“We don’t program to preduce a sur.
plus,

Perra stressed. “When we de-
velop an expense plan, the plan to
budget in the cofttingency fund may
well be under one per cent of the total

He said the 10 per cent increase re-
fleets a $75 per semester increase or
$150 per year.

Mackie said the student council's
concern was whether students will be
able to afford the increase.

He said in this region, many students
are entering the college as mature stu-
dents. Mackie asked if the board had
looked at the mature students’ point of
view.

Perra said: “By at least having more
educational opportunities in the local
area, the collage is reducing the impact
on a number of students who have to go
elsewhere,”

Georgetti trial stayed

* dBhe disappearance of the
star witness has delayed the
trial of

president of the local United
Steelworkers of America,

Ken Georgetti,

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and five other people who are Rossland provincial court
facing charges of conspiracy
to import and traffic nar-

Monday because the Crown’

is not prepared to go to trial
until key witness Allan Me-
Teer is found, said Crown
prosecutor Don Sperry.

He said United States
officials have issued a nation-
wide warrant for McTeer's

Mcfeer was arrested at
West Palm Beach, Fla. in
September 1982 on drug
trafficking charges and oneof
the terms of pre-bargaining
agreement was that he would
testify in this case, said
Sperry.

He said without McTeer’s
testimony he does not have a

wants trial by jduge and
jury. Fi
The other accused whose

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Heibert of Calgary and

Joseph and Julie Catalano,
both of Trail.

Sperry asked Judge Bruce
Josephson. to stay charges
against Laurie Matovich of
Rossland and Murry Webb of
Calgary because of lack of
evidence.

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Saturday, March 24, 1984
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‘continued from front page
B.C, Central Credit Union president
Peter Podovinikoff called “irrespon-

ise and left the meetings. The trade
unions also confirmed that they are not
willing to contribute financially. Nor

vate, politically left or right, union or
non-union. To do so would violate the
trust placed in us by the over 930,000

sible” the B.C. Federation of Labor's were they prepared to indirectly assist B.C. member despositors of credit
threat to advise credit union in iti savings tothe unions.”
to withdraw their savings from the project,” he | said.
credit, unions. And Podovinikoff said to give in to
Podovinikoff added that the central 7
In the release he said B.C. Central credit union must remain non-partisan. pressures from unions to dishonor the

Credit Union attempted to get the
unions and Pennyfarthing back to the
bargaining table, but all efforts
“proved fruitless.”

“Pennyfarthing refused to comprom-

placed ourselves

continued trom front poge

He said the provincial exams are unni
Stanley Humphries, although he added that may not be ihe
ease for all B.C, high schools.

“We have had final exams for all our students since
1976. We believe the final exams wer have beep giving have
been a good reflection of the curriculum.”

The final exams given by Stanley Humphries were
seolly worth about 20 to 30 per cent of the student's total
grade.

The provincial exam mark — which makes up 50 per
cent of students’ total grades — is worth “too much,”
according to Farrell.

And he said comparing the 60 per cent mark which
comes from the school with the 50 per cent originating from
the two-hour provincial exams is “like comparing refriger-
ators with rhinoceroses.”

In Grade 12 history, for example, the school mark
includes two major 1,000-word essays, eight to 10-unit
exams, as well as oral and audio-visual presentations made
by students, said Farrell.

He said the ministry has recéived complaints regarding
the exams “from right across the province.”

Matthews suggested in his letter criticising the biology
exam that it would be better to have teachers from all over
the province submit questions to be used for future exams.

Police file

By CasNews Staff

A 23-year-old Crescent
Valley man is in Trail Re-
gional Hospital with serious
injuries after his 1978 Cor-
vette sports car flipped off
the road Monday.

Ronald Kurenoff's vehicle
was “demolished” in the ac-
cident, which occurred one
kilometre north of the Play-
mor Junction on Highway 6,

at about 6:30 p.m., said
Const. Brian Kallert of the
Crescent Valley RCMP.

Kurenoff was first taken to
Castlegar Hospital, then
transferred to Trail Regional,
he said.

Police are still investigat-
ing the accident, but believe
Kurenoff wasn't wearing a
seatbelt.

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“We will not, cannot, and never have

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EXAMS ATTACKED

loan agreement with Pennyfarthing
“would be contrary to both our
impartiality, and every ethic and
precept of reasonable and fair business
practices.”

in any partisan

He said the way the exams are now compiled is “sort of °
biased.”

According to Farrell, three or fout practising and/or
retired teachers sat on the “preparation committees” which
put together each exam. Two-hundred-and-fifty teachers ik
marked the exams, he added. \

Matthews says most of the teachers who set the exams

are from the Lower Mainland, and pupils from that area

“would have an advantage.” |

Healing agrees.

“The person who sets up these exams in all probability
has students who are writing it.

“If I had to write a provincial exam, I guarantee my kids
would do 10 per cent better,” he said.

