TORONTO (CP) — It may lack the personal touch, but a Toronto marriage counsellor, faced wlth an enrolment crush, has paired modern technology with some old-fashioned values in a home video class; it’s booked solid until March,” says Ed Bader, who has taught 10 pre-and post-wedding courses a yéar at Toronto churches. Learning to Live Together, the video released last month by Archangel Productions, will mean couples can learn communication and conflict-solving skills in the privacy and comfort of their own home. Church and social service groups provided about $10,000 to produce the two-hour, pre- and post-weding program, which Bader hopes will revolutionize marriage studies. “It will mean couples in remote towns without access to marriage courses will be able to have their own private training.” he said The video, which presents clips of marital conflict and discussion topics, addresses communication, family background, money problems and sexuality in the pre-wedding section. The post-wedding part deals with sharing feelings, changing roles in marriage and building better relationships. Although he admitted the video version won't be the same as taking his course in person, Bader said it has its advantages. “It may lose some of the personal touch but we're encouraging couples to view it with other couples to benefit from the small group discussion.” CITES HIGH COST He also would like schools to use it. Beverley Lee, a consultant with the York Region Board of Education, said the course could be valuable for schools but the cost — $395 for the tape and workbooks — may be too high. “It's becoming very important to have high school courses that look at things like relationships and com. “Now that Wu ar video maybe penpla won't have to wait as long as-we did,” she said. Bader said the demand for marriage classes stems from a new interest among socia) service groups and the clergy. The Roman Catholic Church requires pre-marital training and other faiths are beginning to urge training for engaged couples. “It's preventive medicine; if we see them before marriage maybe we won't see them in the counselling room,” Bader said. In a study on the effectiveness of pre-marriage training, Bader found couples with the training reported definite positive effects and sought outside help sooner in dealing with their problems. Habits and patterns are formed in the first year of marriage, the most crucial year, he said. Part of the video course is for people, who have been married aboyt a year. Bader, who was a Roman Catholic priest from 1968 to 1972, said he was criticized by some church leaders for almost ignoring religious instruction in the video. 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That doesn't mean the universiti. ties and the colleges and the schools don't have to be cut putting off childbearing WASHINGTON (AP) After postponing childbear ing into their late 20s as they pursued careers in recent years, large numbers of American women now are waiting even longer — often to their late 30s to have children, United States gov ernment statistics show “An increasing proportion of women who have been de laying childbearing seem to be postponing their first births until their mid- or even late-30s,” the National Cen tre for Health Statistics said in its final report on births in 1982. The study also found use of midwives to assist in birth has been increasing and re ported a rise in childbearing by unmarried women Between 1981 and 1982, the first-birth rate fell by less than one per cent for women 15 to 19 years old, by one per cent for women 25 to 29 years and by two per cent for women aged 20 to 24, the report said. In sharp contrast, the rate increased by 10 per cent for women aged 30-34 years and by 18 per cent for women aged 35-39 years.” Women aged 30 to 34 averaged 14.6 first births per 1,000 women in 1982, the report said, more than double the 7.0 rate of a decade earlier. And for those aged 34 to 39 the increase was to 3.3 from 18 1,000 A couple decides if and when to have children based on the relative value they children, leisure time, career and a lifestyle of privacy and mobility,” David Bloom observed in a study of childbearing in the Septem first. births per place on ber issue of American Demo graphics magazine In a world where it is the norm for women to work, this decision also has a major economic component, he pointed out And biological considera tions also take part, with physicians indicating increas ed possibility of medical problems for older mothers and their offspring The 1982 births report dis closed that while 99 per cent of births oceur in hospitals there has been a sharp in. crease in the use of home births attended by midwives. back. They do.” Matkin said education “all over the world” is coming under restraint. But in B.C. it seems to be coming under “more serious harm” than in other areas. “The timeline (of re straint) has been too short. There hasn't been the oppor. tunity for planning. Perhaps if it were taken over two or three years there would be more oppertunity for plan. ning.” His comments follow a re- port quoting University of Victoria president Howard petch as saying B.C.'s edu cation policies make “no sense.” RATE LOWEST “There seems to be a deep unwillingness to prepare our young people to compete on an equal basis with young people from other prov inces,” Peteh said. “Our par- ticipation rate in post secondary education, outside of Newfoundland, which is the lowest by a very sub- stantial margin, is the lowest in the country.” Spokesmen for the Univer sity of B.C. and Simon Fraser University, along with B.C. colleges and technological in stitutes, have also complain. ed that reduced funds and rising tuition fees are re sulting in less access to edu cation for B.C. students. 