Okanagan College is now accepting applications for the following two year career programmes: Manitoba voters stick with NDP WINNIPEG (CP) — Manitoba voters stuck to an i Canadian tradition of keeping the provinces at Civil Engineering Technology Fine Arts ( Foundation ) “Consider o future with Okanagan College For turther information please contact Okanagan College ie) gan College A 1s Office 1000 K.L.O. Road, Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 4X8 FOREST INVESTMENT PROPOSAL The Central Kootena lommunity Adjustment Committee (M.1.L.A.P.J of the Regional District of Central Kooter invit proposals to evaluate the intensive f anagement op- portunities and pr forest investment Proposal tor the Regi The study area will include all private and Crown forest lands within the Regional District of Cen- tral Kootenay boundaries Terms of Reterence tor the proposal are available at the office of the Regional District ot Central Kootenay, 601 Vernon Street, Nelson, B.C. VIL 4E9, Phone: 352-6665 The proposals must be submitted by April 15. 1986. H&R BLOCK TAX REFUND BUYING SERVICE qualify, you can getan expertly prepared tax return free-of-charge plus 85% of the first $300 and 95% of the rest, usually within one day. odds with Ottawa by re-electing a New Democratic Party government Tuesday to balance the huge federal Progres- sive Conservative majority. Howard Pawley, Canada's only provincial NDP premier, returned to power with a reduced majority, defeating Gary Filmon’s Conservatives in a race that saw both sides capture 41 per cent of the popular vote. “Stand up for Manitoba,” was Pawley’s slogan during a 35-day campaign that coincided with the release of a deficit-slashing federal budget and a contentious report suggesting ways to cut back on Ottawa's spending. The election also saw the re-emergence of the Liberals as a political foree in Manitoba with Leader Sharon Carstairs,’ victory in a Tory stronghold. She becomes a first Liberal to sit in a provincial legislature west of Ontario since 1981 dings in the 57-seat legi now include 30 New Democrats, 26 Conservatives and one Liberal. When the election was called Feb. 11, there were 32 New Democrats, 22 Tories, two Independents and one vacancy. Just under 70 per cent of the province's 684,000 eligible voters cast ballots, down slightly from 72 per cent in 1981. Pawley, a 5l-year-old smalltown lawyer who ran a campaign high on profile and promises, told supporters that the outcome was more than just a victory for the party. “The greatest victory we celebrate tonight is that of the political process,” said the tall, soft-spoken Pawley, who contrasted Canada's smooth-running democratic system with the recent stormy election in the Philippines. Wearing a pin on his lapel that said “back by popular demand,” Pawley waved hs arms in victory as he stood in the podium with his wife Adele and their two teenaged children. The premier spent the earlier part of the day at home, where he was in mourning for his 82-year old father, Russell Pawley, who died on Monday : Outside Manitoba, the country has six Conservative legislatures, two recently elected Liberal governments in Ontario and Quebec and one Social Credit party in power in B.C. SWING ‘EM ROUND . . . Grade | and 2 students at Blueberry Creek elementary school entertain with Virginia Reel square dance prior to a Castlegar school board meeting at the school Monday. Costtews Photo by Simon Bite B.C. textbooks obsolete VICTORIA (CP) — British Education Minister Jim Columbia school children are Hewitt said the ministry using worn and obsolete document is a briefing paper textbooks but the proposed laying out options rather 1986 provincial budget for than decisions. books is $10 million short of requirement, says a govern: ment document leaked Tues- day. New Democrat Mark Rose, who said he received” the document in a plain brown hk last week, charged 1444 C bia Ave., Cast. 365-6151 9 to 6 Mon.-Fri. 9 to 5 Sat. And the best cure is a little hair of the dog that that the Social Credit gov. ernment is shortchanging Hewitt agreed, however, that it would be desirable to get more money for text. books and promised to try to get it from a special edu eation fund. The minister denied Rose's claim that a textbook rental fee might be imposed “There'll be no rental fee,” he said. school children for political it While the leaked document presented alternatives, it also focused sharply on a “crisis in textbook funding.” For seven years, it said, “textbook funding has not kept pace with inflation, new curriculum revisions have not met their implementation date, and now the crunch has come . “The 1986 proposed budget of $11.6 million cannot pur chase more than half of the new curriculum programs. Postponement is no longer an alternative. “The provincial textbook budget has lost over 50 per cent of its purchasing power since 1979." The document said British Columbia's average spending per pupil on textbooks has declined from among the highest in Canada in 1979, at $19.20 to $24.30 in 1985 — the second-lowest after Saskat. chewan- LOSES