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“3 Sections (A,B &C)

_&. Mionborty. Groox fatal Wks late Homeless today
in an‘ early} ig fire.

‘Miraculo
four” Greta escaped, from: the paring home without

rs We" grabbed: everybody. and: ran out: the door,”
explained Peter Rowsell in an interview after the fire.
“The blaze broke out shortly before 2:80 a.m. and took
just an hour to level the $65,000 home. The Rowsell's van
‘was also gutted; though'no value was'placed on that or
the contents: Tost. fn the: fire, The house’and the contents
were; insured: *
‘Neighbor Gaye. Gorrell ‘whose home: also very
nearly - ‘went up'in smoke —‘said' her daughter first
the fire, in’ one corner ‘of {the Rowsell's garage.
i“My daughter woke up ‘and hollered, “The neighbor’s
van is\on-fire.':”
‘The fire quickly spread teen the ‘van ‘and corner ‘of
“the garage to the rest of the house:
i Peter: Rowsell said his family was asleep at the time,

ee «We were al slo 1d the wile woke and sald
alter thelr hotise and all its contents buried to the ground F Pesce garl 5

jously, Pater and ‘Wendy Rowsell and their

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smoke. About the same time thelr four: ‘children woke up.

‘“The kids: woke up and’ ‘they were “screaming,”
Wendy ‘said; Eleven-year-old son Jamie was: Fares S
his room’ where flames weré coming’ through’ the
door. ~

He was too afraid to move,” said Peter “rhe closet
* door ‘was on fire."’

That was whetfthe two parents grabbed the children:
~ and ran for the door. They ended up on their lawn outside .
the home in nothitg but their underwear and were unable
\to’return' to the home to salvage any possessions.

“I've: never ‘been’ down to mero” ‘said Peter. “But
we've got’ the family.”

Nelghbors ‘were quick to respond to’the blaze, but

“ coulds’t stop the fire with their ee hoses. Blueberry

VERIGIN, SOROKIN .

Rival Doukhobor
an square off

kin was scheduled to speak to.
the meeting again today.
Asked. if the sessions are

4 said Tuesday’s meeting went proving to be a success, Cran

‘On one side was John Ver-

Stal Daeg seo
the ‘Orthodox

Doukhobors,
by far the largest group in

JOHN J. VERIGIN -
..» hereditary leader

Later, vortceastatives ‘ ic

from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and replied: “It’s hard to measure
another day of talks was be

: scheduled

Cran added’ that another. i
“important is that we are still
-meeting.”
He added that meetings
will continue until everyone

“We don't want to:come to

understand why the’ fires
have continued for as\ many
.years as they have.” ~

to stop‘assaults on the Free-
domites ‘by members of the

Se News picks.

_up five awards

: Castlegar News was in the winner's circle at the annual
award: presentations at last week's convention of the B.C;
and Yukon Com

The CasNew: ‘took third place in the editorial writing
puedo ri series ot Galtetals of Your Ngo Goahiad Wish
teacher digmissals in the Castlegar School District.
Vancouver Sun albgetah Page editor Frank Rutter Judged

the competition.

“In ‘the ph freel: “Doug
Harvey took fst place in he pporta category witha basket
“ball picture while CasNews editor Ron Norman took third
“place with a soccer -picture.
+>; In the:spot news ca‘

1 Calderbank

itegory, reporter
“took, third place with a photo of'a truck’accident in which

Hospital has. highest standgids Cla rng iy ogee

By CasNews Staff ing a luncheon meeting.

The Castlegar and District
Hospital has been awarded
its fourth consecutive three-

“year. accreditation from the

Canadian Council on Hospital

Accreditation for’. providing

exemplary service’ to
community.

Hospital administrator

Ken Talarico and board chair
man Carl Henne made the
announcement Tuesday dur-

The three-year accredita-
tion is the highest award
given by the council in its

the
Tho accretion survey i

survey of hospital care in. 2
Canada. It is awarded to hoe-\." | Ta

‘thalntaining a high-level ot.
patient’ care: ...,)

“In order;'to receive the
three-year status, you have
to meet and surpass all their

magician John Kaplan freeing himself from a straight jacket

“The photography competitions were judged by veteran
Vancouver Sun photographer Steve Bosch.
All‘awards were accepted by | CasNews publisher Burt

HUNTER'S DREAM: Ron
Postnikoft of Pass Creek
hit the jackpot while out
hurting recently.

