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PETER (PAT) PICTON PHONE: BUS. 357-9325 RES. 365-7497 TOLL FREE — 1-800-332-2489 cerns.” He said an informal survey of the teachers at KJSS showed only one of 24 fa- vored a return to the former system. “The only negative feed- back was from students who liked their timetables the year before” in the tradi- tional system, he said. “Nobody seems particular- ly upset about anything.” However, Gerrand told the trustees he is concerned about the future needs of KJSS and said busing to and from the school is a particular problem. Because of the bus sched- uling, he said, “some stu- dents are there (at school) three-quarters of an hour be- fore school starts and some half an hour after school ends.” Gerrand added that one of the priorities of a middle school is to have generalist teachers — teachers who can teach more than one subject at the junior high level. Teachers in B.C. are usual- ly trained as either elemen- tary or secondary teachers. “We want staff that are geared to the middle school concept,” Gerrand said. “A generalist kind of teacher is important to a middle school.” He said he would like to see a staff development pro- gram implemented at KJSS and will be looking into some sort of evaluation of the change at the school. Shields appointed president The Kootenay Country Tourist Association's region- al manager has been ap- pointed regional president of the Inland Northwest Tour- ism Coalition. The appointment of Roy Shields to this position will assist the KCTA in its man- date to “promote and in- crease tourism traffic to and through the West Kooten- ays,” the association says in a prepared release. “Specifically we hope to succeed in securing the prov- ince of Alberta's support financially and philosophical- ly to the coalition,” says the KCTA Shields says: “Alberta is the missing link to complet- ing the coalition’s geographi- cal borders. We will also be involved in promotions to lure Expo traffic through our interior border crossings go- ing to and returning from Expo.” Man pleads guilty By CasNews Staff A Nakusp man pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wed- nesday in Nakusp provincial court and was remanded to Monday for sentencing. Frederick Thomas De Mer- chant, 53, will appear to morrow afternoon in Nelson provincial court. De Merchant was arrested and originally charged with second degree murder after Joseph John Koval, 45, was found shot to death Nov. 30 at his farm about five kilom- etres south of Nakusp on Highway 6. 63 ae Lougheed “iigh 1824. Br iefly ~ WALESA TRIAL WARSAW (AP) — The trial of Solidarity founder Lech Walesa on charges of slandering state election officials will begin Tuesday as scheduled, a court spokesman said. Spokesman Jan Trzeciak, however, said Friday that the charges could be withdrawn once the trial begins in Gdansk. Walesa, leader of the outlawed Solidarity free trade union, was charged with slandering 12 election officials by voter turnout figures lower than the official count in last October's elections, which Solidarity boycotted. REFUGEE STATUS TORONTO (CP) — A fugitive Manila business man was granted refugee status in Canada this week in a ruling by the immigration appeal board. Dewey Go Dee, 43, reported to have left behind millions of dollars worth of debts in the Philippines, told the board he would face possible death if he returned home. Dee, in hiding and facing multiple fraud charges in the Philippines, said he was a front man who invested millions of dollars for President Ferdinand Mareos in banks in the Philippines and the United States. BOTHA REBUKED CAPE TOWN (REUTER) — White South African polities were in turmoil Saturday after President P.W. Botha publicly rebuked his reformist foreign minister, and opposition leader Frederik van Zyl Slabbert d his resig In a speech in the white chamber of parliament Friday, Botha severely reprimanded Foreign Minister Pik Botha for telling reporters that a black might one day be president of the country. The two Bothas are not related. The foreign minister's remark, made casually to a briefing of foreign reporters this week, appeared to be the last straw for the hard-liners in the white minority National party government who fear losing voters to the extreme right. BOOKS CLOSED MONTREAL (CP) — Montreal police closed their books on a dozen slayings going back to 1974 after underworld figure Michel Blass admitted Friday that he committed or helped with all of the killings. Blass, 41, was convicted on 12 counts of ghter and d by Sessi Court Judge Andre Chaloux to 12 terms of life in prison. Blass went into hiding last fall after an ex-Hell’s Angel testified Blass was part of a group that on Nov. 25, 1984, delivered a booby-trapped video cassette recorder to a Montreal apartment building. EMERGENCY LIMA (REUTER) — President Alan Garcia of Peru has imposed a state of emergency on the capital and its port of Callao to curb violence by leftist guerrillas. The state of emergency, imposed Friday night, included