Public has access to computers The public now has access to microcomputers at the Selkirk College Library in Castlegar. John Mansbridge, librar ian, announced this week that two new IBM-compat ible personal computers are available for student and public use. These augument the Apple II and are housed in the library. The new com. puters are equipped with color monitors and drive a letter-quality printer. Given the nature of this equipment we've had to im plement a user fee for com puter time.” Mainsbridge said. ‘Phe library's BUSINESS DIRECTORY E Accounting Auto Rentals MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 P ters are comp d by a selection of software, mostly and data according to Mans. word processing storage bridge ‘A survey of students de termined their preference for software,” he said Recently the library re placed all their typewriters with electric models. These are available for student and public use at no charge. The Selkirk College library is open Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. -8 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 - 4 p.m Reference assistance is avail able Monday and Tuesday evenings Other services offered by the library include photo- copying and an extensive film a new catalogue has recently been released Student chapter to meet The first general meeting of the Selkirk College stu chapter of the Data Processing Management Association is scheduled for Tuesday at Selkirk College's Castlegar Campus in the Faculty Lounge. The meeting is open to members and non-members from both the college and the community at large. There will be an opening address and presentation of the student chapter cer. tificate by Dexter MacRae, coordinator of the college's co-op education department and the coordinator of the student chapter's sponsor ing Vancouver chapter Following general DPMA business, the gathering will be addressed by three guest speakers. Brian Parent, in formation systems manager of West Kootenay Power and light Co. in Trail, Al Holm, superintendent of projects. data processing, at Cominco Ltd. and Fred Fominoff, as sistent controller at Westar Timber's Celgar Pulp Oper ations’ in Castlegar will each present a brief talk on data processing applications at their respective tions. organiza ADVERTISING CORRECTION DOLLAR DAZE Sale Dates: April 2-5 PERSONAL INCOME AVIS Vehicles Available to ICBC Claimants LOCATED AT Castlegar Airport Terminal and Adastre Aviation — 365-2313 WE LIVE UP TO OUR NAME! urance companies: jor replacement on * Open 7 days o week Ask about our weekend specials Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. 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"<4 Victoria, B, Co vev 2x4 ity may n RDCK passes $6.2 million By CasNews Staff Hin chenia dump), down some $550 from $56,503 im 1985. e@ $16,929 for regional economik development, down $10 from $16.93 last year. © $8,635 for regional parks, up more than $3,000 from $5,462 last year. © $13,860 for gtants-in-sid, down more than $400 from $14,301 last year. Kootenay Hospital District board approved 501 Belley ever repay loan Province defers $220,000 interest Ald. Albert added he is hoping the province will write off the loan 107 as of Oct. 1, 1986. Under the terms of the city's 1981 REBELS SELECTED: Hip li Three Castlegar Rebels have been picked to try out for the Team B.C. which will compete at next PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT . . . Tarrys volunteer firemen bring blaze under control during practice session last week. Firemen set vacant Glade house on fire before putting it out. Practice came in handy for two Tarrys tiremen who were called to a real blaze Tuesday when fire gutted a mobile home in Pass Creek (see story below). CosttewsProte by Jum fichorde year's Canada Games in Cape Breton, N.S. Kelly Hurd, Darcy Martini and Adrian Markin were NO ONE HURT Fire destroys trailer Bebelman explained that trailers be- come “superheated” inside in a fire and burn from one end to the other. Fourteen firemen responded to the fire including two from Tarrys under said Joe Myers, his wife and two children were already safe outside their home about 13 kilometres up Pass Creek Road when firemen arrived at the seene shortly after 1:35 a.m. firemen “We were quite surprised how much structure is still there,” he said. “Trail er fires are very hard to save.” Parents want course expanded Castlegar ported being awoken by a smoke alarm in the home. There is no estimate of the damage to the trailer. No foul play is suspected in the blaze. Meanwhile, a fire at a home in the 2600-block 6th Avenue on April 3 caused $12,000 to $15,000 damage, ac- By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer Parents for Russian, a support group promoting Russian language education in the Castlegar school district, has recommended that the Castlegar school board expand the