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thought.
The college’ 's Graphic Communi-

dispute,” said Ianthe Warner Presi-
dent of the Selkirk College Faculty

The Provincial budget’ appears
to have come down harder on
Selkirk College than previously

of three

. different programs may not be back at
the Castlegar Campus this fall.

“The whole situation is under

“The college has made
us a proposal but the bigger prob-
lem seems to be a chaos regarding
decision making.”

Dual entry removal receives mixed emotions

SHARLENE IMHOFF
Sun Editor

Apr. 31, 1991 will be eligible to
continue the half-day program in

‘Dual entry into kindergarten is to
be abolished, and Castlegar School
Te

“It was causing some difficulties
in classroom organizing, but I have
some misgivings about its demise.”

Whaling says he views the deci-
sion to eliminate dual entry as a lack
of continuing support by the gov-
emment for the Year 2000 Pro;

After mecting for most of Mon-
day with local principals and other
school officials, the Castlegar
School Division has now estab-
lished ae ie Eroand rules for the

‘Accondiy ‘to local decisions,
children who tumed five between
Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, 1990 will be
eligible to attend grade one, Those
who tumed five between Jan.1 and

Ki from Sept. 1, 1991 to
June 1992,

In effect, these children will be
attending kindergarten for 16
months,

“These are decisions that will
have to be made by parents and
teachers. They will take in account
the social, niticcal, physical and
academic readiness of their child,”
continued Whaling.

B.C. Education Minister Stan
Hagen ended the controversial dual-
ony program for kindergarten chil-

and said that an amendment to
ot School Act will soon be intro-
duced, :

Dual entry allowed children who
turned five between Nov. 1 and
April 30 to enter ki on

could

The department’s instructors
claim they have been given a ver-
bal notice that their p

Local contractor
still fighting for
the ‘missing link’

ber, the need for.a completed

attempting to renew interest in the
‘missing link’, the 10.5 km stretch
of road which would complete a
north-south pin colenay- Okanagan;
highway link.

George Evins, who has been

gar.

Evin's cause has been backed

up over the years by letters from
MLAs,

local and p
politicians since 1953, feels that
there is enough immediate local
support to complete the route.

“By completing this highway,
Castlegar will benefit in more
ways than anyone could possibly
imagine,” he said. “We urge all
loca, people to give us full sup-

Since 1971, the north-south
highway route along the east shore
of the Arrow Lakes, linking
Fauquier and Syringa Park has
been of prime importance to this
local resident.

Evins says he has always been a
strong promoter of Castlegar, the
town where he was born and
raised. He stated that because of
the five-dam hydro project, the
Celgar expansion and Westar Tim-

seek help

department head of Graphic Com-
munications, said that college Vice-
inci Stelck inf him

Electronic Publishing, Graphic
Design and Photography—may not
exist in September.

“IT understand from what I’ve
been told, and there’s been nothing
in writing, the program has been
with an option of resur-

delay their een ’s entries for two
entry dates,

This resulted in the B.C public
system becoming flooded with ©
14,000 new students last January, as
most parents of five-year-olds took
the first

In: Castlegar, 49 students joined
their peers in the classroom in Jan-
wary.

Provincially, many kindergarten
teachers had complained about the
difficulty of integrating the January
influx of new students with those
who had been attending since the
previous September.

Though initial opinion surveys
indicated 90 per cent support for for
dual entry, one official told SNS
that inf I ministry surveys

Jan. 1, which falls between. Those
who tumed five between May 1 and
Oct. 31 could enter no sooner than

f wand it ist my “firm bellef that
Liner peace comes only when we

By Leigh Rubin
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scan fully learn to trust one another.”’

showed the opinion split 50-50.

Kaslo RCMP

Two Kaslo men are dead and

covered a capsized aluminum boat
in: the middle of Kootenay lake,

Corporal. McCowan of the
Kaslo RCMP said the bodies of
Owen Arthur Anderson, 26, and
Timothy John 21, were

recting it next year,” said Calvin
Wharton who taught writing and
editing the last two years.

” The cancellation of the entire pro-
gram comes on the heels of a year-
Jong effort by faculty to expand from
the three one-year programs to a
two-year diploma program.

Selkirk College’s President Leo
Perra refused to on the

on Monday that the department’s
faculty would be receiving their
written notice.

