November 22, 1989 a2 Cast légar News Teacher barred from classroom KELOWNA (CP) Teacher Gordon Ledinsk had been barred from the classroom. elementary school were told Ledinski was to be given a classroom, the school, until we can resolve something on this.We feel a convicted sex offender should not be in the November 22, 1969 convicted sex offender, was ordered (0 leave an elementary school today after the school board barred him from teaching Ledinski was met at Glenrosa elementary school at 6:30 a.m. PST by school district officials and the school principal. He was reportedly given a letter explaining the board's position. Ledinski then handed over his assignments and day plans for students and the school called in a substitute. Ledinski began teaching a Grade 5-6 class last week af ter completing a 23-month suspension imposed by the Kelowna school board. But parents’ protests, including a one-day school boycott, forced the board to reconsider and now it plans to go to court to keep him from the classroom permanently Ledinski’s lawyer Ken Conner said Tuesday his client Ledinski Was convicted of gross indecency with a 15 year-old boy in March-1988 and the Kelowna school board fired him, The boy told Ledinski he was 16 and had prior homosexual experiences Ledinski’s dismissal was overturned by an Education Ministry appeal board, whicl instead imposed a 23-month suspension retroactive to the date Ledinski was charged The B.C. College of Teachers found him guilty of conduct unbecoming a teacher and imposed a nine-month suspension of his teaching certificate retroactive to February.| That ended in October Conner said he was stunned by the decision to suspend Ledinski again, stnce he believed that parents and the school board were calming down and were willing to accept suspension his client asa teacher Last. Thursday, parents of children in Glenrosa teaching position there. SETTLING DOWN About one-third of the parents pulled their children out of school Monday, but. Conner said Tuesday ‘it Seemed like everything was settling down."’ He said he was called at 10 p.m. Tuesday by board lawyer Bob Groves and told the principal would ask Ledin- ski to leave the school if he came to work today. Tony Pattison, president of the school’s parent auxiliary, said Tuesday night after a meeting of the group that parents will pack the Kelowna school board meeting tonight to demand Ledinski be removed from teaching. “*We'll be asking them some questions,”” he said — in- cluding questions about who voted to reinstate Ledinski during a closed school board meeting. “We have been asking for him to be removed from the could have given him a classroom teaching children. They job teaching adults, or in an office But Doug Findlater, who has a child in another Grade 5 class at {fR€ school, said some parents are overreacting, “Pm not happy to see the teacher there — I don't think he is a great role model," he said. “But from what | can see, the rabid fervor is more destructive.’ Education Minister Tony Brummet said Tuesday the provincial government can't prevent Ledinski from teaching. Brummet said while he doesn’t think sex offenders should be teaching in B.C. schools he can’t override court decisions So far their public opinion or objection to that might solve the problem." School briefs Abuse program funds approved By CasNews Staff The Castlegar school board Monday approved the extra funding fieeded to put the Talking Abour Touching sexual abuse-awareness Program into all Grade 4 and 5 district The board's approval of the program, which was run as a pilot in Kinnaird elementary school last year, will add $1,500 to the $2,000 budget classes in the previously allocated to programs on personal safety. such as the Care program for primary students, trustees said Terry Rogers, district principal of special services, is currently setting up training for the classroom teachers who will deliver the program and said teaching of the program will begin this spring SHSS team hoping to travel Stanley Humphries secondary school principal Jack Closkey says he hopes to be taking his girls basketball team to Nova Scotia for 10 days next Christmas following the school board's approval in principle of the high school’s application to participate in a federally funded exchange program Open House Canada will pay, for the team’s travel costs if the school’s application is accepted, Closkey said Tuesday The team members will be paired and billeted with Nova Scotian counterparts while in the Maritimes and then play hosts for 10 days in Castlegar, he said Closkey said he hopes a successful first exchange for the school will lead other groups at SHSS to consider participating in the program Ads to inform home schoolers STEELWORKERS VOTE . United S: new directors and