B8 CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 11, 1962 Classroom micro- computers TORONTO (CP) — Micro- computers in the classroom could become the “electronic hula-hoop of the 1980s" be- cause there are few guide- lines on how they should be used in schools, say som educationists, ‘A survey last fall by TV Ontario, the Ontario govern- ment's educational television network, found about 4,500 of the advanced desktop com- puters in the province's 4,600 schools, The — it is Telephone ) 365-5210 ; USINESS IRECTORY the month only. New Insertions, copy changes and cancellations for the Castlegar News Business Directory will bo accepted before the first week of DUNWOODY & CO.: Chartered Accountants © 410 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 hoped they will help children learn better and more than ever before — are being used by children from kindergar- ten to Grade 13, Activities range from games and spelling drills to creative writing and special exercises for slow learners. But Ronald Ragsdale, an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, says there is a danger in teachers trying to. determine the learning value of microcomputers‘ by ex- perimentation. He said the introduction of computers into. the schools seems to be based on “the law of the hammer,” which states that if a two-year-old child is given a hammer, sud- denly a lot of things need hammering. “This attitude has some positive aspects in that new applications of computers (or hammers) are more likely to be discovered when they are applied in a great many con- texts,” said Ragsdale. “Yet the damage that may occur, in both cases, hammer -or computer, is likely to put an expensive price on the new information which is ob- tained.” Rehard Lee, co-ordinator OLIVER TRUSS PRODUCTS LTD. © Commercial & Res. "Wood Trusses © Computerized Engineering PHONE Bus. 498-4515 Home 498-3215 Soligo, Koide & John Chartered Accountants 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs): Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc., C.A. Resident Partner SHELDON’S CARPET ” CLEANING *Special Spring” Discount Exports In Cleaning Carpets UpholsteredFurniture ALL WORK INSURED & GUARANTEED. “The Complete Appliance Centre’, MAYTAG Appliances Sold Maytag— General Electric Kitchen Aid — Jenn-Air —Gibson— “THE BEST” WARRANTY SERVICE INSTALLATION SERVICE EXPERT . REPAIR SERVICE onall major appliances of for the Toronto board of edu- cation, admitted that micro- computers came into schools . before many educationally sound computer exercises were developed. NOT RECOMMENDED He said although the board has prepared a 26-page book-. let providing a partial list of the 10,000 available pro- grams he wouldn't recom mend any of them. Lee said school boards are in a difficult position because they want the Ministry of Education to set guidelines for the use of microcompu- ters but don’t want to wait until the government has done so. Ragsdale said that without guidelines from the ministry teachers have been left on their own to deal with com- panies selling untested pro- ‘ams. But Ragsdale’s statements were challenged by Toronto teacher Joe Vayda, who uses microcomputers in teaching pupils in Grades § and 6. “Teachers are not accept- ing things just because the sereen goes flish-flash,” he said. Vayda said a number of teachers interested in micro- computers have formed a group that meets regularly to examine what constitutes a sound computer program. “We developed most of the things used on a regular basis,” he said. “We use them and change them.” Teachers can't afford to wait for the ministry to “catch up,” said Vayda, be- cause students must be pre- pared as soon as possible to cope with how the.computer is changing the world. It may be some time before the government does catch up. Hens Smith, head of the Education Ministry's compu- ter-in-education group, said the government wants to de- velop standards for what will be taught with the micro- computer. But, he said, an entirely new administrative structure must be developed to deal with it. Smith said the ministry to design equipment speci- fically for educational use and pilot projects have been started in various parts of the province to test the ef- fectiveness of microcompu- ridges by qualified technicians. 