Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday
this week

‘Kenneth Graham was fined
{800 she pleading guy to
Impaired driving

Morvs Kerfoot was fined
$450 after pleading guilty to

impraired driving

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Castlegar coroner Paul

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he Oct. 21 death of Pred
Latkin, 97, of

disturbing the peace.
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Barry Ak
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breathalyzer test.
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wit days imprison
termittent for failing to phe
mit toa oan

Alan Melnnes was ven :
‘conditional discharge and si
months probation alter
pleading guilty to common
assault,

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was the rerlt of & beart
attack.

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CABBAGE KIDS

continued from
At Stednast, Pal Kerelee an picking the top.
tar in iene
“Cabbage Patch Kids, Care Bears and ‘Trivial
Porn I wadur tended wih hve tn ‘but was unable to say when
‘woulda’t need anything and where.
Wo sud be ran cu of Mis et Cabtage Patch dolltwo f | Pelice would give no infor
weeks ago and isn't expecting an) ‘mation about the events
Tha ‘The large § leading to the charges.
‘of the popular

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tplrtey evalviog alae pa
pers.

A city poiice spokesman
aid

Morch added, “It was,
ada whet voor ther, that's the the funny art.” She ay
Adulte even buy elothes accesories for the

Masters of the Universe isthe popular
“put the Cabbage Patch Kile arent a hit with

everybody. Eileen 8 Fader Tess and 4 Wheels in Tra
said she doesn't like the looks of

since it was created ia

. She says when

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modernization of the Castlegar office of Kootenay Savings and the building
located a? 1016-4th Street in downtown Castlegar.

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tender was extended to ll Interested contractors,

oied d for such renovations and,
papers, an invitation to

Tenders were siticely hare on Friday, November 25, at the ad-

contracting firm.

Kootenay Savings’ Board of Directors expresses its appreciation to tho

Wn, Gare Construction Lid. Castlegar, B.C. $246,900

.C. $319,493
jormestoel Constrtion Ua, Vancouver 8.C. $324,649

of Directors is pleased to award the contract to Wm. Berg
Conairution Lid of Cost tlegar.
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mvaintoned the interes of membership by awerding it 10 the lowed
idder atm minimum and fair cost.

Kootenay Savings

Ni ‘er
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\ Credit Union

ribbled out one or

2.
But when the fad hit the TV news, she was cleaned
out in short order.

“We caa't supply the demand this year,” she sai,
‘adding that toy sales are up this year, and prices are

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Decembers. 1903 CastlegarNews as

Gifted
program a
eee

contiaved irom front page
studied analogies and Greek myths a they wil have
Prepared a topic for their “theme

the program,”
“They have to ‘cide how they are ge to
Tan ce they make the selection
ng to do

far ths shame sty that
ech ndent undertakes sti time of y
until the program ands in May’,

once said: ‘I want to do
(a stody on motoreycl stentman)Evll Kaevel" it has to
something that we approve.

in Walt

ta are evaluated by the rest of
the lan, the teacher oad’ the student who made the

ion is earried out not s9 much for final grades
but to teach the student problem-solving and decision-mak-
ing skills. I
that cceples, beet, ‘one-eighth of the students’ school year
and is an addition to his regular courses.

dha.

thing.
the objets ofthe program le to bulld’ on te ei
strengths,
ot worrying aout what they cat do, We bull

on what they ean da Wi

tie wan Sled Perce il reaily a misnomer
because it has a sort of “elitist” connotation, Walton admits.
‘And sho agrees that a new name might better explain this

. problems in the district,” she said

VIDEO PROJECT.
Student Katrina Baboott is

ct
with grades 3 ond 4 students, and intermediate, with
students in grades 5
rigerae ors sheen fre the results of a battery of
tests given to all Grad ‘students atthe end of the schol
oar. Studsots w high marks in these two exams,
Wf stadent’ academe level and IQ, are referred te
Gined Program coordinators, Walton and Egglet
with a teacher evaluation,
ese students are then subjected to another group of
tents and the top 10 in each grade are allowed” nthe
Program.
Says Waiton: “It's very obiective
we don't know whether a ¢
whether he's & nice litle fellow.”
n of special needs programs,
and Eggleton have spent an exhaustive amount of

all those results,
tavior problem or

attending the intermediate. declared a sucess by

Gitted progr
land Pe

Llomentory, Students ore
making a video
documentary of the
program for presentation
$0 Castlegar school board,

ilascement program for high achievers that some parents
{feel separates the their peers
At frat bothered oe ft there igh
sing,“ do think i
hasbeen a probiem, it doponds on how parents and teachers
Inregularclaserooms react, Aslong as they don't overreact

thology.” Walton seys
holding outs sample of project opens for the students to
hoose.

joe of the 1e options appear advanced for a Grade 6

‘udent. For example, in the study of the Greek myth
ring Midas and His Golden Touch, the student is asked to
revise the story and follow it “to its

“apply the events in the myths about
Hepes {0 natural phenomena such as eruptions of Mt.