officers. - Patti Rogers places her ballot in the box outside Kootenay Savings Credit Union in Trail Tu teelworkers of America members went to the polls to elect ‘osNews photo by Patrick Fowler ning homeschooling, the board has decided Advertisements will be placed in local media to inform parents teaching their children at home of the new School Act regulations concer Harcourt wants apology from Johnston VANCOUVER (CP) — Provincial NDP leader Mike Harcourt has demanded an apology from Highways Minister Rita Johnston after she com pared New Democrats in British Columbia with the tottering com- munist regimes of Eastern Europe. “Shame on you, Rita, shame on you,”’ shouted the usually restrained Harcourt, seething with anger, during an address to 930 delegates at the B.C Federation of Labor annual conven tion. “It was the Stalinists in those countries who first took over and then killed thousands of Social Democrats, the same people that could have given them a mixed economy and a democratic way of life,”” hesaid Johnston told 200 people attending a Social Credit nominating meeting in Oak Bay-Gordon Head on Monday night that socialism had failed despite 70 years of trying with the full power of a dictatorial state communists, the said. ‘*The dark night of socialism, dictatorship and despair, are retreating around the world.”” But British Columbia is in danger of bucking the world-wide trend, she said. Harcourt said the people of Eastern Europe have been fighting to get rid of dictators the same way British Colum bians how are fighting to get rid of one, implying Premier Bill Vander Zalm. HAUNTJOHNSTON Afterwards, a still angry Harcourt told reporters Johnston’s comments would come back to haunt her someday “I find it offensive and disgraceful. She owes an apology to Social Democrats; she owes an apology to the people of Oak Bay-Gordon Head and toall British Columbians. “By engaging in that kind of reckless, extremist language she’s tur- ned off British Columbians because they are tired of hearing that kind of Castlegar News TREET TALK IVAN DECHKOFF, manager of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch at the Castleaird Plaza, will be leaving Castlegar with his family. atthe end of December Dechkoff, who has managed the branch here since October 1985, will take up the same responsibility with the bank at Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory Dechkoff, wife Tennette and children Jodi, 14, and Christopher, 1T7 Came here from Chilliwack where Dechkoff managed the CIBC there. While here, his ac tivities have included the Castlegar United Way, Castlegar Chamber of Commerce skiing nd cross-country The South Castlegar resident says he is ‘looking forward”to the challenge of a new commiinity and a much larger branch,’” but says it will be hard to leave “the best branch staff in all of B.C He said his main regret in leaving Castlegar is innot being here to build and open the new Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch slated for the former Texaco service station site KEN FERCH, the new manager of Vogue Studios in downtown Casit is now well settled in to his new position and he describes himself as ‘*pleased™’ with both the business and the community Ferch took over as manager from Michael Mayrhofer who moved to Victoria to set up his own studio there. Vogue Studios is an affiliate of the Nelson store of the sa owned by Helmuth Mayrhofer Fereh is currently commuting to Castlegar and his wife, Terri, havea month-old son, Adam Fereh has been invelved in photography for 12 Years and has been involved in the sales side of the business as a hobby for the past 3% yea He said he worked with Helmuth Mayrhofer during the B.C, Winter Games in Nelson and was im pressed by his standards. He said he intends to maintain the same high standards in the Castlegar store. THRUMS RESIDENTS won't have far to walk for groceries and snacks now that Willis Mitchell has opened a mini-mart on Highway 3A. The store will open from 7 a.m, to 10 p.m. and will stock groceries, confec tions, dairy products, bread, pastries and crafts FRITZ POPP, owner of Northwest Homes in Castlegar, has been awarded a U-Haul dealership and will offer rental equipment for those who prefer to pack itand haul it themselves The U-Haul rental system that Popp joins provides one-way moving service to nearly 10,000 locations in Canada and the United States, U-Haul is the largest do it-yourself truck-and. trailer rental operation with of 66,000 rental trucks and\90,000 rental trailers. ONE WASN'T ENOUGH so Teo Nicholas has open Street Clothes Too on Baker Street in Nelson Nichol the Nelson Trading Co., will sell the latest fashions in . Who also owns Streetclothes Named Desire in sizes 14 and up. Christmas WIN AN 11-15 LB. TURKEY GRADE ‘A’ EAC Food Store H WEEK TILL XMAS. ARO OF BEEF BONELESS. CANADA GRADE A Pd | bad $998 GROUND BEEF .,,, CENTER CUT $1 98/BEEF SHANKS rod | 79 HAMS si! PORTION READY TOEAT. LE READY TO EAT . aa 20, 98 % kg. $254). $1 29 RAD HAMS ig 2 Sel, $19 PORK BONELESS $ BuTT......ke 9D lib, CHOPS | TENDERLOIN BONELESS . kg. $878/1,. $399 Pome kp. $127*/in. $588 COD FILLETS 550949 isn CARES with” = $939 SLICED. SHOPEASY BULK WIENERS,.... QQ° Alberta Principal” Group _ investors could receive sation cheques within three or four investors said investors by Christmas, Canada lost $457 Payments could come soon, VANCOUVER (CP) B.C. and bring investors government compen: dollar months if they accept offers from the two provinces, a spokesman for B.C The final offers should be mailed to said Art Char bonneau, president of the Principal Baker, characters of Investors Protection Association knoxn More than 67,000 people across million when two Principal Investment total return in cluding their share of the companies’ assets to about as one of the great Vancouver, died in hospital Tuesday of cancer. He was 67 companies The flamboyant, collapsed on June 30, 1987. The Alber ta-based Principal empire declared in 1922 restaurateur was born in Vancouver served in the army in the investors told He said that if investors want to sue, they must reject both government of 75 cents on the might end up losing Restauranteur dies VANCOUVER drop of ahat Perhaps Baker's (CP) Krank trumpet-playing driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger Baker bought the cz fers and risk a court battle which they greatest publicity coupe came when he obtained an Ashton Martin DBS car which he claimed was the James Bondmobile for $35,000 Second World War and then went into Neumann “Even tanks and machine guns extremism. They don’t buy: it couldn’t make socialism work,” she anymore.” bankruptcy six weeks later About 18,000 B.C $180 million invested in the-Principal investors had the catering business He was elected fOTHTY COUNCITIT1956 and displayed it at his West Vancouver restaurant, The Attic, until 1981 when he sold the car. Baker at one time The ads will remind parents that children being taught at home must be registered as of Sept. 30 with a school in the district, a regional correspondence school or the Ministry of Education Homeschool children also have a right to be evaluated by the school d with and are permitted access to certain resource materials and to attend educational programs offered in the district wit the board’s approval Board will write letter on GsT” The board will write a letter expressing its concerns about the ad ministration of the proposed federal goods and services tax and its effect oneducation The letter, which will outline the board’s concerns over how such operations as purchasing school materials and supplies will be affected undg Tax, will be sent to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Kootenay West-Révelstoke MP Lyle Kristiansen and the president of the B.C School Trustees Association, trustees decided. Recycling program considered Superintendent of schools Terry Wayling has been asked by the boatd to look into the possibility of developing or adapting a teaching program on recycling in the district Trustee Mickey Kinakin, who sits on the newly 4 by city council, brought the committ formed district recycling committee establi recommendation for such a program tothe board Wayling said it will take time to gather materials on the subject and ams that could be a consider existing prog dapted. Currently, the district's F a program, he added curriculum is full and there is no money in the budget for developing such continued from front page geographical area in the international union Neumann easily outpolled Stevens in all the West Kootenay locals. The following are the unofficial results as of this morning Local 480 (Cominco’s production and maintenance | workers) — Neumann, 972, Stevens, 86; Local 9705 (Cominco’s office and technical workers) — Neumann, 222, Stevens. 4; Local 9174 (Red Mountain workers) Neumann, 19, Stevens, 0; and Local 9090 (representing workers at various credit Trail Regional Hospital’s maintenance engineers and workers at the Beaver Falls Machine Shop) — Neumann, 69, Stevens, 2 In his campaign literature, Neumann cited a number of goals he will pursue including campaigning for indexed pensions, developing common unions, bargaining strategies, fighting contrac ting out to prevent the loss of union jobs, lobbying for Workers’ Compen sation reform, improving health and safety training and fighting for better safety laws, and developing systematic approach to union o1 Neumann nizing s work history includes KEN NEUMANN .. new director stints as a steelmaker and-a miner: He was appointed to the