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V8V>1X4 lie 3t Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” VOL. 35, NO. 30 35 Cents WEATHERCAST Cloudy Thursdoy with sunny in- frovath and Isolated afternoon High tow of . weekend will be moist and unsettled ond will continue to becool, ae 3 Sections (A, B&C) CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1982 _ Murphy Creek delayed? ByRONNORMAN |. Edi itor ieee B.C. Hydro's'Murphy Creek-Keenleyside dam project could be delayed because of the unexpected: length of the dam hearings in Fort St. John, Crown corporation's Site C Hydro spokesmen warned Castlegar. council Tuesday. Murphy Creek-Keenleyside project manager Ed Quirk said: Hydro is,still looking at a September application date for the Murphy Creek-Keenleyside water licence. However, Quirk added that it would be “inappropriate” .for Hydro to apply for a water licence for the local project and it would take the commission: another. two or three months after that to make a decision on:the dam. » The projected length of the Site C hearings means Hydro could not have the 975-megawatt dam ready until 1989 or later. Completion had been planned by 1988, ‘ council, ‘ i He said Hydro is hoping the Site C ‘ “There are a few clouds on the horizon,” Quirk told : Site G, which would meet » smaller Project like Murphy Creek-Keenleyside could come on stream even earlier than expected, he said. 4 ¢ ‘ Murphy Creek-Keenleyside will have a combined output of 424 megawatts. We have to really wait for that (Site C) decision,” Quirk Hyd will be completed by June so the Murphy’ Creek-Keenleyside application can go to the in Se) studies dii 3 Hy r Pat Mahoney told council the 15 environmental and socio- As well, Quirk said the Murphy. Creek-Keenleyside before the BVC. Utilities Commission has made a decision on project depends on the outcome of the Site C hearings, He the Site C application — and that of this year. According to a schedule of interveners released last week, the Site C dam hearings could last until the fall of this year, t could be as late as the end said the commission may.decide Site C is sufficient to supply energy needs and the Murphy. Creek-Keenleyside Project is not needed. : tudies of the Murphy Creek dam will be expected to be seen in a “positive light.” i He added that a “significant number” of homes will be relocated due to work around the reservoir and dam areas, though the exact number won't be known until the bank stability studies are completed. He said the impact to fisheries is due primarily to the blockage of sport fishery migration and flooding of spawning and rearing areas. Mahoney said 4 possible solution to the problem is the f fish hatch fo for’ + technical ‘review by council and other levels of government either late this week or early next week. “Mahoney cautioned there are “significant impacts” from the Murphy Creek project on socio-economic, fishery and recreational areas. o for sp: ig and rearing. He said Hydro estimates about 180 boats ranging in length from 14 to 80 feet use the river. However, he sald Hydro has indicated = boat passage facility of some ‘type is “mandatory.” $ tf : On the other hand the commission could decide to delay called out on the GRASS FIRE . os Castlegar volunteer fire to if men were that got Cast Ss the dodo bird. Castlegar. council Tues- day approved a. move .to regulate all burning within the city. Council asked city - staff to prepare a burning bylaw which would require those’ wanting to burn to apply for a permit first. \ dition of + backyard burning without a permit may go the way of The for the permit came from the pro- tective: services commit-- ‘Meanwhile, Castlegar fire-chief Dan Fitger said - eight: fires were reported in March, with a total loss * of $2,100, Fitger said, “With spring upon us, caution with regard to outside Burning bylaw eyed burning should ‘be prac , tised.” 5 7 SR pe 1,000... Fitger . “said the fire was caused by. backyard burning. ‘ "~ *In other fire'department news, Fitger’said the fire department held a’ recent practice at Castlegar -hos- pital, simulating .a ‘fire on out of control. Fire chief, Dan Fitger warns to be careful with grass fires. ment is looking into the’. He sald the impact from construction of the dam is By CasNews Staif and News Service ena Nes Last year the city received $490,000, so the new grant pay. at least six per cent more than: expected: on their city Tuesday's ‘changes by the provincial government to its revenue ‘sharing agreement icipalities. has May Audrey Moore a drop of 38 per veent — or $190,000. A110 per cent increase — as have meant Castlegar would Teceive $540,000 this year, Quirk pointed out a navigational lock has been ruled out continued on Page A2 - taxes this year following Moore expected —. would’ But Castlegar isn’t alone. . Moore said the Union of B.C. And ‘the ‘sudden increase “Municipalities called a hasty . telephone conference with its embers, and’ she learned —CosNewsPhotoby