A telling example of the students’ enthusias
response to questions about the program in interviews this
k. All had F areas of interest and were eager to

“think my favorite is the theme stud.” sald one, "You

aif they oat ita they Then it's

5 However, she noted that ono
ite

‘tlend acting-prineipal John aoe "ited class at

pick your you can do
wat goa want hand hind share it with others.”
it Walton says Particularly wling example of
success if the low theeataeiom
“They come hell or high water,
love it.”

says, “because they

SYOUANESTRANDOERG
Writer

When Castlegar a. Gerry Finney
describe the special needs of gifted children,
story from her hidhood about
who became a Rbi
ay vs father, & school al propa

ieeeste eran ch evening with a boy w

ied “troublemaker” by Uschers and eed! odnie
istrators alike.

“My father sat back,” remembers Finney, “and sure
‘enough he (the boy) was a troublemaker, But it didn’t
take my dad leng before he discovered he was a very
bright student

“That child ended up in Rhodes scholar ... this is the
kid they thought was the dummy of the school.”

is provide parents with infor-
mation that will both help them to cope with their
and establish an environment to help

PARENTS SUPPORT PROGRAM
Kids need course

the child reach his or her potential.

Wer informed about the nature of giftedness

what's being done in this area and what we ean de at
home with these kids,” Finney sai

fo that end, the group hopes to eventually organize

needs of children with exceptional intellectual abilities.
oon with funds available from the provincial

ted program teacher Muriel Walton says some
students are already completing courses at an acceler:
ated rate to sate them to take additional courses of
their choosin
But Finney sid that doesn't fe far enough for some
children who would benefit from the continuation of the
“altferentiated program to help them b bail oo high pad
thinking skills they picked up in’ the

\t expanding a
program that lets stodente at the Junior and senior high
school levels aqueete extra courses in their remaining
school yi

Speaking from personal experience with her own
chi, Fin Pro the
chance to be themselves.

yy are somewhat different in their actions and
sbiiien tat they are seen as a bit freakish,” by their

peers, she said. Finney’s own child seer
herself back from what other kids might tet thinking af
regular classroom situation Bo in her ged
fe could be herself, she sai
inney's daughter now tienda Kasi Je
Secondary where no gifted program is avaliable and she
beginning to withdraw from the classroom situation
"Often they are perceived by their teachers as being
particularly
tecepled way Finney sai. She explained further ‘iat
rile gifted chil

Program, such as the one Speraing oat of
Kina tnd Wendland Path Elementary gives
special children the chance to bull-on their trea

Sere Phoey 1 ed luis i he
other end of the seale from special ed... nobody
questions the need for special sducation for children with
learning difficulties,”

Teacher not guilty of charges

NEW WESTMINSTER When the foreman
inced th

t!
yer, David Gibbons. Even

Judge Murray Hyde said: “I

feel pretty emotional my-
sell” f

sid he is unlikely to retura
teach
ae elementary school has taken
“l don't think T can ever arious
ding jbe since his fring. His
said married with a young son.
‘ACCUSED

tans ordeal began two
ago when the nine:
was always looking over my yest Sls made thir a
shoulder.” :
‘The jury ofsix men and six six

women deliberated for about
5% hours belore they re
turned their verdict.

During the trial proecular
Jack Harrie proved the

-——Solidarity reviving—

VANCOUVER (CP) — Operation Solidarity's becalmed
campaign against the restraint-minded Social , Credit
government shows signs of revival.
Cres af a doublocrons aren atthe British Columbia
Federation of Labor convention this week after Edi
Minister duck Helarieh pave teachers and schol tro
dec to make up time lost in

with a plan, the $10 million to $16 million the province saved
in salaries during the strike will be returned to general
revenues

Delegates to the weeklong labor convention called
Melarils announcareat a “blondy doubler” of the

iat that Opevation Solidarity reached with Pret
Nov. 18 to end a twoweek str

everament.exsployoes, who "had boun joined. ty the

‘agreement, Opcfatidn Solidarity said there
would no reprisal aia frp and the mone saved
‘would be returned to the educatior’ syste

