&C) The six winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6-49 draw are three, 24, 27, 33, 41 and 44. The bonus number is four. The $500,000 winning number in Friday's i Provincial lottery draw is 3377097. ’ Charters: on tour Page B3 CASTLEGAR DISTRICT New ruling may mean more buses By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer A recent provincial Ministry of Transportation directive restricting school bus leading from three to two students per seat may mean the Castlegar school district will have to buy three new school buses, according to the board chairman. And “at $42,000 to $45,000 apiece, that’s a lot of money on a restraint budget,” chairman Doreen Smecher said Thursday. But Smecher added that although she’s read news reports about the new rule — which reduces the seating cap- acity of a 72-seat school bus to 42 — the board has yet to receive word from the ‘Ministry of Education regarding offi dal policy on the ruling Three new buses for the Castlegar school district is a “guesstimate” based ‘on previous board discussions on the }~- Don't primed up for the year and aheod. Over 2,000 students in the Castlegar district return this week College has openings By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Stident enrolment in some pro grams at Selkirk College's Castlegar Campus is up, but there are still vacancies in other programs, says the campus ditector. Jim Cromwell says although the pattern of increased enrolment seems to be holding, there is concern because some post-secondary institutions are experiencing a slight drdp in enrol ment. For example, Simon Fraser Uni- versity is anticipating a four per cent drop in enrolment. “We do have some concerns with respect to some career tech: programs,” he said. “Bome students who were admitted are saying the can't take up their places because of financial diffieulties,~ Cromwell said. “Changes made in terms of financial aid have provisions for a maximum $5,000 available and the provineial i the loans program was full until stadents phoned in to take the spots. The 7 and Com- puter ystems programs are all listed as full, but Cromwell said he isn't sure if there have been any cancellations in those, programs. As of Thursday morning a total of 883 students had completed pre-re- gistration, although Cromwell noted that im some areas not all registration has been . areas not all registration has been completed. As well, the figure does not include Continuing Education and part-time students who will be registering up to the first week of September. In addition, there are no figures from the same time last year to compare this year’s tally But in specific programs some enrolment increases are already being noted. For instance, Cromwell says there has been an increase of almost 10 per cent in University Transfer programs. There are a total of 260 students registered in first-year and 40 im second year. continued on poge AZ Crescent Valley man dies in car accident By CasNews Staff A Grescent Valley man died Aug. 26 and subsequently transferred to Kel owna General Hospital the next day. According to s spokesperson there, Katenikelf was in stable condition in the intensive care,unit Thursday Crescent Valley RCMP said Kateni koff spfiered head injuries as 2 result of the aegeident. Another passenger, Philip Chernen- koff, 20,-also of Crescent Valley. was released from Kootenay Lake District after treatment’ for cuts and contimeed om pags A? By RON NORMAN Editer Former prime minister Joe Clark warned Kootenay West Progressive Conservatives Friday they must not let up, despite opinion polls that indicate the party will form a majority govern ment in Tuesday's federal election. “No one should assume the election is over yet,” Clark said during @ half-hour speech to 150 supporters at a reception in a Castlegar hotel. "Quoting former baseball great Yogi Berra, Clark said, “It ain't over till it's over.” “The polls may be right Clark added, “but I don’t want to count on the Clark also quoted former Tory prime minister John Diefenbaker when he said, “The only creatures who know what to do with polls are dogs. Clark stayed overnight in the riding He arrived at Castlegar Airport from Vancouver at 5:15 p.m. and was flown to Nakusp where he attended a rally in the Legion Hall. He was whisked back to Castlegar for the reception later that evening and spent the night before heading to his possibility of such a ruling handed down, Smecher said. Smecher added it is premature to speculate on exactly how a Ministry of Education ruling on schoo! bussing will affect the district, but noted, “we're going to be in trouble — we're going to be short buses. “We're certainly going to have to look at revising our whole bussing policy if the ministry revises its guidelines. Such a revision “certainly will have some implications, there's no doubt about that,” agreed school district superintendent Terry Wayling. “In some cases cheeks are hanging out into the aisle.” Under the old transport ministry guidelines, drivers allowed three students, large or small, to squeeze into a 39inch seat. Under the new directive, only two students per seat are allowed. CLARK SAYS being Transport supervisor Philip Konkin said there are now 11 buses in the district. One is a 72-seat bus, a 66-seat buses, and one is a 36-seat bus. Board secretary treasurer John Dascher said if the Ministry of Education, confirms the ruling, the board will find out how many students will be using school buses this fall! before taking action. Last school year, about 1,200 of the 2,500 students in the district used school buses, according to Konkin. But some of these students could be walking to school, if official guidelines have to be strictly adhered to. Ministry of Education policy says it's permissable for students in grades 1 and 3 to walk up to four kilometers to school, and grades 4 to 12 may walk up to five kilometers. “The most kids walk in our district is 1 to 2% kilometers said Dascher. trust the polls own riding of Yellowhead to campaign in the last three days before the elec tion. Clark also told the audience not to trust the polls. “I have some experience with polls,” he said, noting that a poll two days be- fore the 1980 election had the Liberals ahead by 20 points, when in-fact they won by only five seats. “If the poll was wrong in 1980, then the poll could be wrong in 1964,” he cautioned. Clark also said the West, including Kootenay West, can be the difference between a minority Conservative gov. ernment and a majority. “I don't propose to count on Quebec and Ontario to elect a majority Progressive Conservative government, he said, but on Western voters. He said the Tories need Kootenay West and other Western seats held by the NDP to ensure a majority gov ernment You take nothing for granted in this business,” he said, and pointed to the 1972 election when Tory leader Bob Stanfield lost to the Liberals by two seats — two seats Clark said the Tories could have won in the West. Oark also said the Tories need to form a majority government to ensure the party is able to form long term plans for the country. “I want a majority because I want to rebuild the future of Canada,” he said. Clark charged that a minority gov ernment focuses only on the short term, while its major concern is sur- viving. He also criticized a minority gov ernment in which the New Democrats would hold the balance of power. “The balance of power is an NDP word for blackmail,” Clark charged. He called on the West to quit split ting its vote between Conservatives and NDP. In another attack on the NDP, Clark said the party “bas most’bf its seats in Western Canada and most of its prior- ities... 80 somewhere else in Canada.” In a final plea for votes in Kootenay West, Clark said Western Cauadians should “at least give us (Tories) a chance.” If voters are unhappy with a Tory government, they will always have « chanee to show it in another election in four years. Sara rete ether