a night-time curfew for this city of five million People. The measure allows the government to ban freedom of assembly and civilian movement and empowers security forces to raid homes and arrest suspects without warrants. CEREMONY KOTTAYAM, INDIA (AP) — Pope John Paul performed Saturday the first beautification ceremony on Indian soil, elevating a nun and a priest toward possible sainthood in the Roman Catholie Church. The Pope also scheduled a seaside prayer service beach revered by local Hindus in a state where ration theology” priests have been agitating for the rights of poor Christian fishermen Under an agreement worked out last month, Hindu leaders dropped plans to protest the Pope's appearance in Trivandrum Saturday in return for Christian promises to tear down the papal rostrum immediately after the ceremony ORDERS ISSUED TRIPOLI (REUTER) — Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy has ordered his air force to intercept Israeli civilian planes over the Mediterranean in response to the forcing down of a Libyan executive jet by Israeli warplanes this week. “I have issued orders to the Libyan air force to intercept any Israeli civilian aireraft over the Mediterranean and as long as they are flying within the range of Libyan air bases,” Khadafy told a news conference. Khadafy said intercepted Israeli planes would be forced to land in LIbya and their passengers searched in quest of “terrorists wanted by Libyan courts.” VIOLENT ACTS PORT-AU-PRINCE (CP) — Haitians embittered by 28 years of repressive rule sought revenge Saturday against members of the hated Tonton Macoutes, the private army used by deposed president Jean. Claude Duvalier to stifle dissent. Numerous reporters told of seeing acts of violence against Tonton Macoutes members, and Associated Press reporter Art Candell saw at least 10 bodies stacked in an unrefrigerated morgue at the General Hospital. Most were believed to be the bodies of Tonto Macoutes beaten to death Friday and Saturday. PHILIPPINES ELECTION 1ON Aquino grabs early lead MANILA (CP) — Corazon Aquino urged supporters to defend her lead in the presi- dential election Saturday, but President Ferdinand Marcos hinted he might void the election and threatened to move closer to “other powers” if the United States retaliates. Unofficial results tabulated by the government's Com- known as Namfrel, both showed Aquino ahead. There are 86,036 voting stations across the country of 7,100 islands and final elec- tion results are not expected for days. ‘The commission's tally, based on results from 18 per cent of the precincts, had Aquino leading Marcos with 882,400 votes to his 841,744, or 51.18 per cent against 48.82 per cent. Namfrel's count, based on results from 35.35 per cent of the precincts, gave Aquino 4,306,604 votes and Marcos 3,455,548, a lead of 55.48 per cent to 44.52 per cent. Namfrel has been endorsed by U.S. officials and the Roman Catholic Church. Aquino, 53, widow of as sassinated opposition leader Benigno Aquino, told about 3,000 cheering supporters to “be vigilant” and guard ballot atte 4 tes a8 il to Duvalier’s arrival. About 70 reporters and phors and foie tolovislen Grows ware Sootelings tao festdl distance. “Obviously it is in the in- terest of our nation that Mr. Marcos concede as soon as circumstances warrant,” she said. “I hope that the Pgarosg desire to keep the affair at arm's length. Normally forthcoming officials were reluctant to disclose any information. Apart from being glimpsed Baby Doc needs home | same yoy hap aii nothing has been seen of Duvalier or his wife. There were reports that Duvalier would move on to Nice, where he has « villa, but this could not be confirmed. Residents in this fashionable resort, famous for its s said they would stay at least over the weekend and probably until mid-week. Many of the town’s residents only learned of arrival For the mayor of Talloires, Duvalier’s arrival was “No one asked my opinion; I was presented with « fait accompli,” Mayor Joseph Burdeyron told a news conference. was his arrival was like the granting of refuge to former Nazis by South American countries in 1945. The Haute-Savoie region, with its ski-resorts and mountain walks, bills itself in tourist posters and a land of welcome, but Burdeyron added: “It depends who you want us to welcome.” “We are lodging a butcher,” one local resident complained. French said it was would be able to go to Switzerland in the next few days, despite the fact that he had already been refused refuge there before leaving Haiti. “It is for Duvalier to find asylum himself, using his helping, adding: “It is not really France's responsibility.” : FOR CANADIANS IN HAITI States P' Marcos the necessity ya con- cede for a peaceful and or- derly transition of power.” Workers at Lyell Island face layoffs VICTORIA (CP) — Log- ging contractor Frank Beban said Friday he will have to lay off some of his 15-man crew on Lyell Island because the provincial government will not approve new logging there until a wilderness ad visory committee