district's Russian immersion program and establish it at a central location to allow better access to the program. among 42 who attended a recent camp 8) ON THE MOVE: Shaw Cable plans to move its Trail office to Castlegar . cording to Castlegar fire chief Bob Mann. Mann said a toaster oven left on in the house set a small ornament on top of the stove on fire. The fire then spread up the sides of the cupboards igniting curtains and drapes in the kitchen and adjacent dining room in the unoccupied house, Mann said. The fire used up the oxygen in the house and’ burnt itself out, he said. “It must be a pretty tight house,” said Mann, who added that the fire department was not called to the scene until after the residents of the house arrived home to find the mess. positively A2 HAVE A HEART: The fund in Clover Olisoff’s name is growing thanks to a big boost from The Royal Bank. For details turn to Street Talk -A3 FREEZE-DRIED FIDO? — NISSWA, Minn. — Fido can lie by the hearth forever thanks to the wonders of treeze drying, says a man whose U.S. company offers pet owners o way to preserve thé remains of their four-legged loved ones ina litelike pose ; “The natural thing for a human being to do is to hang on to that animal, to want to keep Preserv-A-Pet have it freeze dried Saatzer said although some people find the ido unattractive, others “are very open-minded, and it has been token very. very it,” said Roger Soatzer, president of The next best thing to bringing it back to lite is to # “We've done everything from rabbits to turtles, dogs. cots, snakes and gerbils said Soatzer. He has even freeze dried a lion. WRITER COMING: William Deverell. author of best-selling suspense books, will be in Castlegar Monday os port of National Book Festival... Aé up one-third of the Castlegar school district's tax base and that the Russian community wishes to preserve its language and culture. But he also noted that one-quarter of the 27 students enrolled in Russian immersion are not of Russian heritage. The immersion program, he said, promotes racial harmony and unity in the community as well as provides an Speaking at the board's meeting Monday, Parents for Russian secr: ary Mickey Kinakin told trustees the group would like to se. the immersion program expanded to “a fully funded primary, education program running from kindergarten to Grade 3.” Russian immersion is currently a half-day program for kindergarten and Grade 1, respectively. The parents’ group wants the board to expand the program to Grade 2 in the 1986-87 school year and to Grade 3 the following school year. Also, the group asked the board to run the program from Castlegar primary school, a central location “essential to providing access to a program designed to serve the educational needs of the district.” In his half-hour presentation to the education committee, Kinakin stressed the importance of the Russian language at both the local and world levels. Kinakin pointed out that the Russian community makes enriching and challenging environment for the students. On the world level, Kinakin said Russian is “one of five official world languages recognized by the United Nations because of the political, economic and scientific contributions of the Russian people “It's not a dead language at all. It's language. Since the Soviet Union is Canada's fourth-largest trading partner, he said, the Canadian government has a need for people trained in the Russian language A written report from Parents for Russian notes that “there is a great shortage of people who speak Russian to fill jobs in ouk government offices (and) School District No. 9 has a unique opportunity to provide Russian speakers for Canadian needs and give local youth an extra economic edge for their futures.” a very vital Kinakin also touched on the financial aspect of the Russian immersion program, saying it had become a “red flag” to other district parents’ groups who don't understand the funding of the program and feel it is singled out for special treatment “The Russian immersion program is not financed out of special (district) funds,” said Kinakin, who noted that Parents for Russian, USCC, Canadian government and B.C. Teachers’ Federation grants provided the program with $20,000 this school year In addition, the program is “financed by funds generated by students taking Russian immersion,” he said. Kinakin said the 13 students enrolled in the Grade 1 Russian immersion program generated $22,750 for the district He said Castlegar school district secretary-treasurer John Dascher indicated the cost of the program to the district is $18,700. Since the Grade 1 teacher's salary is paid out of the grants from outside sources, Kinakin said there is a surplus of about $4,000 which he did is enough to cover the cost of busing. utilities and supplies We pay for the textbooks, we pay for the teacher. We continued on poge AZ