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Portly cloudy in the evening, with a low of -2° to -4° Monday will be mainly sunny with morning fog 50 Cents CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1984 omar aw Castlegar 2 Sections (A & B) Saturday 9 a.m.-12 noon —_—_—— TT (TIM) ALLAN SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE .’. . Mike Fraser of Fraser Valley Video with some of about 500 video cossette regularly rented out of his shop. According By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer More and more Castlegar residents are shelling out an average of $650 for home video recorders and ignoring television programming in favor of renting video movies like Terms of Endearment and Footloose. Bales of video recorders and video cassette rentals have steadily increased since Pete's TV of Castlegar began supplying them three years ago, according to Pete Zaytsoff, manager and owner. “[ should say so — they're becoming more and more popular alright,” he said. While Zaytsoff said he couldn't give figures on video recorder sales, he membership in his videocassette rental club is 380, and increases by about 75 members each year. Fraser Valley Video in Castlegar reports a steady trade in recorders and cassettes, and Union Peters Sales FEATURE REPORT and Service in Trail says cassettes rentals have increased eight per cent this year, while recorder sales are up 30 per cent from 1983. “A lot of retirees are buying video machines said an employee who identified himself as the owner of Union Peters, but declined to be named. “It's less costly than going to movies — cheaper than going out.” He said the people that come in to rent movies — which cost only $2 to $8 per night during the week — are a cress section from “the young kids for the Walt Disney movies” to senior citizens. For many, the relative cheapness of video movies Video sales increase to Fraser, video-recorders are to the 80s what TV was to the 50s (once the initial cost of a video recorder has been met) makes them attractive entertainment, he added. The whole family or a group of friends can watch a video cassette which rents for less than the cost of a movie theatre ticket. And by staying home, extra expenses such as gas and baby-sitting are avoided. Mike Fraser, owner and manager of Fraser Valley Video, says he gets “a pretty good cross-section” of people coming in to rent movies, although the most common age range is 18 to 36. He opened his video recorder and cassette shop almost a year ago, and sees the trend towards video as the next big thing in home entertainment — similar to the advent of television 30 years ago. “By 1986 one out of every two families in North America will have a video cassette recorder,” he said One would expect that if more families are spending their evenings watching videos, movie theatres would experience a loss of business. And in fact, according to Canadian movie industry reports, this trend is harming individually owned small town movie theatres. But Bob Bennett, owner and manager of Castle Theatre, says he’s found this isn’t quite the case He says it’s the economic recession which has caused a drop in his business (Bennett declined to give figures) Audience loss due to the competition of home videos is 4 minor factor, said Bennett. CASTLEGAR DISTRICT Cutbacks may be less than forecast By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer A slight jump in projected student enrolment figures for Castlegar means the school district will likely face a $200,000 cutback in funding for the 1985-86 school year, instead of a pre viously forecast $300,000 cut. Enrolment in the district is 2,367.5 full-time equivalent students for Sept. 30, 27.5 higher than the 2,340 the Min. istry of Education had projected, says Terry Wayling, school superintendent. He said if the ministry bases funding on the formula used in the past — $3,500 per year for each student — this means the board will be working with about $96,000 “extra” during budget discussions next spring. If this is the case “the cutbacks in staff and programs won't be as stiff as much as they might have been,” Wayling said. But he added: “Even speculating about it raises a lot of negative and positive expectations, and it's safer not to speculate about it.” Wayling said variables include tea chers’ salary contracts — currently under negotiation — and whether the government sticks to the same funding formula. “I'm not going to predict what the government may and may not do,” he said. Wayling said the board has no projected plans to cut teaching staff or programs during the 1985-86 school year, and “no discussion has taken place around the board table with re- gard to layoffs at Christmas time.” The school board cut 4.5 teaching positions for this school year, but no teachers were laid off because the positions were eliminated through at- as part of the government's restraint program — based on reductions of one per cent of the previous year’s budget. As well, enrolment in B.C. schools is dropping, further reducing funding for most school districts. Wayling said that “six or seven years ago” the enrolment in Castlegar was about 8,000. “We've gone through the big boom of the late 60s and early 70s,” he ex- plained. Wayling said the $96,000 decrease in next year’s budget is a minimum figure because some students in special pro- grams — such as those for children with learning disabilities — are allotted $3,600 to $3,700 per student. Decision pleases Farrell By CasNews Staff ‘The principal of Stanley Humphries Secondary school has given the thumbs-up to last week's Ministry of E i b the concept of streaming students into three programs. According