The ceiling was last in- creased from $15 in 1980. The latest increase virtu- ally passed unnoticed in a list of tariff changes contained in the Feb. 15 budget. Provincial oe The winning number in The $500,000 winning num- ber in the Feb. 24 Provincial lottery draw is: 2899942. Last six digits win $50,000, last five digits win $1,000, last four digits win $100, last three digits win $25, and the last two digits win $10. PLEASE NOTE) HAI ING HOURS Tuesday, Mar. 6 until Thursday, Mar. 29 inclusive. The Hairdressing Salon at the Rosemont Compus will be open to the Public irom: 9:15 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday Selkirk College ROSEMONT CAMPUS 2001 Silver King Road, Nelson, B.C. VIL 1C8 — 352-6601 AUTO SHOW ’84 “Diagnostic clinies in Vancouver said, ‘Just let him sit there.’ ” After a year-and-a-half, the boy could not only write his name, but could write paragraphs, and stories on a computer. ‘And for the first time, he could write legibly with pen and paper, she said. Lamont first started using computers for teaching learning assistance about three years ago by initiating a pilot project. “I got the seven worst spellers in the school” and: put them on a computer spelling program, she said. “At the end of the year, the results were fantastic.” Lamont said the few teachers who have suggested that computers are “impersonal” are “the ones who haven't tried it.” And the parents “just love it — they want more and more computers,” she added. There are two computers at Twin Rivers and two at Kinnaird that are used solely for learning pur- COMPUTER AID . . . Greg Akselson tries his hand at @ computer game. Game is one of several used in other learning assistants in the area are inter- 1 school district to help students with iculties. © Costtews Phote by Adrien Chombertain } the Cast learning di said Lamont. ested in computers — and that eventually they will be tenella cto orheoees wrk learning pr An aspect of using computers for learning, hate poses. In the district, there are 34 mi Eats only ih piut of the learning assistance Lamont recently gave a workshop on using ‘s in learning i She said programs in the C; school district. The programs are designed to help students with learning disabilities such.es. poor co-ordination, and auditory, visual, and is th of privacy it affords — which many of the pupils, frustrated by previous learning experiences, need. “For it's just pi "said Lamont. “For that 20 minutes, they're yall by themselves.” aie ‘The date and site were chioset'by the party's national executive, with Ot- tawa narrowly beating out Edmonton for the convention, Campagnolo said. She said the dates were not chosen as a compromise between those party members who wanted an early conven- tion and others who favored waiting i ree oaks able Hote the world stage June 7 to 9 at the seven-nation economic summit in Lon- Several other members of the ex. ‘ecutive believed an early vote would favor thé more popular Turner over years ago, said Friday be weeks to decide what to do this time CTV he first wants to talk to his family, “It would be a complete change for | me after what I've been doing for al- most 10 years.” However, by granting his third interview to Canadian journalists in two days, Turner seemed to be show. ing much more interest in the leader- ship than he did in 1979 when Prime Minister Trudeau first announced his resignation. “Unemployment is certainly the important social and economic issues,” he told CTV. “The 1% million people out of work, facing some very difficult al changes.” Turner returns to Toronto tonight and has promised his decision March 16. NO SHOE-IN In Canada, his friends reported “a tremendous number” of calls from Lib- erals urging him to run, but nationa| vice-president Wayne Patterson “it won't be a coronation.” by a bit of a wake. , wasn't a dry eye in the " one said. Silence greeted Prime Minister Tru- ‘deau as he walked into the room first, but lukewarm applause broke out about 30 seconds later. The response was much the same minutes later when photographers were invited back for a “photo oppor. tunity.” Applause for the prime minis- ter began only after the television dependent insurance esas * Insurance agen s warned VANCOUVER (CP) — Complaints had been made that agents were adding a who add a surcharge to cus- tomers’ payments when In- surance Corp. of British Col- umbia renewals are paid on some bank credit cards will be delisted as approved credit card agents, spokes- men for two of the banks said, surcharge when clients tri- ed to pay their car insurance renewals by Visa or Mas- terCard credit cards. Beginning this year, the Crown corporation no longer offers credit to car insurance buyers, and'some private in- surance agents are offering ie be no additional charge for use of a Visa card,” he said. cards. “We have heard that this practice was.going on,” said David Laundry of the Royal Bank. “We were informed the surcharge runs from 1.5 to 2 per cent. “This is against the agree- ment every agent signs with the Visa-system. There can “We have informed the agents to desist or be delist- ed.” Don Peacock of the Bank of ‘Montreal's western head- quarters in Calgary said any extra charge on a transaction involving the bank's Master- Card is not permitted. MERCURY CAR-OF-THE-YEAR Mid-size Front Wheel Drive WHITEWATER LADA NIVA It's the lowest cost full time 4-wheel drive on the market. LEWAN And it's got gas mileage to match. Lada eon One Smart Car THE MALL WATERFRONT NELSON On Display at Chahko-Mika