Healing also said students writing the same exams will
have spent widely varying amounts of time on a given
subject.

Some academic Algebra 12 classes in the Vancouver
area are able to dedicate 150 to 200 hours in class time to the
subject, while in Castlegar about 110 hours are spent on it,
said Healing.

“It’s like comparing apples with oranges.”

Matthews also objected to the government dropping the
failure rate on the exams from 16.7 to 11.7 per cent.

“I guess for the first time there's going to be a lot of
bugs in the system: But for that one (Biology 12 test), I feel
they scaled the living day-lights out of it.

“There were kids in my class that Passed biology that
shouldn't have . . . because of that exam.”

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Street talk

CASTLEGAR MAYOR Audrey Moore dined with
royalty at a banquet honoring the King and Queen of
Spain, who were touring Canada. The banquet was held
Friday night at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver.

Audrey represented B.C. municipalities at the ban-
quet. She had a chance to chat with the king and queen,
and she and husband Bill sat next to an aide of the royal

In addition, Audrey met retiring Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau for the first time. Although the affair was
“quite respectable” it was nevertheless a “restraint ban-
with only 150 guests present.

THE SANDMAN INN is finally going to open its
doors. Word is the new hotel will open in mid-May. It will
have slightly fewer rooms than was planned — only 134
rooms instead of 170. However, there will be a 250-seat
pub facing out onto Columbia Ave.,
room and coffee shop and a convention room for more

a 150-seat dining

As well, the interior will have an enclosed courtyard
which will house a swimming pool and whirlpool.

WE HAVEN'T had any word of it here, but Grand
Forks has been struck by a major flu epidemic. The virus
hit so hard it emptied schools and businesses.

Grand Forks Senior Secondary school was worst off
with a 33 per cent absenteeism rate at one point. Elem-

entary schools reported a 20 per cent absenteeism rate,
though the school board did not close schools.

AS AN ARTICLE on the front page indicates,
Monday's annual general meeting of Castlegar Savings
Credit Union was a huge success.

What the article didn't say

was that as in recognition

of its 35th anniversary, the credit union gave out many
more door prizes than in other years. Included among the
winners were two visitors from rival Kootenay Savings

Credit Union.

“I don't know how you're going to explain this to the

general manager when you get back,”

quipped Harold

Webber, Castlegar Savings Credit Union's GM.

CENTRAL KOOTENAY

Regional District board

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Ministry of Highways to budget funds for the work.
However, the regional district has also asked for a
meeting with highways to determine how to proceed with
the work without affecting Pass Creek water quality.

WORK ON THE traffic

lights at 17th St. and

Columbia Ave. started this week. Two sets of lights are
planned for the corner — one at the intersection and the
other just north of the railway crossing.

CALLING ALL former

University of Victoria

graduates. The university will have its official home-
coming May 11-13 to celebrate its 21st anniversary.
Anyone who attended UVic from 1963 to the present

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A University of B.C. pro-
fessor working in conjunction
with Cominco Ltd. has been
given a $82,336-grant from
the Science Council of B.C. to
develop a new device to con-
duet electricity in computers.

Dr. Lawrence Young from
UBC's electrical engineering
department is working at
overcoming the problems
connected with using gallium

Local man passes away

Alex W. Plotnikoff of Cas-
tlegar died March 20, aged
76.

Mr. Plotnikoff was born
Sept. 22, 1907 in Saskat-
chewan. He came with his
parents to B.C., settling in
Brilliant. In 1927 he married
Alice Poznikoff at Brilliant.

Mr. Plotnikoff operated
Kootenay Builders and Buil-
ding Supply, and Sash and
Door, until he retired in 1974.

He farmed in Robson from

1946, and moved to Castlegar
in 1965.

Mr. Plotnikoff enjoyed car
pentry and gardening.

He is survived by his wife,
Alice; three sons, John, Alex
and Walter, all of Castlegar;
one daughter, Verna Pooha-
choff of Slocan Park; two
sisters, Mrs. Helen Gorkoff
or Robson, and Mrs. Laura
Marozoff of Castlegar; six
grandchildren and give
great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his
daughter, Mary Kootnikoff in
1977, and his brother William
in 1963.

Funeral services will be
held today from 7 to 9 p.m.
and Thursday, 10 a.m. at
Castlegar Funeral Chapel.
Burial will take place at 1
p.m. Thursday at Park Mem
orial Cemetery.

Funeral arrangements un-
der the direction of Castlegar
Funeral Chapel.

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Gallium arsenide permits
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substance is produced in
B.C., and there are many who
see it eventually replacing
silicon in electronic chips.

As well, a two-man team
working on the use of mi-
crobes (micro-organisms) to
separate copper and other
metals from their ores re-
ceived a $35,000 grant from
the Science Council.

Dr. R.W. Lawrence and A,
Bruynesteyn from B.C. Re-
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