86 CastlegarNews June 5, 1991 30. ANNOUNCEMENTS 34. LEGALS CAROL and DAVID DAHLSTROM are holding @ reception to honour their parents, Helen and Alton Dehistrom on their 50th wedding anniversary. Friends are invited to join them on June 30, at 2:00 p.m. Uplander Hotel Ballroom, Rossland. Please phone eccepten ce by June 10 365-8183. Best wishes only 3/43 32. CARD OF THANKS BANJO’S FASTBALL CLUB Card of Thanks Banjo’s Pub Men's Fastball Club would like to thank all out-of-town and local teams for participating in our second annual ‘PAUL (P.K.) KINAKIN’’ Memorial Tournament Thanks to all the fans for their sup port We would also like to thank Westar Timber, Kootenay Cruiser, Lee Keller rep for Columbia Brewing Company, Kats and Signs, Castlegar Sports Centre, TNT Auto Body, Madd Hatter West Kootenay Carpets, Banjo’s Pub and OK Welding Banjo’s Ball Club would like to thank Ron and Debbie Mattews and their helpers for running the con cession, and the newspapers and radio stations for coverage, and all the rest of the people for making our tournament a great success. 33. IN MEMORIAM CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY. In Box 3292, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H6, 365-5167 104/25 Province of Minustry of r Brien Columbia Foreste NOTICE OF FEDERAL/PROVINCIAL CONTRACT PROJECT(S) TO BE FINANCED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA-FORESTRY CANADA AND THE BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF FORESTS UNDER THE FOREST RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (FRDA) Sealed tenders for the following Stand Tending contracts will be shown below Contract: ST91NO5-015. Located: Arrow North (Nakusp area). Forest District: Arrow, tor juvenile spacing on £145 hectares, Viewing date Tuesday, June 18, 1991, Nakusp Field Office, Avenue W., Nakusp, B.C. at 08:30 am Contract: ST91NO5-016. Located: Arrow South (Castlegar area). Forest district: Arrow, for juvenile spacing on +80 hectares. Viewing date Wednesday, June 19, 1991, leaving Arrow District Office, 845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. at 08:30 am Viewing of the contract areas is man datory prior to submitting a bid and tenders will only be from PHONE 365-5210 News Business month of July. PHONE 365-5210 A OUNTING Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Avenue Castlegar * 365-2151 Certified General Accountant Office 368-6471 Residence 365-2339 1250 Bay Ave., Trail the viewings. Deadline for receipt of tenders is 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 27, 1991, at which time all tenders will be opened Tenders must be submitted on the form and in the envelopes supplied, which, with particulars, may be ob: tained on the viewing date from the Ministry of Forests office indicated The lowest or any tender will be necessarily be accepted. This work will be administered by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests K.E. Arnett, District Manager Arrow Forest District CASTLEGAR CAMPUS Applications are invited for the following positions: 1. INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT — TRANSITIONAL TRAINING To assist instructors working with students in the Transitional Training should have in assisting students with in- dependent living skills and have an ability to identify and communicate with the special needs learner. This is a 50% position from August 26 to December 20, 1991. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the B.C.G.E.U. collective agreement 2. CULTURAL ASSISTANTS Students to work full or part-time from July 20 to August 12. Duties include English language tutoring and participation in social, cultural, and recreational ac tivities with students from Aoyama Technical College in Tokyo, Selkirk’s sister college in Japan. Class 4 Driver's licence would be an asset. Salary is $6.25 per hour Qualified candidates are invited to forward resumes, with three (3) references, 9 1 to: by June 11, 1991 PERSONNEL & EMPLOYEE RELATIONS. ki ——_——— CASTLEGAR CAMPUS Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. 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Bowing to continuous public complaints of “flagrant” driving violations and an increase in the number of accidents, the ir RCMP have a: one its officers to focus on traffic enforcement which the police say will be “strict.” The officer started his enforcement duties Thursday. “Castlegar motorists really have of the worst driving habi: f any of the motorists that I've dealt with in the past,” said Cpl. Al Brown, a 26-year “Our indi that, the same as impaired, our rates are too high for the amount of traffic we have here.” The remaining officers of the nine-member force will help with traffic enforcement and the Nelson Highway Patrol has been recruited to also keep on an eye on local motorists. Eight too— many, police say By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Castlegar RCMP nabbed eight people for impaired driv- ing during the Spring CounterAttack program which police say is too many for the size of Castlegar. “In a relatively small com- munity like Castlegar, I would consider that fairly high,” Cpl. Al Brown said. He said that number is also too high considering the short period over which the prog CasNews photo Labor and justice critic Moe Sihota (left) tours the Cominco plant shortly after his arrival Thursday for a two-day visit to the West Kootenay. Water tax poses difficult NDP labor and justice critic Moe Sihota met with Cominco officials Thursday to discuss the company’s financial burden as a result of the provincial water tax. Sihota’s visit to Cominco, which included a tour of the plant, was one of several stops he made during his visit to the West Kootenay. He attended a reception at the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada office in Castlegar on Friday. In an interview with the Castlegar News, Sihota, 36, said his party is aware of the rey Comi is run, “especially when we know, and everybody knows, that not everybody gets picked The annual Spring CounterAttack program ran provincewide from April 13 to aay 4 with road checks for the prob has with the water tax and under- stands the company is