TO INELATION A chart shows-that British Columbia has lost more to inflation, and fallen behind more than any other prov. ince. There have been man Home Goods has a hangover — and they got it from their BYOP PARTY (Bring Your Own Pencil) SPECIAL Fri. & Sat. — March 21 & 22 FRIDAY HOURS datory rebinding of crumb- ling textbooks instead of buying new ones, postpone- ment of new curriculum re. vision from one to three years, tight controls on book orders, little choice in new material and other tough measures, it said. The document identified $22.45 million worth of spending that is needed to replace worn-out books and update curriculum. The paper said many basic programs are 10 to 25 years old and “all past their prime for revision.” Hewitt called such revision “enhancement” of existing programs. “But the basic core curriculum in all those subjects are not going to be cut,” Hewitt said. The minister said he could add a few million dollars for textbooks with money from the Excellence in Education fund, proclaimed by the gov: ernment as $110 million in extra money open to applica. tion for education use Rose said the ministry might have kept the textbook budget low to beef up the Excellence in Education fund, which attracts more at. tention and brings greater political benefits to the gov ernment. MULRONEYS A BIG HIT WITH WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON (CP) — Mila Mulroney “just loves Dynasty,” says Dynasty television star Catherine Oxenberg, who also says the prime minister's wife is “very much against acid rain in fact all chemical discharges.” ; Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton, an avid sports fisherman, told Brian Mulroney he is “really concerned about lake pollution.* So the prime minister invited him to Canada to some “great fishing.” The Mulroneys were a big hit at Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House, charming everyone on the star-studded guest list even conservative columnist William F. Buckley, who says he generally finds the prime minister “far too liberal.” “It was an excellent evening,” Buckley told reporters after the gala affair as President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy bid the Mulroneys goodnight. Reagan — calling the prime minister “my good friend Brian” — affectionately wished Mulroney a happy 47th birthday, which falls on Thursday, the day the visitors leave the U.S. capital. “And kid, I wish you the very best,” joked the 75-year-old president, toasting him after dinner. After a dinner of angel-hair pasta, chicken vol-au-vent and fine wines, the Mulroneys moved off into the crowded rooms of American and Canadian celebrities, exchanging small-talk. Mulroney's gift from the president, presented at the dinner, was a black leather travelling bookease of leather-bound books that include: Roget's Thesaurus, Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Webster's Biographical Dictionary and Bart- lett's Familiar Quotations. Mila, shimmering in diamonds and a floor-length deep-purple gown, was centre of attraction. Many of the 120 guests swarmed around her for attention. The gown was of special interest to guests who remembered the last fyll-dregs state dint? staged for a Canadian leader in« 197%, -when -Margaret»-Trudeau surprised the White House of Jimmy Carter by turning up in a calf-length white dress. This time round, when the prime minister ran into Christopher Plummer, he won a joking apology from the Canadian actor for wearing “a Liberal-red scarf.” Reagan endorses acid rain report WASHINGTON (CP) — In a significant policy shift, President Ronald Reagan fully endorsed today a Canada. U.S. envoys’ report to fight acid rain. “I am pleased to say I fully endorse the report,” he told Prime Minister Brian Mulroney after a private lunch in the family quarters of the White House. The report calls on U.S. government and industry to share the cost of a five-year, $5 billion program to test cleaner ways of burning coal. Reagan did not say how the program would be financed. He promised more details later in the day Mulroney, who said some progress on the contentious acid-rain issue was his top priority during his two days of talks in Washington, said the two countries have “an agreed foundation on which to build. He called it a “significant step in the right direction” and said Canada and the United States can move forward to the “urgent goal” of reducing sulphur-dioxide emissions that cause acid rain. “Your undertaking to secure the necessary funding is most welcome,” Mulroney told the president, indicating Reagan will ask Congress to approve the $2.5 billion federal share The anxiously-awaited announcement, made from the Roosevelt Room and piped live into the White House press room, came as Mulroney wound up his visit to the U.S. capital. The prime minister capped a jam-packed day of meetings Tuesday with Reagan, State Secretary George Shultz and key members of Congress with a black-tie dinner at the White House that featured a star-studded guest list. 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