Mall city AUTO SERVICE LTD. PARILER] Orne saasee FISCHER MOTORS LTD. D.L.N. 5413. cor bot 505-8017 More of the Right Stuff. See it Now! Heinrich pleased VICTORIA (CP) — Ed ucation Minister Jack Heii- rich said he is pleased with the results of the controversial province- wide Grade 12 examinations, but that the government will examine ways of improving them. Heinrich said the govern- ment won't read too much Cab, 4 x 4, extra tough terrain BILLS’ MOTOR IN LTD. Motor Trend Cars of the Year (1) HONDA CIVIC CRX (2) HONDA PRELUDE There Was (3) HONDA CiviC's No Competition! into the first set of exams be- longer. It was simply a matter of avail- Walesa may visit WARSAW (AFP-CP) — Polish labor leader Lech Walesa is considering going to Edmonton in the fall to ac- cept an honorary degree from the University of Al- berta senate. The founder of the now- banned Solidarity free-trade union movement won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize for his Solidarity efforts. He said today in a tele- phone interview from his home in the Baltic port of Gdansk that he hopes the situation in Poland will im- prove by the autumn so that he can make the trip. Walesa said that if he can- not make the journey, his wife, Danuta, will. Mrs. Walesa accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on her husband's behalf after Walesa express- ed concern that he might not be allowed back into Poland if he left the country. lower-profile candidates. They sug business associates’ and party friends “and that process takes time. most of them young people, that's got to be a No. 1 priority. But the country’s INSPECTION TIME . . . Area RCMP were out in full for- ce on Highway 3 by ‘the weigh scales Thursday and Friday checking vehicles. Hundreds of cars were stop- ped and: checked for proper driver's licenses, seat- belts and registration, while trucks had all their equipment inspected. CasNews Photo by Adrian Chamberlain Mary Totman, officer of the University of Alberta senate, disclosed Thursday that the university chancellor Peter Savarin; sent a letter to Walesa telling him of the decision by the honorary degrees committee to grant the labor leader an honorary degree. Totman said that if Walesa can't go to Edmonton to ac. cept the honor, the senate would grant the degree via his wife, representing a break with the university's of not de- BY NATIVE GROUPS Alcan projéct opposed VANDERHOOF (CP) — Spokesmen for two native groups have rejected the Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.'s proposal to build two new smelters and a hydroelectric generating station near here. At a public hearing Saturday, Sophie Thomas, an elder for the nearby Stoney Creek Band, said native people will receive none of the benefits from the $3-billion Kemano grees in absentia. McTeer concerned OTTAWA (CP) — Maur- een McTeer says women are nervous~ the . Conservative party under Brian Mulroney will backslide on its commit- ment to women’s issues. The Ottawa lawyer and feminist, who is married to former party leader Joe Clark, admitted Saturday there is eguse for concern but said there is still a group ac- tive in the party who will champion women’s rights. She named as members of that group Ontario MP Flora MacDonald, external affairs minister in Clark's govern- ment, Jake Epp, MP for the Winnipeg riding of Prove- neher and former minister of Indian affairs, and the former prime minister himself. project. ‘She said she doesn't expect Alcan would hire any native people to fill the estimated 3,000 jobs created by the first phase construction because people are usually hired from outside the area. Alcan wants to build two new smelters near this central British Columbia town over a period of 12 to 15 years. To service the two smelters, it also wants to construct a new generating station. But that requires cutting the flow of the Nechako River, a tributary of the Fraser River, by nearly 84 per cent, and the Nanika River, which feeds into the Skeena through the Morice and Bulkey rivers by about 65 per cent. SUFFER LOSSES Thomas said her band may also suffer & loss of fishing and hunting reserves as a result of the environmental damage she believes will accompany the project. Thomas said the completion project, “may be progress for your people but not for my people . Archie Patric, president of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council which represents 13,000 people, said because of the first Kemano project, native people suffered, fish stocks were reduced, fur-bearing animals were lost and the native people's pride failed. “Now Alcan wants to add more pressure to our people, land and our resources,” he said. CALLS FOR INQUIRY Patrick joined other interveners at the meeting in calling for a full public inquiry into all aspects of the projects to be held by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. But, he questioned whether the department was independent of the company. Patrick said the department of fisheries “collaborated” with Alcan while the company was working on its proposal. He said, “By this very decision, the department may have created a situation in which it is no longer the master of the terms of reference for its own mandate.” When approval was given for the first Kemano project, Patrick said land was flooded and native people were relocated without consultation. He said that history doesn't make native people very confident or comfortable about the outcome of this proposal. The Nechako Neyenkut Society, a Vanderhoof-based “My people