c4 Castlegar News June 10, 1990 ACTION ADS Te SIGN-TECH SERVICE & IN MEMORIAM . in loving memory of TOMMY POSNIKOFF who passed away June 8, 1989. Deep in our hearts there's o picture, jore precious than silver or gold. mM Tis a picture of a dear son and brother, memory will never grow old. Lovingly remembered by Mom, Ded and Todd. /% in loving memory of TOMMY POSNIKOFF who passed away June 8, 1989 1989. Deep in our hearts you are fondly “—t-—-swesT, hoppy memories cling ‘round your name; True hearts that loved you with deepest affection Always will love you in death the same. Pay missed and always remembered by Grandma and Grandpa Posnikolt end John and Christine Kooznetsolt, Larry and Chery! Posnikolf and families. (46 "Your Charity of Choice” Your caring gifts in Honour or in ‘Memoriam beoutitul and ghiful reminder. Please help us # Canada's No. | Killer with research and education B.C. AND YUKON HEART FOUNDATION Castlegar. 8.¢. Your Donation is Tax Deductible. LEGALS By ANNE-MARIE TOBIN The Canadian Press to use the d. An apple on their desks may not be enough to keep teachers in the classroom this fall. i of A shortage of elementary and secondary school teachers in some regions of Canada has forced some Teacher shortage starting to return home because ‘‘they realized it was Please recycle The NEWS PRESSURE WASH High Pressure Power Wash Specializing In Cleaning of « AWNINGS * SIGNS ¢ STORE FRONTS '* HOUSES * PAINT STRIPPING PLUS MORE! ! CALL US TODAY FOR FREE ESTUMATE! 365-2770 ASK FOR RICK WEDNESDAY June 13, 1990 Vol. 43, No. 47 Castlegar, B.C. 3 Sections (A, B & C) 75 Cents rt ta SHSS renovation money approved cloud on Friday but WEATHERCAST Tonight: Clear with cloudy periods. Lows near 7. Thursday: Sunny with cloudy periods. Highs neor 22, The qutlogk for sun ond | teams droo | i ng to cloudy with showers for the week NHL draft has The shortage as they school boards to do some soul-searching. Why are so many younger teachers leaving the pr ofession? And why aren’t the cross provincial boundaries off potential candidates. as well as “*We're literally being raped by Ontario and B.C: right now,"’ says Dawson Murray, deputy executive director of the New Brunswick Teachers iati “*In the last three years, we've licensed 67 teachers from Ontario. In the last two years, 522 New Brunswick teachers have been licensed in Ontario.”’ incentives to lure enough new teachers? The dropout rate — of teachers, not students — is acontinued source of frustration. ‘Forty-four per cent of teachers who enter the profession leave within five years,”” says Ken Federation. school Teachers Federation. doesn’t look good.”” Canada. the bone,”’ Bates says. SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION PROJECT: Selkirk College, (Castlegar Campus) Contract No. 8813-2 for Standby Power and Emergency Lighting. CONTRACTOR: Martech Electrical Systems Ltd 1700 Woodland Drive, Box 3403 Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3N8 OWNER: Selkirk College P.O. Box 1200 Castlegar, B.C The above project is declared to be substantially complete as of June 1, 1990. This advertisement is published in accordance with the requirements of the Builders Lien Act NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A WATER LICENCE (Section 8) leone Voykin of R.R. Ni into Nor ‘ond pive my ‘our application to all persone lected The point of diversion will be located P.O.D W.R. Map 51296. land or mine an whic (34, 0.1. 7244, Kt., Dist. Plan 4784 Objections to this application moy be ‘Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings. Victorio, B.C. or with the Regional Water Manager ot 310 Ward Street, Ni Bc Vit 584 within 30 days of the date of the publication of this notice The date of publication was June 10, 1990 in New Brunswick, are ii i boards are enticing graduates with big salaries and offers to pay off student loans and moving expenses, says Susan Bates, president of thé Saskatchewan - ‘A significant number of graduates are going to B.C., Alberta, Ontario and the United States . . . it Saskatchewan is finding it hard to stem the flow because teachers there are among the lowest paid in “*Boards are strapped and taxpayers are pared to of the B.C. Teachers Societal pressures have a lot to do with the exodus, teachers and principals say. They agree that children who don’t get enough attention at home from single or working parents act up more in the classroom. Teachers can end up spending as much time on discipline as on reading, writing and arithmetic. Poverty is also a problem, said Betty Husby, president of the Manitoba Teachers Society. “*Lf they (children) have to worry about street survival then education will fall behind,’’ she says. “This makes teaching much more stressful.”” Husby’s association has tried to raise the profile of the profession by speaking to high school students and Catholic School Board. expect to face their own shortages within five years as a greying workforce moves closer to retirement. French teachers, many of whom come from Quebec, are in demand everywhere as more parents try to immerse their kids in Canada’s other official language. High school math and science teachers, special education teachers, psychologists and speech pathologists are also in short supply. Newfoundland — where overall and and because they But she says some faculties of education are getting more applicants than they can take due to restricted enrolments imposed in the early 1980s, when there was a surplus of teachers. Manitoba set up a task force last year to study teacher supply and demand. British Columbia has already moved to increase the number of spaces from 1,200 to 1,800 at universities, Novakowski says. hovers around 15 per cent — is the one place that doésn’t anticipate a teacher shortage. “Sometimes we get as many as 100 people applying for one job,”’ says Kathleen Williams, who works in the personnel office at the St. John’s Roman Some recently graduated teachers made the trek to Toronto for jobs two or three years ago, but they’re His is also offering special resources and programs to help new teachers, including one approach that involves assigning an experienced teacher to act as a confidant or mentor to a greenhorn. Tn southwestern Ontario’s mostly rural Kent County, two school boards are trying to boost their staff by offering education classes this September in local schools so new recruits don’t have to travel to an out-of-town university. Jack L. Parkin Bus. 365-6664 Lirensed wan Mutual Lite of Canada/Mutual lewestco inc. , two of The Mutual Group. “‘Let me help you with your financial needs.’”’ Financtat Planning Lifeinsurance Disability Income Annuities and RRIFs Ri GICs and Saving Plans Investment Funds Ri ESPs Employee Benefits Ré The Mutual Group Facing Tomorrow Together Airport control tower hours to be cut Village says no to GST, Meech SASKATOON (CP) — A small village in central Saskatchewan has declared itself a goods and services tax-free zone, and has rejected the Meech Lake accord in its current form. Frustrated by Ottawa’s failure to hold a nationwide referendum on the goods and services tax and the Meech Lake accord, the 150 residents of Elstow, Sask., decided to hold their Planning a Wedding? We Sell Distinctive Invitations, Napkins, etc. Come See Us At Castlégar News 197 Columbia Ave. Classified Ad in eS ss Castlegar News AND TURN THOSE UNWANTED ITEMS INTO CASH * Preliminary Notice * UNRESERVED Sat., July 14, 1990 Complete dispersal for CLIFTON CONTRACTING and other owners FEATURING WELL MAINTAINED Wheel Loaders: (3) Cat 966C loaders to 1979. Loader Backhoes: (2) 1987 JCB Models 3CX & 14008; 1981 John Deere 410D. Dump Jrucks: (3) GMC 5-Star Generals w/14 yd. Nahanni boxes: (2) IHC Fleetstars w/14 yd Nahanni boxes. * Crawler Tractors & Loaders * Trailers * Attachments * Service Trucks * Pickups * Tools © Machine Shop * Welders * More Equipment * Consign Now * For RITCHIE BAS contact. Auctioneers & Appraisers Ltd. Head Office: Kelowna, B.C Phone 861-3377 F: 1-340) Fe Offic own vote — believed to be the first civic vote in Canada on the two controversial issues. Of the 49 ballots cast, 98 per cent voted to scrap the tax, while 88 per cent said no to Meech Lake. Seventy residents were eligible to vote. The results are pretty overwhelming and the village has no hesitation in staging a tax revolt, says Mayor Brad Cabana. “That means we are neither going to collect the goods and services tax nor pay it to Ottawa,” he said “*We’re hoping other towns will be sparked to do the same,” he said ina telephone interview from Elstow, located about 50 kilometres east of Saskatoon. Cabana fully expects Ottawa to “‘bully’’ them into collecting and paying the seven per cent tax, but he said the community plans to stick by the vote. “We're Position."” very confident in our But Howard McConnell, a law professor at the University of Saskat- chewan, has said a municipal referedum is only binding on matters over which a council has jurisdiction. He says Ottawa could take the village to court if it didn’t pay, and would likely win. “T don’t mind paying taxes, but only if they’re fair. The GST isn’t fair because it takes a millionaire and a man who earns $30,000 the same,”’ Cabana said. On Meech Lake, Cabana said the overwhelming vote against the accord shows that residents reject the distinct society clause, and the provision that would give more power to the provin- ces. Other Saskatchewan communities such as Vanguard and the rural municipalities of Clintworth and have the special status for Quebec by passing motions making English their only of- ficial language. The results of the referendum will be sent to elected officials at all levels of government, including the prime minister’s office. 