, bagged himself an elk

nay Chamber. ‘Or-
chestra is coming fo costtager later this: month
with a special trumpet soloist... .A6 -

BUXOM, ROBOT: A leggy robot desc ed asa
‘silent. coffegpot wi bate ge breasts,” has
been taken off a display at.the’ University of
California because it was « sexisf, but its :

creator says he's been Unjustly censored.

: Sweetheart tobot.wears a tutu around
the giant coffee urn that serves as its body. it
makes a great cup of coffee, its creator, sculp-
tor Clayton Balley, says.

“This: |simy ‘idea, of what a pretty female
robot. should -look. ‘like,’ Bailey’ said. of
Sweetheart, one of three robots he displayed
last week ata gala commemorating the 15th an-

y of the fer vel Hall of
- Science. .

=<“ was told that the robot was deemed inap-
propriate, grotesque and sexist,” Bailey said, “I
heard that some sort of feminist-radical group
has signed petitions demanding that it not be
shown.”

After he lained, Bailey said, jh
was put back on display, but was removed again
within.an hour because of “pulic reaction.”

“The decision was mine alone,” said Robert

Knox, deputy director of Lawrence Hall. “Some
people ere c+ pa offended to think
oul

good
Commenting on the elitorial writing award, Fettae
“It's nice to know somebody else thinks

the photo awards are sponsored by Blair-Behnsen Ltd., a
graphic arts supply house.

breasts.”

by
showing” a silent coffeepot with very large

PETER: TELLS ALL: Edmonton ‘millionuire
t eter Pock|

was on the stand

Tuesday in the bizarre trial in which he is being
sued for a million by a psychic... A4

Schools gear up for S callilce exams

By DIANE STRANDBERG
Staff Writer
West Kootenay secondary school principals are coming
to terms with the logistics of implementing provincial exams
school

‘courses from taking the Bagish 2 fetes ‘exam. *
Students who donct take the exarh would have what is
called an English 12 “niinimum essential designation” and

into local school systems, says a C:

said he will look at the past performance of each student and

recommend whether the student hou he p exempted. °
Interviews will then be

their parents before they are given it eines ecacttal

would still be ste to graduate. -
the ministry cautions that stud with the

But Lach Farrell, principal at Stanley
Senior Secondary school, says a few details must be worked
out before the first exams are taken this January.

“We're not in a frenzy about the whole thing,” Farrell
said in an interview Tuesday. “We're quite confident that
our system will be able to actommodate the ‘exams.”

But he admitted that he and other West Kootenay
principals have some concerns about the exams, which will
be eae! for Grade 12° ‘students taking academic

involved in
at a meeting

di d the
i exam prog

Friday in Castlegar.
Their concerns focused on an Education Ministery
provision that iP in English

ere cen Ret DT in hr bona oe

may be barred from some
post-secondary institutions.

This would mean that students ‘planning to enter a
vocational or technical school at some future date may not be

eligible for admission.

Farrell said it will-be up to-each to decide
which students should be exempt from the exam when there
is “no objective criteria to base that decision.”

And he said.that decision could eventually have an
effect on a student's future.

“We have to be careful.we don't do the students a
disservice,” Farrell added. ~

There are 27 students at Stanley Humphries who are
taking modified English courses. Some of these studetts
could be exempted from taking the English 12 exam. Farrell

ing them from writing the exam.
fey erp cuban ed tin Ll Cade atl
which should be d
from taking the English exam. The criteria for the decision
will be based on th eresults of this year’s testing.

While principals don’t dispute the concept of provincial
exams, Farrell says the consensus is that the value of the
exam towards the final grade is too high.

The exam marks will make up 60 per cent of the
student's final grade. Farrell said 25 per cent would be more
realistic, noting that final exams given in Stanley Humphries
have always been worth between 20 to 30 per cent of the
student's grade.

“That's what we feel to be a fair weigting,” Farrell said.

The testing program calls for five testing days in each
semester. This January, testing will take place from the

28rd to the Sist, the second semester will see testing take
place between June 14 and 22.

In order to avoid scheduling conflicts and other
problems, those five testing days at the end of each semester
will be set aside as exam days for all students in the high
school.

“There will have to be some adjustment in the school
system to exams and Pp
cial school exams,” Farrell explained.

Exams from the estimated 90,000 grade 12 students in
B.C. will be mailed to a central location and marked by
teachers hired by the Education Ministry. The test results
will be available by about the middle of February for
January exams and the middle of July for the June semester
exams.

This means students who fail their exams will not know
until the middle of the next semester if they have to take the
course again.

Education Ministry spokesman Dick Melville concedéd

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