‘COMMITTEES PLANNED

Bennett also agreed at the November meeting in
Kelowna to have questions relating to social issues,
tcading the re of rent review and human rights

salon eno enmiies r aady
e convention unanimously passed an emergency
seuisine the ag calling for strike in the private and
public sectors ' any education worker Is lald off or fired
because of th: government's refusal to return the strike
savings to the school system.

of nd al
touched them, peatng tthe

Chand to a
tandard personality test and
ieund testo be "warms
thighs and buttocks. One said going

others.”
versely, the witness
said, the standard profile of a
sex offender is that of a per-
son who is socially inadeg,
© uate, isolated, lonely and
powti Me likely to be an
shoal, have a poo work
record and be mentally .
stable.
IMPOSSIBLE
Referring to Chand’s per-
sonality profile, Vaness
stated flatly: “It is impossible
for the accused to have com:
mitted a sexual offence.”
Judge Murray told the
jurors it was for them to de-

ema expert in cid
sera. abusy:

hod as “wonderful chid

taker,” a man with whom

be woud haat t leare
his own childrei

Vanesa whe lea longtine

friend of Chand, told the tary

Some school districts have already announced layotls
for Jan. 1 although they insist they area result of eatier
budget

The government ultimatum angered militant delegates,
who only a day earlier voted to send back to the federation
cutive « three:year Operation Solidarity program of
action they said lacked

fa bot knows whether the ange: will reel fo

renewed protests against the government's estraint
legislation.

‘Art Kube, the labor federation geste, sdb wants
tereacive the problem “and I hope
‘7st im the silly position to ie delegates are angry.”

‘Although there was some criticism of the agreeercot
with Bennett, leh som

u
fully, including. nan
father three years.
600 delegates staged hour march
Wednesday in support ofthe Solidarity Caalitea, the broadly
ed amalgam cf community, church, union and academic
groups to which Operation Solidarity belongs

‘The delegates also passed a resolution committing full
trade union support for rallies Dee. 10 to mark the a5th
anniversary of the United Nations declaration of human
rights.

‘Nearly 600,000 trade unionists were repreceniod at the
convention. Fraternal unions outside the federation,
including the building trades, health unions and the B.C.
Teachers Federation, were permitted to speak but not vote

n the Operation Solidarity concerns.

ly. to Operation Solidarity for

soclly adequate and
t

cide if the psychologist was
capable of being an objective

need

HAMILTON {CP} — Local

eto testify on women have resorted to nee-

his behalf, describing him in ae = d thread in desperate

glowing terms, and no one to put the next best

from the school testified the Clie Patch Kids

oat Nn et bel Chatman tree,
is alleged Crafts

out- witness.

‘The judge noted that 12
rs from Chand's for

nd nat be seen orders for inries and pat-
ty the rest of the class. terns for homemade dolls ro

‘The school principal tes- sembling the coveted ids,
tified that he suggested the which have prompted mas:
desk arrangement to Chana,

it out at sewing

| Mothers scramble for

le and thread

wud be wot ewrhanly
are teraing ‘tocraftsmen such manufactured by Coleco Ltd.
o yng Hull to do the job for sale at $24.
for them. FOUND BOOK

‘An experienced doll and Hull says the dolls are
puppetmaker, Hull to instructions found ia

vinybiveaded products

per advertisement te house for about two

ith offering homemade fa

les at $29.95 when the shor "pote by Phil Ente.
developed, loreross,
“It had only run half a da;
when I'd taken 42 orders for

; ident
from Cleveland, Ga., and or-
iginator of Little People, de-
veloped the Cabbage Path
Kids for Coleco.

Boot ae hers have soft

heads aod arma the dol
sated by Hull are almost

identical tothe fabrlecover.

BAGE PATCH LOOK-ALIKE
jolls can be made at home

MAKE YOUR
OWN CABBAGE
PATCH KIDS

By CesNewn Staff
Looking for a Cabbage Patch doll, but unable to find
ne? Pegs Ren ofthe Scan Valley Threads Guid has the

ake
nasaysshe makes the dolls for sbout $20 — the

cost of the material. Though not exactly like the popular

Cabbage Patch dlis, they are incredibly similar

cotton — including the face. The face of the Cabbage
Patch dolls are made of nylon.

yy8 it takes about six hours for a skilled
dollmaker to make one doll. So far she's made three,

“They're fun,” she says. “They make great
presents,”

Ren learned the technique during a threads guild
dollmaking workshop earlier this fall. Toni Rutter of
Vancouver taught the ‘rorkahop and intends to teach a
~imilar workshop in the summe

However, the summer workshop will concentrate on
making lifesize dolls — not the babies, Therefore, the cont
for materials could be more.

“This is not dolimaking. It's an A” stremes Ren

So if you can hold out until the summer, gou can
make your own dolls,