BICYCLE BUILT FOR 12... . Peking National Acrobat managed to gel 12 performers on small Beycle during ‘at the community complex. Buried deep the mans of bodies is the driver — peddling farlvaly. (math an harman College applications increase Strike vote underway By CasNews Stat! tos loss of $8,000 for each Stoel 480 worker over two years. confident we'll get a trike vote, it's a question of how Nigh a pervstage wolfe get,” Georgetti ae haber the citi favor of a strike ma ie stronger the resolve at fn the barrining table, Geo sgetti explained. ‘Avd be said that a positive Voting will continue to- jorrow for Local 9705 mem- bers and results for the two locals will be known the day r voting ends Jim Saare, president of Local 9708, said be too is date, confident that his members ‘will vote in favor of a utriki ‘Both union leaders say the strike vote is part of a strat- ogy deve chain toed, conference May 1 lavaving nine locals from Cominco werher real to elt xe ‘Meanwhile, ballotting for about 600 Cominco office and ambersp ia “guile mpeet to Local sr st Cominco” for the com pny contract ole calling er eeentahour wage cut snd other concessions, and the company’s call for which he said would amount concessi operations in Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C. and the North: ost Terorin tracts covering 14000" Cominco yetens is Western Canada expired ag Saare said all locals i volved are expected to en- jorse a strike mandate in or- der to support the unity re- solve of the chain. But he stressed that the strike vote ian attempt t* yet C back to the bargaining table. Alri bout 260 Stel ‘And he said that “it's pos sible” that if one Joeal in- volved in the chain was locked out or opted for strike action, his union would strike in support. “It's the resolve of the chain that no one settles until ‘everyone settles,” Georgetti sald, By CHERYL WISHLOW Stalf Writer pry Engels ndlonod ard Hallet!, dean of progra: services, said the college bad Friday, compared with only 418 soa 0 yar age Fi wursing, toa, electronic, forestry and wildland recreation have ceived applications well applications. bas only 36 openings. Avi ation, which has a capacity for 22 stoden's, has 67 20- plicants, whereas electronics has received 72 applicants for 80 positions Forestry has 66 applicants lege {0s 45 openings and Wild 1nd. Recreat 64 stu. dents wanting to register in the program which has a ‘30-student capaci Computer Technology, the college's new progeam, has ons for its 26student pro- mn in other news, Hallett re- pe that the college pus wil age for pert summer because of reduced funding. ‘The library will be closed July 16 to Aug. 7, and audio- able from June 13 to July 16. ‘The David Thompson Uni versity Centre library will be board a day and Thursday fom noon to4 pm, June 20 to July 15 and Aug. 8 lo 12 “The summer usage of to consolidate activity into two afternoons. 1e money saved goes in- to buying books and keeping ‘operations full,” he said suse of the colloge will remain open. ALDTUC the switchboard, student se siobabd Netdonsn ak wil bbe open and a fees clerk, pay = eacaa will be oa ent campus and DTUG seaman schol remain open while the a i operate with a rainimam of staff July 1 to cept. 6. Board won't puy for tennis courts By CasNews Statl ‘The Castlegar school board fused to contribute $25,000 towards the upgrad: board doesn't have the money 42 pay for the upkeep ofthe Tn « letter to the bear, Castlegar city couneil sug: fested the board pay bl tbe y for draining aad (tl sowtuhg @ ts tora a becaune of the “high teage by stadeat ‘Trustee Anne Jones stid sider paying forthe upkeep ‘of school interview onmme ‘ity ‘uses school facilities ai no we don't ask ' sem city) to share 60 on our upkeep.” inside ©The Feking National 4. tour, Review and photo poge AZ * The New York Islanders did it for the fourth time in @ row last night — they coptured Lord Stanley's cup as the best team in the NHL. Stories page Bt * Does retirement mean a rocking chair and slippers? Not on your life, says CasNews columnist John Charters, poge Bé Ns « Legistative Liprary, Par danent Sldgs., 501 Belleville 3 \ c j A - CASTL : » Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays”” VOLS, No. 0 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1969 TSections (A, Ba) ‘ By DIANE STRANDBESG benefit of a number of very good things provided by the tion for a total budget of $9,877,941. “Then you would create terrible discrepancies,” Jones Stall We fund," Jones commented, Cacchioni sald said. ‘The future of a $17,000 professional development fund Meanwhile, Cacehioni says the teschers and CDTA will ‘She said the Castlegar school budget has already been for teachers is up in the air pending the finalization of the wai cut drastically to meet the provincial government's restraint school district budget, according +o the president of the sidelines. ‘ Castlegar and District Teachers ton. that the bo trusteo Anne Jones maintains tat the district doos bo he “We don't know what the teachers and the CDTA must contribute ios lewands tb: find loc 1083 Wh nt bare the Toy to par” beat the 4.5 per cent tenancy et tobe hoe, we dt have executive will do with the money until we find out what the about $3,270. The balance of the funds have wage increase for teachers would result in « thane np eyed pub’ ch fo phere has for teachers’ salaries in September,” Bob been rolled over from 1962 for a total of about $17,000. Sodget sorta, a bvbants Fee ale Seige aod suppt re Cacchioni said in an interview Tuesday. In other school news “We would still be short and every other cut atfects, ‘0 make en 6 £ ‘The Castlegar 10 the inimediate release of the outline ofthe allocation of funda for students," she aad. Jones also noted that teachers will soon have an oppor: CDTA inquiring about the status of the 1962 ard 1963 the 1988 budget. She aloo peated out tbat i Castlegar withdrew its uni to aicune the Meal workings af the bode el , elgomen fonda which ar intended to allow The board has sad i ia walling fr the Oumpenation abity to pay argument and rallied the contract with 245 (rattan Aeacors to attend Stabilization Commlasioner Ed Peck’s decision on teachers’ ber cent wag Increase I could eeat dicropances among ‘The board waditld at its Monday alght meeting that wages uefore Hializing the budget, Ax well says ik cant West Kootenty school district, do sit down to discuss the int orkings, the CDTA has not yet replied to the letter, And trustee release the for the school She sald, for example, that Nelson school district is in have boos working on the budget ill be that te money eannot be rolled into the ‘worse shape than for salariea because it was part of an 0 hike. tesclges, meanwhile would Kave been awarded s board must submit the final bodget to the 5 per cot provincial government by Juno 30. Vv IG ECONOMY RECOVERIN Building permit By RON NORMAN raere ra fares ew cy $7.90 compared to$1.3 «the Pentecostal Ch ~ » milion this ‘The muchheralded econ- Slmaariy, the valoe of per \ onale is talts issued for institutional conctruction ped this year to $51,800 from oaly - $9,200 last April. ‘ It all adds up to a banner year ~ for ti Castlegar. Bo far this year > peril at yor at valve of : “ae Oe mar pret recently vl “\ completed was oval focus on Hydro's recently 2 s Statbedonineatia od Gre. eoaphed Natets Sal ae \ proofing at the Castlegar and vironmental studies. . x = District ‘The city will have its own made pablic at the meetings.