submits its report. “We're going to be laying seven or eight of those off next week,” Beban said. They would normally be building logging roads into new areas. A few more loggers will be brought in to put logged timber in the water for transportation, he said, “and then we'll be laying the fall ers off that cut the trees.” Beban said he wished the ™ government would make up its mind quickly on whether further logging would be al lowed. Chief Forester John Cuth bert said the government de- cision does not amount to a moratorium on logging on Lyell, which is at the centre of the controversy over the preservation of the Moresby group of islands in the south. ern Queen Charlottes. “The logging that is cur rently approved will con tinue,” Cuthbert said in an interview. The decision means Beban, whose operation on Lyell has been opposed by Haida In- dians claiming aboriginal ti- tle, can still log already- approved areas of the island. “We're not issuing any approvals until we see the recommendations of the wil- derness advisory Commit tee,” Cuthbert said of the decision made by the Forests Ministry this week. Lyell is the only island in the Moresby archipelago where logging is currently allowed. The Moresby area is known for its unique wildlife, and environmentalists want it preserved as a wilderness rk. A total of 72 Haida have been arrested on Lyell Island for obstructing logging, but 61 of them were not charged. The 11 others have _— charged with Air Canada sends 747 OTTAWA (CP) — Air Canada will send ar empty 141-jet to Haiti Monday to bring home Canadians now on the island who have been inconvenienced by flight delays, External Affairs spokesman Sean Brady said Saturday. “This would not be an as the does not warrant this,” Brady stressed in an interview following a morning meeting of External Affairs officials on the situation in Haiti. “We don't want to create a panic situation,” Brady said, adding that “things seem to be fully in order” in the tiny Caribbean country which now is under the control of a five-member military-civilian council. In addition, two members of the department, consular official Stuart Jackson-Hughes and communications spécial- ist David Huxley, are on their way to the Haitian capital mainly to assist Canadian ambassador Anthony Malone in the wake of Friday's departure of dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, Brady said. “Canadians do not appear to be in danger. There's more of an irritation in flights and schedules,” he said, adding that Malone has been in close contact with the department since Duvalier’s departure aboard a U.S. air force plane for temporary asylum in France. Malone is ioning Canadi “that unless it is absolutely necessary to come to Haiti, not to do so,” Brady said. About 2,275 C: — mostly ies and between 250 and 300 tourists — now on the island have been advised by the ambassador to observe a 2 p.m.to6 p.m. curfew imposed by the new regime on Friday. Brady said none appear to have been affected by the situation beyond missing flights out of the country which have been delayed or re-scheduled because of the curfew. Brady said the Canadian ambassador to Haiti now is court order, ‘Is on the island, mainly as a matter of course by up to two years in prison. A government-appointed advisory committee has been holding public hearings on the use of wilderness areas across British Columbia, in cluding the Moresby area. It is expected to submit its recommendation in a few weeks. ing reports of ii d violence and looting. Reports say the coffin of Duvalier’s much-hated father, Francois (Papa Doc) Duvalier, was pulled from its tomb and broken into by a crowd And in the capital, Port-au-Prince, crowds also turned Friday that Canada will officially recognize the new government. “We think the regime is in control of the country,” Clark told reporters. Brady echoed those views again today, adding that “it looks like the best possible scenario has unfolded,” in Haiti with end of former president-for-life Duvalier’s rule. _He said Canada has remained in close touch with its to co-ordinate cont Pettorts. BUt Brady stressed none have been put into effect and may not be. Two Canadian warships on naval exercises off Puerto Rico are still on standby in case evacuation of Canadians is necessary from Haiti. “We had planned to have them moved in immediately but they are now on standby.” He said a special task force of External Affairs officials are keeping abreast of the situation on the island, which has been ruled by Duvalier and backed by the para-military tonton macoutes since his father died in 1971 The task force was also considering the use of Canadian military aircraft, if necessary, to evacuate Canadians. In a news conference Friday, Brady confirmed that Canada has received but rejected an indirect request to grant political asylym. to the deposed Haitian dictator Duvalier is not expected to stay in France for more than a week. He said that Canada does not have the legal mechanisms to grant political asylum anyway — only