Cheryl Wishlow the second floor. He said: tthe practice “pointed out! ‘the. need for much, more {i pre-fire ‘planning: in’: our:{! city's target hazards,‘such a8 schools (and) :day-care.’: He sald-the fire depart-:: problem and hopes to be’. “pre-planning” by the end’ | only $800,000 this year in un- ; conditional ‘grants through : the revenue: sharing agree- |; ment. oh summer job outlook’. was dealt a blow this week when the provincial labor ministry announced it is cancelling all Youth Employment Program jobs in area tourist ‘infor- mation centres and museums this summer. Last summer the Youth of the year. F, Falkland crisis mounts. From AP-REUTERS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Reagan said today “ideas have been presented which’ are being seriously considered on both sides” in the Falkland Islands dispute between Britain and Argen- tina, and that State Secre- tary Alexander Haig-will re- turn to Buenos Aires shortly as “a fair broker” in the effort to avoid. war. ‘ Reagan’ conferred with Haig for about an hour, then emerged to tell reporters: “We are still trying to be a fair broker in this and bring peace.” The president said he had been in close touch with Haig during the state secretary's shuttle: diplomacy between London and Buenos Aires. He said Haig will return to Argentina, but not with specific instructions from the White House ‘on settlement terms. Reagan said Haig has no mandate to present posi- tions that the president has offered or backed. Asked about reports that the Soviet Union has pro- vided intelligence to Argen- tina on British fleet. move- ments, Reagan said: “I'd like to see them butt out.” In London, earlier today, British Prime Minister Mar- garet Thatcher, opening an emergency debate of Par- liament, declared that. Ar- gentina must withdraw from the, Falkland Islands before any negotiations on their fu- ture sovereignty. She said Britain will seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis brought on by Argen- tina's invasion of the British colony in the South Atlantic, but warned that: a Royal Navy flotilla is on the way. “Our diplomacy. is backed. iby strength,” she asserted. “And we have the resolve to use that strength if nec- essary.” : She said Haig produced some pfogress, but Argen- tina‘is still demanding “some things which we could not consider because they flouted our basic principles.” She did not elaborate, but added: Our objective ... is that the (1,800 _English- speaking) people of the Falk- land Islands shall be free to determine their own way of life and their own future.” While reporters and photo- graphers were present in the U.S. capital, Reagan and Haig engaged in; small talk about Haig’s peace-seeking flights between London and Buenos Aires, Haig, returning to nearby Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland from London on Tuesday, said the British and Argentines are considering -“new ideas” to ease tensions. But he refused to say whe- ther the “new ideas” are a hopeful sign. “I don't want to describe my judgments at: ‘all," he'gaid. > a ”. The state secretary said he would return to Buenos Aires “very soon” for a “continu- ation of our efforts,” ‘but would not say when he will leave. So far, Haig’s shuttle since last Friday has taken him twice to London and once to Buenos Aires. In their public comments Tuesday, British and Argen- tine officials: offered | little hint of a Hai, Employment Program helped create a total of 81 jobs, including 19 in the tour- ist information centres and 12 in the museums. Wages tot $61,000 were paid to students in the Kootenay Boundary region, according to Kootenay Boun- “dary Visitors Association manager Denny Edgar. Edgar said the regional 4 would only say: “The parties have received some new. ideas today (Tuesday) which they are considering.” Haig indicated a.peaceful settlement .is being ham- pered by domestic political pressures on both the British and Argentine governments. “As you know, we're try- ing to assist the parties, who have difficult problems,” he Before. leaving London, Haig said: “The whole situ- ation is dangerous and in- creasingly: so. Therefore, there is great urgency to finding q political solution.” . Haig had planned to fly to Buenos Aires Monday night from London but chose in- stead to return to Washi tourist was deep-| d by the an- “We have no recourse,” she said. > Moore noted the city will recover some $190,000 in that ‘the province has taken over Summer job | program axed West Kootenay, students ‘ tions will have to find help elgewhere,” he: said. “The other option is to curtail services to the trav- elling public this