5 FIGHT AIR POLLUTION LEGALS LEGALS tory for Tree Farm Licence 23. Ma. Westar Timber Westar Timber Ltd. is currently conducting a Recreation Inven- As part of this process we would like to know how the public makes use of the Tree Farm Licence. 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RANKIN McGOUGAN LOC LOL “ge Re ast Hugh Keenleysid: FS Se FIRE PROTECTION MEETING Ootischenia, Upper Paulson, Arrow Lakes Drive Areas A Public Meeting has been scheduled to discuss a proposal to provide fire protection to the Ootischenia, Upper Paulson and Arrow Lakes Drive areas of Electoral Area J. The Public Meeting issscheduled as follows: Ootischenia Community Hall Tuesday, June 12, 1990 7:30 p.m. Everyone is urged to attend to discuss the proposal relative to service, insurance, taxation, etc. REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY 16' Campion Cortes Bowrider with trailer YOURS FOR ONLY $228.17 PER MONTH O.A.C. CALL SID AT 365-5472 SYRINGA PARK MARINA Comes Complete With: ¢ Powerful 90 HP Mercury Outboard ° Ski storage ¢ Built-in cooler ¢ Full canvas ° Swim Platform ¢ Built-in fuel tank 7. on the Arrow Lakes, Castlegar, B.C FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP (A.C.0.P.) 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DAVID’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 614 Christine Place Sunday Services, 8a.m. & 100.m Sunday School 10 a.m. 365-2271 — PARISH PURPOSE — “To Know Christ ond Make Him Known ~ ST. PETER LUTHERAN PASTOR GLEN BACKUS SUNDAY ico 9 Worship Service 9.0. Sunday School to resume in the foll. Listen fo the Lutheran Hour Sunday, 9a.m. on Radio CKOR CHURCH OF GOD Phone 365-5818 PASTOR STUART LAURIE © 365.3278 Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Nursery & Children’s Church provided Mid-Week Service & Study Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 p.m. Bible teaching tor all ages A Non-Denominational Family Church Preaching the Word of Faith! 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The new College applications up About the only programs with any space left are in electronics, graphic By ED MILLS ‘Staff Writer With applications coming in at an unprecedented pace, Selkirk College will likely be forced to turn some prospective students away when classes begin this fall It would be the first tiie the college has had to refuse anyone a seat By the end of May, the college had received 1,746 applications, up from Meeting By CasNews Staff About 150 peopte from the Castlegar business community atten- ded a meeting Tuesday night to hear about a study the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce plans to have done concerning the impact of the proposed Celgar expansion project on the city, chamber president Jim Craig said today. Craig said in the four years he has been involved with the chamber he has never seen-such a large turnout over a single issue and the attendance is an indication of the kind of support 1,167 it received over the entire sum- mer last year. College information officer Joe Lintz said applications are up in most programs but none has seen a more dramatic rise than in the university transfer program.-As a result, some students likely won't get placements in that program. “That’s the real shocker,’’ Lintz said. **So far we have received 630 applications and last year at the same time we had 311. That’s-up over 100 per cent.”” In the nursing program, which has a quota of 32 seats in first year, the college has already taken 122 ap- plications, Lintz said. And the 45-seat first-year forestry program has 82 applications with a month and a half before registration begins. draws crowd the Celgar project has in Castlegar. The chamber is asking the business community to raise $50,000 for the study that will detail the impact of the expansion on the city both if the project goes ahead and if the project does not proceed, Craig said. The chamber wants to raise the money locally rather than solicit gran- 1s from government or industry because the study will then have a greater impact on the federal- provincial panel