landed immigrant or refugee status. “The mood is very good Tes the resident Canadians according to our ambassador,” he said. “In fact, he said among the Canadians there's a feeling of intense relief over the outcome of the situation. There are many other scenarios that could have been far more Czech spy to be part of swap WASHINGTON (AP) will include Koecher’s wife, on the Duvalier family's militiamen, and pelted them with Celebrati By MARK O'NEILL PEKING (REUTER) — China's one billion people ate, drank and set off fireworks Saturday in preparation for the year of the tiger, which begins today. Lunar New Year's Day and opera shows and ate sau sages, dumplings, toffee ap ples and ice cream in the freezing temperatures. In the streets outside the park, firecrackers assaulted the ears, a taste of the all-night barrage that will dangerous for people residing in Haiti than this one.” ons begin An alleged Czechoslovak spy, one of two “moles” caught af- ter infiltrating the CIA, is expected to be traded next week in an_ international prisoner swap to free Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharan sky, administration sources say The sources, who spoke on condition they not be iden. tified by name, said that Karl Koecher, 52, pleaded no con test to espionage charges at a closed federal court proceed ing recently in New York York City Under the one count of conspiracy to spy for Czech oslovakia in his indictment, he could have received up to life in prison, but he was sentenced to time served since his arrest Nov. 27, 1984, on condition he is success fully swapped for Shcharan sky, the sources said They said the swap also Hana, 42. Koecher worked on con tract as a translator and con- sultant to the CIA from Feb- ruary 1973 to August 1975. The government has said in court he was trained by the Czechoslovak intelligence service from 1963 to 1965 and sent to the United States in 1965 with his wife as an “il legal,” or spy operating with out diplomatic eover. CONSIDERED ‘MOLE’ As an agent allegedly trained to infiltrate the CIA, he is considered a “mole,” term which can be applied to only two of the six one-time CIA employees ever charged wtih spying. Three of the others began spying after leaving the CIA, government charges say. The fourth, Sharon Scranage, was re cruited by Ghana after she began working for the CIA. bring in the new year. fireworks were on sale for the occasion, known officially as Spring Festival There have been many marriages in the period pre ceding the festival, since it is considered a time of good furtune. The festival is also good na The People's Daily said the prisoners were bc ing allowed to spend the holiday with their families “because they have warmly accepted re. form.” The astrological calendar, a cycle of 12 years each marks the start of a four-day holiday, the longest of the year, when millions return home to enjoy the festival with their families. Wang Tian, a Peking re searcher said he had spent the equivalent of $94 U.S. in the last two weeks on food drink and presents for his family. “That is two months’ salary,” he pointed out Wang was standing with his four-year-old son outside a tent in a Peking park where they had just watched a lion from southern China perform tricks to an excited audience “This is a happier New Year than last year,” he said “Things are more open than a year ago — but this opening up also means price increases we have never had before.” Thousands of merrymak ers were attracted to the park. They flew kites and model airplanes, watched puppets The official Xinhua news agency said about 1.2 billion news for 50 prisoners in a jail in Fuzhou, southeastern Chi continued trom front pege Wayling said. Smecher. for funds? she asked. from.” while.” that the Pro D fund has been budgeted at the same level for several years, But the prospect of dipping into the operating budget for more Pro D funds did not sit well with trustee Doreen “What is the point of a budget figure if that figure is going to be disregarded and the (operating) budget searched “Td like some idea of where that money is coming But Rick Pongracz favored finding the extra funds and said he wouldn't like to see money left in the budget at the end of the year “after turning down a number of functions that are worth. PRO D FUND However, George Anutooshkin dis agreed, saying the Ministry of Edu cation looks favorably upon surpluses at the end of the year. “If we run a surplus it helps us next year,” he said, adding that it shows “good fiscal management.” ‘That in turn brought a response from Kay Jobnson who ssid the district's surpluses at the end of each year are “the reason the government has been cutting (the district) back.” At that point education committee chairman Gordon Turner stopped what was turning into a budget debate. The committee agreed to have secretary treasurer John Dascher 're port to the board the amount of money in the operating budget available for transfer to the Pro D account represented by an animal, turns to the tiger this year.