frus- trated. “That's a significant cost of doing business for them and they’re making their pitch to have that tax elimi- nated or reduced,” he said. “They’ve obviously approached the current efforts and they’re frustrated about that. “We've discussed it as a caucus and I told the compa- ny we haven't quite resolved how we would handle that issue,” Sihota added. “It's not as simple as simply elim- inating the tax. There are significant cost implications to government to eliminate that at a time when budgets are tight. But on the other side of the coin, it’s a cost of doing business when busi- He said “any solution should ider fl i ‘problem, labor critic says prepare a strategy much beyond that. “We have to take a look at the overall revenue picture of the province,” Sihota said. “It’s a contentious debate even within our own caucus on how far we can go, but that should provide some comfort to the industry to know that we haven't closed the door on their request.” On labor and manage- ment issues, Sihota said that if the NDP forms the next government it would implement plans that would create economic stability in in the economy. “A tax such as this is one that is easier for industry to swallow when times are good, and when times are bad obviously the govern- ment has an obligation to reassess the tax. We recog- nize that times are bad so we recognize an obligation to the pi , improve labor relations and implement more safeguards for non- union workers. He said creating economic stability and promoting eco- nomic activity would go a long way towards encourag- ing investment in B.C. leaves By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Less than a year after prima- ry schools throughout the province revamped their sys- tems and forced families to adjust their lifestyles to accom- modate the dual-entry program, dmi teach Axing of dual entry mess ness, social readiness, aptitudal readiness — and it’s very marked at that age,” he said. Under dual entry, children who turned five from May through October 1990 began school last September. Those whose fifth birthdays were b ber and April ers and students are faced with doing it all. over again. The Ministry of Education bowed to public pressure last week and cancelled the dual- entry program, a Year 2000 ini- tiative where kinde: m stu- dents started school in either September or January, depend- ing on their birth dai of schools Terry Wayling said the district is doing its best to accommodate children and par- ents. Earlier this week, through meetings with primaty school i and four of the seven trustees, administrators have come up with eligibility rules that they hope will relieve the concerns of parents, Wayling said. The rules say that children who turned five between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, 1990, will be eligi- ble to go to a full-year program this ber after di started in January. “Hopefully by this time next week, all the parents will be aware of these eligibility regula- tions and I hope they’re comfort- able with them because they’re certainly going to be partici- pants in the the dialogue,” Wayling said. The school board also has serious financial concerns about the change in policy. The Ministry of Education funds the district based largely on the number of students enrolled, at about $6,000 per student. ‘ “There will be an impact on the school district budget because there will be 45 young- sters that were eligible for the kindergarten program that will not be coming in next Jan. 1,” Wayling said. However, because they would have been half-time students, he said the district won’t know any dollar amounts until they get details from the ministry. And to make budget matters more complicated, teachers hired b of dual entry can’t only six months in the half-time program. “That decision, whether he or she goes to the full program, will be a decision made by the parents and the teachers, but they will be eligible to go, even though they haven’t completed a full 10 months of a kindergarten program,” Wayling said. Children who turned five between-Jan 1 and April 30, 1991, will be eligible to continue the half-time program for anoth- er year, which means they will be in that program for 16 months before going into the full-time program. That decision will also be made consultation and in consideration for the child’s be laid off until at least December. “We can't make any staffing changes because contractually we've already made commit- ments,” he said. “We’re just going to have to work around it, but it does add another dimen- sion to it. It’s troublesome.” Wayling said he is also con- cerned by what the cancellation of dual entry could mean for the whole Year 2000 program. “The concern that I have is that it may be the tip of the ice- berg indicating maybe a lack of support or a lack of determina- tion to maintain the momentum of Year 2000 initiatives,” he said. Joyce Adams, president of the Cast and District Teachers “When we talk ‘about readi- ness, we talk about a whole please see CRITIC page AS of things — physical readi- Association, and Trudy Bioase tos DUAL page AT Association, which formed im 1986 te fight the sale of West Group fuelled by opposition to American ownership of West Kootenay Power The Keotenay-Gkanagan Electric took the party line and denounced the sale and Consumers hip in the Socreds stood behind their lead board, had exceeded by of foreign investment in the province. the sale represented a private business deal Nationalism sparks battle over sale ) and Socreds stood united on the issue throughout the region. Summerland lawyer Bill Gilmour called it “a movement, the likes of which we've populist never seen” in his testimony for the ECA at the BCUC bh inP in b 1986. Gilmour and other ECA organizers signed up 972 members in Summerland prior to the hearings. ‘The 97,000 customers of WKP included wholesale customers CHRIS D'ARCY “While we may have the phil have the nati , the jlosophy, we may fact is that we have to rely on the (B.C. Utilities) commission to find a point of law, and I do hope he doubted D’Arcy said, adding that fie ROCK bound they find it,” it would. like the City of Kelown 2,