live off the land. It’s our way of life and we can not part with it.” continued from front page The ferry costs about $225,000 a year to operate and is used by about 500,000 vehicles each year, according to a brief by the Robson/Castlegar Ferry Users Ad Hoe C McTeer was ing a weekend meeting of the na- tional Conservative women's caucus with 250 delegates, from across Canada. It was the first such meeting since the women’s caucus was formed in 1981. In an interview, McTeer said right-wing members of the Conservative party are getting a lot of media atten- tion and this is furthering the perception that the party is moving further to the right at the expense of women. “Because of the type of people who supported the present leader, there is a nervousness,” she said. “There is a tendency with all the negative publicity to think the party is moving backward.” McTeef said those who are “shouting the loudest” are _ getting the most attention, but people should remember the core group of moderates is still there. The committee estimates it would cost about 50 cents per vehicle to use the ferry if the epverament diseon- tinues it. Castlegar Ald. Albert Calderbank pointed out earlier in the meeting that the city pays about 70 per cent, of the maintenance costs for the road be- tween the ferry and the BC Timber pulp and saw mills. “The road is just about disin- tegrated,” he said. Calderbank said the estimated cost to upgrade the road is $750,000. “It will be a decision of council to hand back the road immediately after the ‘closure of the ferry,” he said. “If anybody's got to pay three- quarters of a million (dollars) to up- grade the road it may make him (Fraser) think about it twiee,” Cal derbank said. Vanderpol noted .that Kelley's sug- gestion pointed to a possible alterpa- tive of keeping the ferry in Castlegar and working towards having a non- profit society operate it at cost. Names were being collected to form the society. environmental group, said Friday Alcan proposes to take 88 per cent of the Nechako River's natural flow and provide only 12 per cent to the Nechako Valley. ROBSON FERRY MEETING ~. One resident noted that if the resi- dents are going to run the ferry, they should get a rebate on their taxes. Vanderpol responded, “If we with- hold a certain amount, say 10 per cent of what it would cost to run the ferry, all the books will no longer balance and they can have a hell of a trouble that way.” _ Robson ferry committee member Darlene Shultz noted that taxes cannot be directly withheld, but property assessments can be appealed. There was some concern from mem- bers that residents should postpone forming a society until residents have had a further chance to protest. But Vanderpol said it takes time to get.a society going. “The society should be ready to take it over the moment the ferry is closed,” Vanderpol said. “We should be ready that nobody But Kelley, a an executive member of the district,"said the organization is only responsible for water. Instead the committee will investi- gate the possibility of the Robson Rec- reation Society taking the ferry over. The committee will also organize a ign to get +d down to the ferry to protest when dis- mantling begins. The possibility of setting up a single system for that through the Robson Fire Department is being investigated. In other news at the meeting, Van- derpol noted that calls were made to both CBC and BCTV television to have coverage at the meeting but both failed to appear. At the meeting, committee member Jackie White outlined the 14-page brief which was sent to Fraser along with the 3,500-name petition. The brief and the petition were sent Feb. 21 — the day before Fraser announced the decision to close the ferry was final. The brief contained an introdyction and description of the community and reports on alternate routes, pedestrian safety, vital services and police spokes- person comments, as well as outlining the facilities — educational, recrea- tional and medical services — to be found. in Castlegar. It also contained an area map show- ing the alternate routes, a letter to Fraser from the D The weekend executive meeting be gan Friday night and a half-hour visit TO BLOCK CRUISE lights were s' slow to stand up. hed on. People were Group to mount one last fight OTTAWA (CP) — Anti. cruise-missile protesters will mount one more legal effort to block the first testing, scheduled for Tuesday, of the unarmed U.S. missiles over northwestern Canada. Operation Dismantle Inc., the coalition of peace, labor and union groups that has conducted the most sustained campaign against the testing, said Friday it has instructed its lawyers to apply in Fed eral Court for “protective re: lief" to postpone any tests before its other legal chal lenges are exhausted. The Supreme Court on Feb. 14 reserved decision on Operation Dismantle’s ap- peal against a lower court ruling that says the coalition lacks authority to challenge the U.S. missile testing. The coalition had sought to stop the tests by saying such action would violate consti- tutional guarantees fo secur- ity for individuals. This time, says Operation Dismantle spokesman Jim Stark, the-group will claim a government go-ahead for the test Tuesday would make the Supreme Court's ruling on its appeal “moot and irrele- vant.” It borders on dis- respect for the court, Stark suggested. The scheduled test — re- vealed by Pentagon military officers in Washington des- pite Canadian officials’ ef- forts to keep it secret — cause anger and consterna. tion