United Steelworkers staff in 1977 and tran sferred to Kimberley from Saskat- chewan in 1983. He is currently chair man of the Cominco Bargaining Council Union eyes social issues VANCOUVER (CP) unionists are lobbying beyor e 34th bargaing table to issues that affect society and the environment, the British Columt Federation of Labor said gove President of the ments with no interest people’s welfare, he said 2 “There are those who couldn't care less about us, about our families about Lottery numbers _'':,:rennc' our fares said. ‘‘All these people care about it sprofit and greed The winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Lotto 6/49 were: 17, 20, 34 39, 41 and 49. The bonus number was 24. The four Extra winning number were 20, 22, 49 and 52 winner of the $2,620,429.20. The winning numbers drawn in Lot to BC: 5, 8, 24; 25, 32and 35 The winning numbers in Pacific Ex with attacks on big business two senior levels of There was no jackpot of Ken Georgetti told the federation’s annual convention that labor should form alliances with other holding similar views. Together they'll face money-oriented corporations and in he In a tough-sounding speech laced and the government Selkirk to conduct survey to assess needs pres 636190. 5 unofficial The winning numb These numbers, Canadian Press, must be considered 442508, 380828, 234466 and VICTORIA ‘onduct a surve Selkirk College will in B.C. Keno 'y to assess the needs for 28, 35,39, 45 and 49. post provided by The secondary education and training on behalf of the Kootenay Develop: ment Region, Minister of Regional and onomic Development Stan Hagen said The survey, focusing on the western Portion of the plement the Kootenay Community College survey, region, will com recently completed East *® Woolco @ government news release said. The results of the two surveys will be incor Not all flyers receive full distribution. if you di flyers and would like to do so. please phone our Circulation Department ot 365-7266 through the occupational and porated with the information obtained skill requirements study completed in Sep: Georgetti said the federation should mobilize its 275,000 members to push for what he described as a ‘people first society People who once thought of them selves as middle class are slipping into the ranks of the working poor, he said Low-paying service-sector jobs are replacing resulting in two-income struggling to make ends meet, he said An average young B.C nionized industry jobs, families couple today earns 14 per cent less than their parents did 10 years ago in real dollars, not ‘*B.S. dollars, not economists’s tember at the request of the Kootenay Region's Education/Work force Task Force This survey will complete our ef forts to obtain a clear picture both in terms of post-secondary education and Development training needs and the occupational skill needs in the private sector,’ Hagen said in the news release The survey, to be completed by February 1990, will examine the plans and aspirations of senior-secondary and college students, and other users training and The survey of post-secondary education in the region dollars, but real dollars, the stuff you put in your pocket “The economy hourglass and we're slowly trickling down tothe bottom.”’ More than 900 delegates sat quietly for most of Georgetti’s speech while he lashed the Canada-U.S. free trade deal, B.C.’s labor laws, the proposed tightening of unemployment insurance Tules and the environmental record of looks like an big companies. “We're gaing to stop that GST (tax) and it it takes‘a tax revolt to do it, lets get out and doit.”” will focus on students, on individuals who have withdrawn from college without completing their training and on working professionals who have ‘on-going training and educational needs, “It has been some time since we have had such a thorough assessment of the educational and training needs of the region, “This initiative will be of tremendous benefit to those involved in planning, at all levels of education, and will help to ensure that we have skilled resources to meet the present and future needs of expanding business and industry.” * said Hagen Program gets more timber By CasNews Staff An_ extra 23,000 cubic metres of Wester Timber’s Tree Farm Licence No. 23 has been allocated to the Arrow forest district under a Ministry of Forests program that helps small in. dependent logging companies in B.C a ministry release says. An additional 20,000 cubic metres has been provided to the Revelstoke district under the same program, the release says The increase in timber reserved for contractors under the Small Business Forest Enterprise Program, which now controls 160,000 cubic metres of tim ber, up from about 60,000 cubic metres two years ago, doesn’t increase the total number