CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 23, 1981 cs As it happens Winning provincial number Corner store is examined. _ legtaiacivelLiueeeue _WEATHERCAST — School attendance takes jump By BARBARA BULLARD Here at Winlaw we have plunged into the school year with growing numbers and issues that need immediate attention. Major issue No. 1: The three primary grades are bulging at the seams. They exceed the magic number (class limit, 28) and will need regrouping. A full-time tea- cher will be hired to manage the flock. The kindergarten will move to its own little par- adise. As a kindergarten mom, I watch this with great interest. Hopefully, they aren't moved too far. The bus ride should not exceed the time spent in class. Possi- bilities are the two old schoolhouses in the area, the mint green Perry Siding lo- cation and the red “Olde Vallican Libraric." Every possibility has its compli- cations. The staff is on to some hasty research, juggling and/ or renovations. The influx could not have been pre- dicted. Who would have known that 14 new students would show up between June and September? The school board discussed these issues “in camera,” a problem great enough to be interesting. I look forward to the addi- tion of another sparkling By E. KRISTIANSEN The first meeting of the season of the Women's Aglow Fellowship opened last Wednesday with the introduction of the new ex- ecutive: Helen Leveridge, president; June Read, vice- president; Delores Eaton, recording secretary; Edna Deschene, corresponding sec- retary; and Marva Carter, treasurer. Praise and worship fol- lowed and a special welcome was extended to newcomers. Quoting from Philippians 4:8 and Ephesians 4:32, Betty Sahlstrom, in her personal testimony, urged those pres- ent to “think pure thoughts and forgive one another.” Marilyn York, a past pres- ident, ministered by singing, “Walk With Me.” “Except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it ...," she shared from Psalms 127. Kayy Gordon, author of the book “God's Fire on Ice,” was the guest speaker. At the age of 22 this little ball of fire left for the High Arctic to minister among Eskimos. Twenty-five years later she still spends from October to May in the North, which she considers an investment of her life in the Kingdom of God, and not a sacrifice. She is also very interested in World Missions and trav- els extensively throughout Asia, Africa and North America. She has recently returned from Nigeria, where she says there is a “tremendous moving of God’s spirit.” Kayy spoke on our being “modern day Josephs,” Gen- esis 49:22. She used the anal- ogy of people being like vines: the wild vine spread- ing every which way, without personality on the staff. I would vote for one who radi- ates cheer along with the usual qualifications. The “learning is fun” theme will keep our schools alive and flexible. Issue No. 2: The sudden disqualification of Winlaw bridge as one which can sup- port 12 tons of loaded school bus. A backroad parents’ group agitates for improved service as their youngsters ride 60 minutes to a school that is 10 minutes away. The school board and superinten- dent have shown great con- cern and will encourage highways to fix the bridge. Mementum is gathering for a band. Everyone wants to be the drummer. We may serve our band well these first weeks by mentioningthe virtues of other instruments. There are some. Also, it is true that being a good drum- mer takes hard work. Our district is fortunate to have a music co-ordinator now, Helene McGall. It will be interesting to meet her and see what she can do to enhance our rural programs. A visit to the archaeolo- gical dig in Vallican is planned for Thursday. The tongue of land between the Slocan and the Little Slocan Rivers was a dwelling place for people, possibly, as long any direction, and producing poisonous fruit; the ground vine never getting off the ground; and finally climbing vine, climbing up and over walls, and bearing good fruit. “Lift up your eyes beyond the natural, the materialistic, to a spiritual vision.” First, however, the vines must be planted and rooted in Christ so that the winds of adversity will not blow us over. “Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.” Matthew 15:18. We must also be planted by a well, as Joseph was, in order to bear more bountifully. Another problem in the lives of many Christians is that of “loose roots,” and the vines then do not grow so well. “We are called to be advancing in the things of God,” Kayy said. ‘God also wants us to be like tender plants, Isiah 52:2. He wants us to be gentle, tender- hearted, compassionate, lov- ing, caring, concerened for others. “Do not let any wall, let it be sickness, fear, discourage- ment, failure or defeat, stop you. Climb over the wall for God, and let the fruit of the gospel hang over the other side. Reach out to hurting humanity, beginning in your own community and you will be blessed.” There will be no meeting of the Women’s Aglow Fellow- ship in October because of a Mini Retreat to be held in Nelson on Oct. 3. For more information on the retreat, please phone 365-5443. The next regular luncheon meeting will be held at the Hi Arrows Arms in Castlegar on Nov. 4, with Martha Heidt, area president, as guest speaker. Answer for Sunday Crossword Puzzle No. 966 ule) be jOMMNOAD> x! ONO) THESSd im Answer for Sunday, September 20, Crypioquip: THE BEST SPIRITUAL BLOSSOMS ARE "OFTEN FOUND IN PURE-HEARTED MEN. ago as 