among many groups that see the testing as one more contribution toward a run. away nuclear arms buildup. ‘INCONSISTENT’ Pauline Jewett, New Dem ocrat Party defence critic, says: “We've always argued that it is pretty inconsistent for Canada to take a position as Shortage blamed on public VICTORIA (CP) — The public is to blame for a tree-planting shortfall in Briths Columbia, a manager for one of the province's largest forest products com- panies said. Ken Williams, manager of timber appraisal for MacMil- lan Bloedel Ltd., said: “We are doing the job on lands we own. You are not doing it on the land you own.” Williams, speaking on a panel on Forests in Crisis at the University of Victoria, said MacMillan Bloedel re- plants about 62 per cent of the area it harvests and natural seeding accounts for the rest. Jim Bullen, manager of planning systems for the Forests Ministry, said 65,561 hectares were logged in 1983 and 43 per cent was replant ed using 105 million seed- By 19868, the industry's target will be reseeding 50 per cent of the logged area. He blamed the media for spreading misinformation the forest industry. Bgl little bara the public an advocate for nuclear wea- pons restraint at the same time that we're participating in programs that escalate an arms race.” The NDP may seek an emergency debate on the issue when Parliament re sumes Monday after a week long holiday The cruise missile will be attached to a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber throughout the test as it flies along a 2,500- kilometre route through the Northwest Territories, northeast British Columbia and east to Cold Lake, Alta. Weather is the only variable that could affect the test, U.S. officials indicated. Jewett, in a telephone in- terview from her B.C. riding of New Westminster-Coquit lam, said the test will be “an albatross around the neck” of retiring Prime Minister Tru- deau, who has.said he will seek Opposition support for a resolution backing his per sonal peace intiative. “This (test) couldn't have come at a worse time,” she said. Canadian Tire boycott called VANCOUVER (CP) — The B.C. Federation of Labor on Friday called on its members and the public to boycott all Canadian Tire stores in Brit- ish Columbia. This action was taken after a lengthy mediation pr failed to resolve a dispute between the Prince George outlet of Canadian Tire and the employees represented by the Retail Clerks Local 1518 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. The Canadian Tire em ployees began their strike in early December because the employer refused to ree- ognize union security and se- niority in a first collective agreement. The call for a province- wide boycott of the fran- chised stores is in addition to an earlier decision taken by the federation to boycott the Prince George outlet. According to federation spokesman Gerry Scott, talks between the union and the employer are suspended and no further negotiations are scheduled. “This kind of dispute is un- necessary and unacceptable in 1984,” federation president Art Kube said in a news re- lease. “In this day and age, em ployers who want to do bus- iness in B.C. must recognize the right of employees to have a union if they so choose.” run for Liberal leadership: A LOOK AT WHO WANTS TRUDEAU'S JOB By The Canadian Presse Statements by main contenders on whether they will In Jamaica, former finance minister John Turner says there is “a lot of talking to do to a lot of people before I decide whether to run for the leadership . . . It is not an easy decision to make.” — In Ottawa, Energy Minister Jean Chretien says he will spend the weekend talking to advisers and friends because you must “assess if you're a serious candidate and it’s by talking to people who'll be there (at the convention) that you conclude if you are or not.” — Liberal party president lona Campagnole reit- erates she is not interested in running but confuses the matter by first telling a radio interviewer she rules it out “entirely” and then, only hours later, declines to give “a categorical no or a categorical yes.” ~ Health Minister Monique Begin says she will announce her plans March 17. “I haven't ruled it out.” — Toronto, former finance minister Macdonald says it “is not my intention to be a candidate I will not participate in partisan activities of any kind.” — In Halifax, Employment Minister Jehn Roberts says Liberals must redefine their policies to make them relevant to the 21st centruy. “What I will be looking at . . is whether I should make a contribution to that process as a candidate or whether there is some alternative that I should try to support.” — Economic Development Minister Den Johnston says he has not ruled out running, adding: “I would ob- viously have to make a decision, Iwould say, in the next several days.” — Justice Minister Mark MacGuigan tells Dalhousie University law students he hasn't made a decision. “The week still belongs to Mr. Trudeau.” — In Montreal, businessman Paul Martin says he is thinking of following in the footsteps of his father, Paul, who lost the leadership to Pierre Trudeau in 1968 and Lester Pearson in 1957. “I was born into the world... but I'm not ready to make a decision.” — In Vancouver, Stam Roberts, former head@"of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, indicates he will Association, miscellaneous photo- graphs, ard ferry usage statistics. fail Nc boanerecd shout the ecits in the forest industry today.” before March 15 that he will run as a Western Canada candidate.