of trees being cut, says Arrow forest district manager Ken Arnett. Instead, Westar’s allowable annual cut is reduced, Arnett says, amove that “creates a certain amount of hesitation on their part.’” However, the timber is not usually taken from the TFL licence, he said, since the small logging companies usually sell the cut timber to the licen- cee who can then sell the logs it A portion of the logged timber also Boes to small mill owners, he added. The program, which Arnett says has been in place since the early 1980s, is Provided for under 1988 amendments to the Forest Act Under the amendments, five per cent of theallowable annual cut from a tree farm licence is now available for sale through the enterprise program, the ministry says. as it sees The program is self-funding, Arnett says, with revenues such as stumpage fees going back into the program's ac count to pay for reforestation in the harvested areas and payments to con tractors to build logging roads. Any profits above the cost of the program go into the provincial government's general revenue fund, he added In other developments, Forests Minister Claude Richmond has an: nounced the Forest Service has reduced the amount businesses in the enterprise. program must pay in security deposits Under the new rules, companies bidding on the timber administered by the program must make a deposit of 10 per cent of the first $100,000 in stum page value plus five per cent of the next $400,000 and two per cent of the rest, the ministry says, compared to a flat 10 per cent of the total stumpage value under the old rules. That means under the new rules, a timber sale with a value of $750,000 requires a deposit of $35,000 com pared to $75,000 under the old rules. However, while deposits have drop: Ped, the Forest Service has also in troduced penalties for those who don't play by the ministry says. program's rules, the Successful applicants who don’t sign, timber-sale licences or tiber-sale holders who fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the licence will lose their deposits and be disqualified from the program for one year, the ministry says. companies. fering to compensate investors for their losses. Alberta has offered about In memory Helena Barbosa Helena Barbosa of Castlegar passed away Monday, Nov. 20, 1989 at age81 Mrs. Barbosa was born June 11, 1908, in Portugal. She grew up in Portugal and married Antonio Barbosa there. She worked in Portugal for most of her life before she and her husband came to Castlegar to be with their daughter in 1974. She enjoyed sewing She is survived by her husband Antonio of Castlegar; one daughter, Maria Raposo of grandchildren; one great granddaughter; one brother, Manual Olivera of Montreal; and one sister, Emelia Olivera of Portugal Castlegar; three Funeral service was held today at 11 a.m. at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel with Rev. Ted Bristow Memorial Cemetery Funeral Chapel officiating Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Interment was at Park and was The B.C. and Alberta governments — failed in another have accepted some of the respon 1986 sibility for the Principal collapse by of 17 cents on the dollar, which would The Caring, Considerate Folks at Carl's . . . always ready to give ‘‘Service with a Smile IRENE — Will attend to your “Doll” too, with a beautiful array of Christmas wrapped fragrances and jewellery ELSIE — Is happy to display our great selec tion of fine china, crystal and tableware tor entertaining or gifts HELEN — Has Hallmark and Unicet cards for when you care enough to send the very best! MARILYN — Says “celebrate the 90's with a celebration lottery ticket a great stocking stutter CHERYL — Says “enjoy an evening doinggn puzzle or playing a game on those cold snowy winter nights or cuddle up to a plush reindeer! n alderman until 1962. He try for council in Baker was always one of the city’s always wore a sparkling, white suit and carried the trumpet he'd play at the most visible personalities as he almost 1983 Baker is survived by his wife and two daughters Wy oe ; ZW, ve GERMAINE —-Will cheerfully look after all your Christmas mailing and suggests you greet more” with the 33¢ stamp LIZA — Will gladly help you select a box of fine chocolates for that special someone at Christmas and she also has candy canes and chocolate treats for the tree or stocking KAY — Suggests some practical goodies massagers, heating pads, cuddle up throws tea or coffee makers for two LISA — Has all the bows, wrap and ribbon you need for your gifts and all the decorations to brighten the season CARL, BARB AND DOREEN — Wish you all the gift of good health at Christmas! A LITTLE REMINDER: OUR RETAIL POSTAL OUTLET IS OPEN SATURDAYS! 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