“Exactly why they made that
decision I’m not clear,” said Wood-

link’ and upgrading to the 30 km:
stretch would allow access to Rev-°
elstoke while increasing visitor.
pore travelling south into the:

total Kootenay region from High-'
way 1. As well, visitors, residents

“It would bring a lot of extra:
tourism to this area, giving us an
economic shot in the arm,” contin.
ued Evins.

Transportation of logs and
wood chips to Westar and Celgar
would increase economic activity.
in the area. The Vanguard Group;
for instance, would now have anv
economically feasible outlet for:
wood chips. 3
Rossland-Trail MLA Chris’

“completion of the’

would be a boost to Castlegar and
ding areas, it

has been given a low priority by

government. :

“I'd very much like to see the
direct link completed, but it’s not a
Priority with the minister of high-
ways at this time,” said D’Arcy.

A ingly, the d-Trail

ward, “But what me
most is that they would wait until
June to do it. They’ve had the pro-
posal since February.”

He said that the expansion of the
program didn't receive the Ministry
of Education’ 's educational
approval"—a Process whit ich judges
the educational merit of the Program.

area has just been granted $3 mil-
lion in capital funding for high-
ways, which, said the MLA, is
more than most have received.
“As far as planning in the
Castlegar area, priority has been
given to the Castlegar-Robson
bridge and the Brilliant and Kin-
ird i * he conti

However, Wamer is
about the legitimacy of the cancel-

lation

latest cut only saying that the prob-
lem stems from a lack of capital.
“We have to determine the impli-
cations from a financial point of
view. There are some major hurdles
to cross in keeping this program.”
Perra did state however, that dis-
cussions have been ongoing regard-
ing the cuts, though no announce-
ment will be made until next Tues-

day.
Ron Woodward, who was the

Other programs which were slat-
ed for similar ends continue to have
their fates changed on an ongoing
basis.

“I don’t want to start putting out
information that will change day to
day,” she said. “Decisions seem to
be unrelated to the whole picture.”

The Graphics Communications
program is the only one of it's kind
in the region.

oe

search for missing body

respectively. Although an orga-
nized vearch has not been conduct-
ed, Keslo RCMP and local resi-
dents have been actively searching
for the body of 17-year-old
Thomas O'Shea.

‘While the bodies of the t two men

Witnesses say the 12-foot alu-
minum boat was last seen travel-
ling south from Woodbury resort
around 6 p.m., Thursday.

Police are speculating that
rough waters may have been fac-
tor, but until solid evidence can be

were found
devices, an aerial search by the

located Saturday and Sunday

Program for
the youth uncovered nothing.

found, the i

Nelson coroner, Jim Vincent, is
handling the coronary investiga-
tion.

Three detachments involved
in in Castlegar drug arrests

Sars eee

RCMP ‘subdivisions from
Trail, Castlegar and Nelson joincd
forces to arrest'and charge four
people with rug related charges,
Monday evening in Castlegar.

In a written press release, Nel-
son ROME. Staff. Sergeant Al
Prite si the Fesidence locat-

ed at 3014-5 Ave. was scarched by
members from all three detach-
ments.

As a result, police discovered 12
caps of Heroine and 1 kg of Mari-
juana.

i Facing charges are Robert Glen
Cebuliak, 55, of Surrey, Gary
Patrick Darch, 46, of Coquitlam,

Debra ‘Anne Jollimore, 31 and San-

jane Montgomery, 37.

Both were charged with posses-
sion of a narcotic for the purpose
of trafficking.

Starch, Montgomery and Jol-
limore are also faced with charges
of possession of marijuana for the
purpose of trafficking.

The four appeared in court Mon-
day, and were released to answer to
the charges at a later date.

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Still, Evins believes that now is
the time to increase the growing
number of supporters who want

the route completed.

“People asking me if and
when construction will begin to
complete the project,” said Evins.

Castlegar Mayor Audrey
Moore, says the city has always
been in favor of a north-south con-
nector.

“The road has been talked about
for some time, and Mr. Evins has
always been a strong supporter of
the route,” she said, :

Evins, who bas currently left for
the coast, will be returning to
Castlegar as soon as Boseibic to to
continne ‘gathering support for the
construction.

“Castlegar has so much going
for it right now with the five dams,
Celgar, and Westar. What are we
waiting for? Let's build it,” he fin-
ished.