2,000 B.C. There is evidence of continued use of the area right up to the point of contact with European ex- plorers. It is thrilling to stand at that part of the riverbank on a sunny autumn afternoon, neither hearing or seeing any sign of highway or railway, to imagine our clean river as a source of migrating salmon and the only means of trans- port besides trails. One of the archaeologists has recon- structed a living. quarters similar to those used by the original inhabitants. There is no TV. An archaeologist will ap- pear at Winlaw school the day before this field trip to explain and interpret the features to be seen at Valli- can. We will see how care- fully they dig holes in order to recover precious informa- tion. and we may have guessed. We parents are welcome to attend this introductory ses- sion for a tour of the dig. Just call the school for details. ° Lena Field, our new Rus- sian teacher, will be on hand Tuesdays and Thursdays working with those in Grades 4, 5, and 6 who have chosen to study Russian. The class sizes are small, which is good for study. She will are at work and our local history is a longer story than focus on written, as well as spoken work. The Sept. 18 Provincial winning ticket number is 1978084. This ticket, with its complete number, wins ,000. Additional prizes are $50,000 for the last six digits; $1,000 for the last five digits; $100 for the last four digits; $25 for the last three digits and $10 for the last two digits. The next draw takes place this Friday. A business management . seminar primarily for people interested in small business will be held in Castlegar at the Fireside Place on Oct. 6. Arranged by the manage- ment services department of the Federal Business Devel- opment Bank, the seminar will be one of several hun- dred conducted by the bank in smaller cities and towns across Canada. Several people interested in business are expected to attend the seminar. They will be using the case study method to examine a small business — “The Corner Store,” its financial state- ments, and the effect that an expansion would have on them. The bank's management services has three main spheres of activity: manage- ment training, management counselling and an infor- mation service. Ib., each: Standout Special! . A. Raisin Balls a tasty treat of sun-dried raisins smothered in Chocolaty coating. Standout Special! B. ‘Beaver’ Dry Roasted Peanuts. Enjoy this salt-and-oil free crunchy treat anytime! Standout Special! C. Mint Patties. Creamy mint centres covered with a dark Chocolaty coating. 100 g box. IS ice RTs zi ‘W' Blanched Peanuts Awholesome treat for the family. 500 g bag. 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Parliament Bldgs... 501 Jicvoria, Be. C. 1BV 1X4 Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” VOL, 34, NO. 77 35 Cents CASTLEGAR, BRITISH: COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1981 50 2Sections (A & B) LIFELINE to any projec! receives a glass o' the presigis liquid from Mike Sawchenko as. water. on,ot. the. site..rbacn ject is water. Here Nick Chernott Castlegar Industrial Park located in the vieidity: ‘of entals. OTTAWA on eight p! — The Constitution to Supreme Court Against appealing - — Canada’s constitution — bringing the British North America Act to Canada from Britain would be in, “cloud cuckoo land” if they d to Canadian jur- isdication along with a prop- osed amending formula. Roy Romanow, Saskatche: Monday’s Supreme Court of Canada decision to the Brit- ish Parl says former wan's 1, says that if the court s supports the federal right to act, the eight 56 veludl, senator Eugene Forsey. Forsey, one of the coun- try's foremost constitutional experts, was sepaking in an interview with | Standard Broadcast News taped Fri- day for release P On- tario and New Brunswick — that oppose the move would appeal directly to Westmin- ster not to agree to Ottawa's roposals. Under the amending prop- The Supreme Court rules Monday on whether the fed- eral government has the con- . stitutional right to apply to Britain to have the BNA Act osla, t changes would be possible here with agreement between the fed- eral government and six of the provirices. The hitch now in amending the BNA Act is that it requires unanimous agreement among the il governments. PAY NO ATTENTION “I doubt very much whe- ther the British Parliament would pay any attention to them,” Forsey said, “and the - British courts, I think, would certainly pay no attention to them. . “I don't see any prospect that either) the British Par- liament or the British courts would get themselves mixed up in this. Law questioned by Polish workers GDANSK (AP) — Faced with a Polish government warning to stay out of poll- ties, the independent. Soli- daritylabor movement : re- opened its congress today. Rolls back proposed price increases __ VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia's major pro- ducers of bleached kraft pulp are rolling back price in- creases posted for the fourth quarter of this year because ofa weakening demand in the US. - The increases, which were scheduled to take effect Thursday, would have raised the. price of..northern_ bleached softwood kraft. pulp {oF delivery to the U8. to -—~g5ge 35:8. marketing manager for Can: : adian Forest Products. Canada is the world’s big- gest supplier of pulp and is’ the market leader in setting prices. The demand for bleached * draft pulp is quite ‘weak in the U.S., Japan and Northern Europe, the three biggest