summer. We are expecting a 12 per cent rise in tourism this year, +80 this could: develop into a serious problem. It is the services that we provide to- day that have an effect three or four years down the road.” Association president Lor- raine Simrose of Nakusp said it ts her intention to brief tourism minister Pat Jordan. Jordan will be approached with the problem during a planned visit April 17. Jor- dan will attend a banquet at the Fireside Place. Student summer jobs took a turn for the worse earlier this spring when Cominco ly di nouncement. “This means that a large’ number of non-profit organi- it will be shutting down for at least five weeks ‘this summer and will not be hiring summer help, DOG POISONINGS Police seek help | By Dog poisonings continue to be a'problem, with the bulk of the incidents in the Robson area, though the odd_pois- oning has been in positive identifi- cation will be made when results are from the vin this year. municipal welfare ‘costs, but it still means the city is down about $110,000 — “maybe more,” Moore said the changes will mean an additional $20 in taxes for her home. That's in addition, to the 15 per cent crease’ announced. earlier In February Castlegar council brought down its provisional budget . with. an increase of only 15.per cent pver last year. The budget called for the mill rate. to remain the same — at 50.8 mills, But that's changed now, and if council raises the mill rate by three mills, that will represent a six per cent in- crease. At the -same. time homeowners will be paying -astlegar city taxes more than expected could be faced with a city tax bill between 21 and 25 per cent or — perhaps more — than last year. “It's shocking,” Moore said adding that the figures were It did increase — from $214 million last- year to $235 million this year. But the provincial government de- :ielded to take sewer sharing about $50. million, Moore’ said. As well, the $48 million for © welfare also comes out ‘of the $285. ‘million ‘total, leaving -milinicipal revenue sharing far less than in 1981, Overall, municipalities will contribute at least $17 million towards balancing the B.C government's $7.7 _ billion budget. Hee Finance Minister Hugh - Curtis refused to explain changes’ to the Revenue Sharing Act which will see the $17 million transferred to government. revenue from “the money: allocated to mu- nicipalities ‘under a- formula which guarantees them a portion’ of all revenues that. come to.the province. And Municipal Affairs Min- ister Bill Vander. Zalm, who presented the Revenue Shar- ing Amendment Act, said the 141 ici will be more because property as< an aver- age 15 per cent. Overall, then, h year and d this next,: and. posaibiy longer, Don't miss city ‘} spring clean-up By CasNews Staff Looking for a way to get rid of all that garden refuse accumulated in your spring ‘clean-up? Then mark the dates April 19 through 30 on your calendar. Those are the dates of the City of Castlegar's an- nual spring clean-up pro- gram. As its part in keep- ing Castlegar clean, the city will again pick up gar- den shrubbery and house- hold refuse along with nor- mal garbage pick-up. crime lab.” He asked that anyone who has te inf i Castlegar. RCMP Sgt. Wes Guymer told the Castlegar News this morting-two members are 5 ton. He said “difficulties de- veloped to change those plans.” continued on page A2 the poisonings. “We have a pretty good idea of the type of poison being utilized" he said, or suspicions about dog poison- ing to contact the local RCMP. Infc will be must tie all branches and pile them in neat bundles. Leaves, garden refuse and paper must be placed in plastic garbage bags or boxes and tied. confidential. Guymer says Jackie Yo- com of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is cooperating with The city will not pick up rocks, concrete, or any other objects that can’t be handled by one person, To take advantage of the local offer, simply put out your garden refuse with the normal garbage pick-up day on the ‘property. line close to the ‘area where your weekly garbage is picked up. The schedule will be the same as the norma! garbage pick-up. Anyone wishing to haul their own refuse should note that the Ootischenia dump is open Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Thursdays and © Fridays from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. The dump is closed all day Monday. Anyone wanting pickup of old stoves, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, hot water tanks and ches- terfields are asked to con- tact the city at 365-7227. The service will be offered only for the duration of the spring clean-up program,