to the ministry's contro- versia] “White Paper” released last spring, secondary school students were to choose one of thre programs: arts and science, applied arts and science, and career preparation. The controversial idea had been at- tacked by teachers who said it foreed students to make a major decision at a young age. “I thought (Education Minister Jack repping of the streaming ia positive step.” Although Farrell says he still regrets the ministry's decision to switch physi- cal education in Grade 11 from a com pulsory to an optional course, but be has “no problem” with other changes approved by Heinrich, such as having students take a minimum of 14 Grade 11 and 12 courses — 13 of which must New faces file papers for election By CasNews Staff With just a week before nominations close, several new faces have filed nomination papers for Castlegar coun cil and sehool board positions Castlegar businessman Michael Hurd has thrown his hat into the ring for one of the three city vacant alder. manic seats. Incumbents Marilyn Mathieson, « housewife, and Bob Pakula, a sawyer, have also filed pa pers. The other ineumbent, Len Embree, has not filed his papers yet. though he told the Castlegar News he plans to seek re-election. Meanwhile, Dave Nielsen, a Castle gar businessman, and Stanley Part ridge, retired and also of Castlegar, will be campaigning for two of three school trustee positions that will become vacant next month on Castle gar school board Trustees Frank Finney, Peter Kagis and Greg Niehvalodoff will be ending their two-year terms. Nichvalodoff told the Castlegar News Friday that he's decided not to run again. The reason? “Basically for business and personal reasons at this point. It's been rich and rewarding,” he said Neither Kagis or Finney had filed nomination papers Friday, but they have until noon, Oct. 29, to do so. Both were unavailable for comment. The election will be Nov. 17. City of “In this (home video enter ) may Casth voters ean cast their ballots be bothering me a bit ... but when you take it in with the other things, I'm reluctant to say it’s had an adverse effect on my business,” he said. “It was going down long before the videos hit.” Bennett aays as far as new movies go, the movie theatre still comes first. “Most people will go see itat the theatre first, if it's comtinned on page A? at the Ci Cc Complex be and re quiring Grade 11 students to take one mathematics and one science course. Most Grade 11 students at Stanley Humphries are already taking math and science courses anyway, siewihans explained. Math courses will become compul sory for Grade 11 students in Septem- ber 1965 and science courses in 1986, he said. Other major changes for high schoo! on must 12-level courses each having an atdevel juisite; prereq @ language offerings will be broad- ened to include Japanese and Mandarin Chinese; @ students who achieve a B average or better will have an honors notation on their records. Farrell said the entire education system in B.C. —, both at elementary and high school levels — should be reviewed to “put it into a more coherent and logical pattern.” At a Ministry of Education hearing May 17 in Trail, Farrell called for a commission inquiry into high school education in B.C., and presented a brief severely criticizing the White Paper. Alberta NDP leader killed in plane crash EDMONTON (CP) — Alberta NDP Leader Grant Notley was one of six people killed Friday night in the crash taken to hospital in Slave Lake, Alte. where a doctor ssid he was “well and alive.” The other survivors, their faces caked with dried blood, were brought to hospital in Edmonton on an armed forces Hercules. Their names, and those of the other victims, had not been released by late Saturday afternoon. The plane crashed in fog near High Prairie, Alta., on a 400-kilometre flight to Peace River from Edmonton. The 10 — nine passengers and the pilot — were aboard a Wapiti Aviation Twin Piper PA-81 Chieftain which was reported overdue late Friday night on its regularly scheduled flight. Search-and-reseve personnel from CFB Edmonton were unable to reach the crash site until mid-morning Satur day because of poor weather condi. tions. Notley, 45, had been leader of the from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. An advance poll for urban voters will be held at city hall, Nov. 9, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m ial NDP since 1968. He is sur vived by his wife, Sandra, and three children OFFERS CONDOLENCES Federal NDP Leader Ed Broadbent was one of the first to react to Notley’s death. “Grant devoted his whole life to improving living conditions for all those he so ably represented in the legislature and his’ home province,” Breadbent said in a statement from Ottawa. “Hie death leaves a vacuum in the hearts of his family, all Albertans and all members of the NDP. News of Notley’s death was relayed to his NDP seat-mate in the legislature, Ray Martin, from Premier Peter Lou- gheed’s office. Ross Harvey, executive assistant to the NDP caucus and a longtime associate of Notley’s, fought back tears as he offered praise for the Opposition leader “It's impossible to cope with at the moment,” said Harvey. “He was a very great man. ['ve met very few great men in my life but by God he was one of them.” Bob Skelly, leader of the British Columbia NDP, said Notley was totally committed to the party's cause and said he will be sorely missed by « legis lature dominated by the Conserva- tives, who hold 75 of 79 seats. west of here, said weather conditions hampered efforts of rescue personsel. “It's a very remote area.” said Sgt Marv Hepkins. “There's no road into it or anything. It's heavily bushed and there's swamps and hills. Its very rough terrain.”