which is expected to hold public hearings this summer in Castlegar on the expansion proposal, he said. Castlegar city council Tuesday voted to fund 20 per cent of the cost of the study up to a maximum of $10,000. * “I think it’s essential that the people of this city have all the infor mation,”’ on the proposed expansion, Ald. Doreen Smecher said. She said the city’s share of the cost of the study is ‘‘a real bargain.” Craig said council's decision to provide funds for the study is *‘a pret- ty positive sign.” design and business information systems, Lintz said. The Nelson cam- pus also has space in some programs but the selection is limited. Lintz said the college’s resources are already stretched to the limit and there’s just nothing left to allow for the increased demand. “In the past we’ve always been able to accommodate demand, but as it stands right now in terms of space, time and personnel, it doesn’t look like we're going to be able to do that."” Lintz said there are a number of factors contributing to the deluge of applications but surprisingly, interest from high school students isn’t one of them. “*We've been in a declining mode in high school graduates for the last four years and it’s still that way,’’ he said To a large extent the increase can be traced to applications from people who apply to several different in- stitutions just to make sure they have a seat come September, Lintz said “It’s been common practice to put please see COLLEGE page A2 Reductions to take effect on July 1 By SIMON BIRCH Editor Transport Canada will reduce the hours of operation at the Castlegar Airport control tower starting July 1, a spokesman for the federal gover- nment agency confirmed today. But the reduced hours of operation will not result in any‘ layoffs, said Bill Almolky, regional director of public affairs for Transport Canada. Almolky told the Castlegar News the hours of operation will be 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. starting July 1. The tower currently operates from 7:30 a.m. until one-half hour after dusk, he said. Almolky said the reduction hours is a result of “budget restri tions’’ faced by all federal gover- nment departments. He said the savings will be achieved by reducing the amount of overtime worked by local air traffic controllers. ‘‘We feel that adjusting the hours of operation at Castlegar will help us deploy staff better,’’ he said. Almolky said Castlegar will retain its contingent of a tower chief, unit operations specialist and three con- trollers. He said the reduced hours will not result in any delays of commercial flights into and out of Castlegar. Castlegar Ald. Lawrence Chernoff said at last night’s city council meeting he was told the tower’s operating hours will be reduced. He also said he had heard two controllers have been or will be laid off. Despite the assurances that no staff will be cut, Chernoff said today his feelings about the reduction of hours haven’t changed. “*The consultation was supposed to be there,’’ he said, referring to assurances from Transport Minister Benoit Bouchard that the federal government would consult with Castlegar council before making any changes to the tower's operation “We'd like a little input into-our airport. This is just one-phase. The next phase is to shut it down.”” Chernoff said delays of commercial flights into and out of Castlegar are likely to occur during the hours the control tower is not in operation. Council voted Tuesday to send a letter to Transport Minister Benoit Bouchard asking for clarification of the situation. Transport Canada’s decision to reduce the hours of operation at the tower comes in the wake of fierce op- posit{on locally to indications late last year that the federal government was considering shutting down the tower. By ED MILLS Staff Writer Talk about feast or famine in the long wait for a mall in Castlegar With one developer having an- nounced his intention to go ahead with a mall in the city a second has vowed to continue his work on another mall So far though, neither has laid a shovel into the ground. Gary Tebbutt said his plans to build a mall in the city haven't changed just because Sandy Reid made an announcement last week that he was ready to go ahead with his own mall project “Yes, I've heard about it. It hasn't changed our plans~to develop a centre. We're still doing all the necessary things to make that happen,’ Tebbutt said today from Kelowna. Reid made a splash last Thur- sday by saying his mall was a go and backed it up by committing to buy five pieces of property next to the proposed site of the mall south of