WEDNESDAY = September 4, 4994 4, 1994 if Re i uF mle Vie Le ; fw : a Pe) A si ae cose seen yaaa ae : : Léereuagt LIBRARY eo N PARL TAME! VICTORIA B iis Tarrya Fire Dept i. recelos grant to buy NT BUILDINGS SUNNY Weather 3A - Vor 2-No. 36. seeding the Bey in st porting Toca business’ 75 Cents + G.S.T. CUPW back at work for time being Saeet =a ne the sorting station. “I don’t think it was.a major : It was back to work for mem- bers of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) at.5 p.m., Sat. , Aug.-31 after several days on the picket line as part of the nation-wide strikes, : President of Castlegar local 716 of the CUPW, Bill Enstedt, 1 ion,” said Enstedt,. who wasn't at the site. “From what T've heard, two of our members were picketing the site and apparently some pushing : started between them and six security people. I was told the security workers were carrying one of our large, A by 4° metal ‘mono-cage’ into the building and not sure how dong ib back, , “We haven't had any indica- tion of when we'll be called out bgain,” said Enstedt. “The deci- sion will be made in Ottawa. I understand talks have broken off in Ottawa and the union is decid- ing what will be.the best step to take in putting pressure on the corporation to get back to bar- .” . Locally however, postal ser- vices were completely back to normal, except for one incident still under investigation. According to Corp. Hudema of the Castlegar detachment of the RCMP, it is not yet known Whether charges will be laid in relation to.an altercation which occurred: between CUPW-mem- ~ bers and employees of Spartan Security of Trail, ‘at a mail sort- ing station in Thrums. The incident occurred on the morning of Aug. 29 during an attempt by employees of Spartan Security to move some mail into pinned one of our members According to Enstedt; Nelson member of the cUPW was then driving ‘by, got involved to try and stop it and allegedly assaulted someone from the secu- Tity firm.” Spartan Security officials declined the opportunity to com- ment. According to Canada Post communications officer Colleen Frick, “We have had no report of the incident filed to our main control centre in Vancouver. We have no record of anything. hap- pening there.” Enstedt added, “The RCMP officer who visited Spartan: Secu- “fity told-me that he-wasn't-very:~ ‘impressed by the age of many of their employees, their general attitude and the amount of train- ing they had received, if any. “Canada post has said that Slow down! Constable Sangster of the Castlegar detachment of the RCMP will be one of many officers out keeping tabs on motorists now that school has started again. The speed limit in all school zones is 30 km/h and remember not to pass school buses when their lights are flashing. ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper Police target school zone speeders Remember to Meee ' your speed in all school zones JiM ZEEBEN Sun staff It's back-to- school time for ds of C: and slow-it-down time for See CUPW 2A Class officially started yester- Blueberry Creek School re-opens were, recently increased government funding and Sun staff The Blueberry ment and funding. Creek School re-opened Tuesday six years after it was closed due to a lack of enroll- - According to School District #9 Superintendent ‘Teny Wayling, the deciding factors in re-opening sion.” q Fairview. H disappointment in the community when it was closed.” de] ond one part-time, one part-time records and all the materials that By support the new primary school A be assigning - grades,” M result of the Sulli orks at some ofthe read- he the need for additional space. “Kinnaird Et is so we're sending Blueberry Creek students to their own school,” he said. “We are also anticipating an increase in enrollment due to the pulp mill expan- The school will be serving mainly Blueberry .ers*, which’ became ‘the: blucprint too area students in grades kinder- garten to primary grade three as well as some students from Primary grade three is the it to 2 “This school was a very integral part of this community,” said Blueberry Creek Blementary School vice principal Trudy Andrews. “There was some real ‘There are two teachers, one full librarian and a receptionist work- ing at the Blueberry school. New paint, new carpets, office furniture, a data processing pro- gram: for. processing student system make this small school a shining example of the future of education. ; “We're no longer supposed to . day-and. that means the retum. of |: oF "30 km/h speed zones in and around all schools. And it's the beginning of each year that the superintendent of schoo! district #9 says is the most critical time for potential acci- dents. “The first few days are partic- ularly sensitive,” says Terry Wayling. “Especially for the little youngsters. The five- and six- year-olds can get really excited while waiting for the school bus.” Wayling says the district has 1,000. kids who ride.school buses... and it’s the pick-up areas that local drivers need to show more caution at. “One concer we have had is motorists who pass buses while they're boarding,” says Wayling. “The school board is very con- cemed about this problem and onthe priority... “Naturally, when it’s back to the school year the focus is on maintaining the speed zone,” says Constable Sangster of the local RCMP. “Motorists are advised to obey the speeds that are posted and be aware of school zones.” ing to Section we've expressed our concem to the RCMP.” The retum to school comes on the heels of a province-wide anti- speeding campaign and local RCMP say school zones are high 152 of the Motor Vehicle Act, says speeding in a school zone, Playground, or failing to stop for a school bus, carries a $75 fine as See ZONES 2A Selkirk kicks off its 25th year Seer staff. ‘The sun was out as it always is on the first day of college at Castlegar’s Selkirk campus. In and around the school, students down despite the loss of several Programs which came under the axe of this year’s budget. Gone are three classes from in several other areas. “We're experiencing full technical the Grap ion Seems weal as first~ t-year stu- dents in the Ek filled the grassy Ly and windowed hallways searching for familiar faces or meeting new + friends. In the energetic climate, it’s easy to miss a few signs belying some of the problems the new school year has already encoun- tered. More than 925 full-time stu- dents are registered to attend classes at the Castlegar campus Starting this September. An addi- tional 160 part-time students will also be there. : “It’s a little too early to tell,” says Selkirk's Information Offi- cer, Joe Lintz. “But we're run- ning very close to > par with where we were last Attendance is only slightly said Andrews. ‘ “students will be grouped mainly by a “The school board is really committed to setting this school” up as'a model of the new Year 2000 Program.” The Year'2000 Program is the Royal Com- mission on Education. The result of the commission. was a docu- f ment called, ‘A Legacy For Leam- plan of the fear 2000, “This fst, compulsory ing “The over-size classrooms in which can now take up to five years of schooling at and receive a bachelors degree in formerly housed students and equipment for the Graphic Com- munications department, have ‘been converted into lecture halls. Making up for the lost enroll- ment was an increase of students Another relatively new offer- ing at Selkirk is also doing well. “There's been very strong enrollment in our teacher educa- See SELKIRK 2A RUBES By Leigh Rubi a Sean eel Si irusty nt i tN in divad J utransa easey tind ny 1