the Sandman Inn With both developers on the scene, the question now becomes, Is Castlegar big enough for two malls? In an interview in April Tebbutt Second mall proposal alive said no. Now, he’s contemplating the possibilities “There’s a possibility both projects could go ahead (because) basically, besides the small centre Castlegar has (Castleaird Plaza) there’s not a lot of established shopping in Castlegar,”’ he said. “‘There’s certainly a need there for some development.” And so far, Tebbutt said, he and Reid are both courting differ- ent stores to occupy their malls so there aren't any conflicts there “So far we're not fighting for the same tenants at all, so if he leases his space up and we lease our space up then two malls are possible.’” Tebbutt’s project, which has been out of the news since he said he was very close to getting things underway in April, is to be built across from Castleaird Plaza on the site where the Hi Arrow Arms Hotel currently stands And while Reid's company, the Reid Group Ltd., has the edge in terms of announcing his plans for a mall, Tebbutt said his company, Carter Properties Ltd., has always had the best location and will have “the right tenants." Tebbutt said he may be ready to make a statement about the progress of his plans in two weeks Rural fire protection vote expected By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer The Regional District of Central Kootenay is expec- ted Saturday to deal with a referendum bylaw that would allow residents in three rural areas to vote on a fire protec- tion proposal which includes building a fire hall. in Ootischenia and raising property taxes to pay for fire ser- vice. - Property taxes for residents of Ootischenia, the Blueberry-Paulson Highway area and the Arrow Lakes Drive area would increase by $2.75 per $1,000 Of assessed value if the plan goes ahead, RDCK assistant ad- ministrator Barry Baldigara told about 80 people at an in- formation meeting Tuesday night at the Ootischeni community hall. Ken Wyllie, RDCK director for Area J, Property in classes other than residential will pay greater tax rates, Baldigara said. The proposal, which Baldigara said is a final revision and compilation of a number of fire protection plans submitted for the area over the years, calls for a double- bay fire hall to be constructed near the Ootischenia com- munity hall on property leased from the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ. The USCC is willing to provide a 99-year lease of $1 per year, he said A pumper truck and a tanker truck, with a combined capacity of about 6,000 litres. of water, will be bought along with i and app The Arrow Lakes Drive area is included in the Proposal because it is within eight kilometres of the plan ned fire hall, which is the criteria used to determine if @ members of the O fire pr " and the Robson fire chief attended the meeting. fire can provide service to any part of a com- munity, Baldigara said today. The RDCK expects to receive a $30,000 GO B.C. lot- tery grant to assist in building the fire hall and various donations will help ease the financial burden, Baldigara said. But the RDCK will have to borrow $160,000 and about $23,000 per year will have to be raised to pay back the loans, he said. As well, the regional district estimates about $25,000 will be needed for operation and main- tenance of the hall and equipment each year for a total of $48,000 that will have to be raised through taxation. However, the area known as lower Ootischenia, which is closest to is now under the protec- tion of the Robson fire + may be brought un- collected in taxes until the lower Ootischenia area is brought under the Ootischenia fire protection plan Baldigara said, explaining why the tax rate has been set at $2.75 rather than at a higher rate. But the reduced funds will not hamper the fire depar- tment's ability to put out a blaze, he said Collecting $8,000 less than the total needed will only mean that a reserve equipment fund will be kept low and final work on the hall including painting and furnishing may have to wait for a few years, Baldigara said - Although property taxes will go up in the area if the proposal goes ahead, insurance premiums will go down because property owners will move out of the un- der the of the O fire depar ata later date and taxation of that area will amount to about $8,000, Baldigara said. Wyllie has decided only $40,000 per year will be - 4 a category they are now in and into the semi-protected category, Baldigara said. The reduc- tion in insurance premiums and the increase in taxes will please see FIRE page A