markets, szid Jaak Puusepp, Pemberton’s Securities Pulp analyst. Contract negotiations - are adjourned again By WARREN EGGLESTON Staff Reporter The on again — off again Celgar contract sion to get underway Sept. 30. However, a change in the were on again for two days last week, but were ad- Jouraed Friday by the. Pro union leadership led to a soaieat for the recess to be shor- tened. Nolan,” president of local vincial involved in the talks. the IWA’s ti 1-405, fee John Pollock representing union and man- agement at BC Timber's Cel- gar lumber and woods div- isions resumed bargaining Thursday morning with med- iator Vincent Ready in Kel- owna, a week before the talks had been scheduled to re- sume. Ready adjourned the bar- gaining session early Friday afternoon, and the next ses- sion is scheduled for some- time in October. The exact date has not yet been set. The reason for the recess is because the negotiations ran into “some very tender ground” that the union wants time to analyse, said Wayne Nolan, ) for the as of the union committee. Interviewed Friday, Nolan said he thought the sched- uled adjournment was to long, and he was able to ¢on- vince Ready, who rearranged his schedule. Bargaining has been spor: adic, and Friday's adjourn- ment marks the fifth time the talks have been adjourned. Bargaining started early in July, and was recessed after two days; both sides met again July 23, in the middle of the province-wide strike in the forst industry, and ad- journed the talks again. There. was a tliree-day bargaining session at the of union b the Ready was involved in the last bargaining session, which was adjourned Sept. 18, At that time, he had tentatively scheduled a ses- union asked for an adjournment to consider a new offer, and there was a two-day walkout at the saw- mill, which halted maihten- ance work at the sawmill and Will consider selling planes MANAMA, BAHRAIN (AP) — Prime Minister Mar- garet Thatcher said Saturday that Britain “will. have to consider” selling radar planes to Saudi Arabia if the Saudis’ deal to buy sophisticated air- borne warning and control system planes from the United States falls through. . Thatcher told a news con- ference she hoped Saturday that the Reagan administra- tion’s $8.6-billion arms sale package to Saudi Arabia will “go through, or we will have to consider selling Nimrod planes to the Saudis” if they asked. Sale of the five AWACS radar planes faces stiff oppo- sition in the U.S. Congress. The deal also includes mis- siles and fuel tanks to in- crease the range and fire- powre of 62 Saudi F-16 jet- fighter aircraft. Official sources said the prime minister voiced deep concerns over the Soviet mil- itary presence in the Middle East during her talks Sat- urday with Bahrain's leaders. pulp “mill. *Palks. started again Sept. 15, with Ready intervening at the union’s request, they were adjourned Sept, 18, and then .resumed again on Thursday. Celgar employees in the lumber and woods divisions traditionally bargain separ- ately from the other IWA- certified ‘operations in the southern interior. New 10-year agreement ups: policing costs VANCOUVER (CP) — The federal.and British Columbia governments signed a new 10-year. agreement on RCMP service Friday that will in- crease the province's share of . policing costs to 70 per cent from 56 per cent. Federal Solicitor-General Robert: Kaplan was apolo- getic, saying he wished Ot- tawa could provide more money. 2from $645 delivered to Eur- ope and Japan. MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., B.C. Forest. Products Ltd., Canadian Forest Products Ltd., and B.C. Timber, all cut the planned $55-a-tonne in-. crease by $20,. \ The market for. ground pulp, used in making news- print, isn't as clear because many newspaper publishing firms have access to their own pulp supplies and others hold long-term supply con- tracts. ‘It became “clear that the $55 increase wasn't going to hold,” because Eastern Can- adian. suppliers were not prepared to go along with the increase, said John Murphy, $890 a tonne, and to. $600 — “Soviet “Union “sets Puusepp said pulp returns have risen because of the strength of the U.S. currency in .recent months, but he doesn't expect a strong-up- turn in the world’s economies which would help pulp de- mand. Exports of all grades of pulp — mostly bleached kraft pulp — were $1.89 billion in 1980, according to the Coun- cil'of Forest Industries... : aS oft nuclear blast UPPSALA, SWEDEN (AP) — An unusual under- ‘ground nuclear “twin explo- sion” went off in the Soviet Union Saturday, Sweden's Seismological Institute re- ported. An institute statement said “two explosions came at a four-minute interval from the same area northwest of the Caspian Sea.” Both reg- istered at 6.5 on the Richter scale. An institute spokesman said that two such powerful explosions within such a short time appears to be a unique eveut in.Soviet nu- clear . It was the first time since Oct. 26, 1979, that the insti- tute recorded a nuclear ex- plosion from this area. That explosion measured 6.8'on the Richter scale. The Richter scale is a gauge of ground motion mea-' sured by a seismograph. Every increase of one num- ber means the ground motion is 10 times greater. A:mag- nitude of two is the smallest that can usually be felt by humans. A magnitude of 6.5 can cause widespread, heavy damage. Teachers want talks expanded Contract talks are starting between the Castlegar Dis- trict Teachers’ Association and School District No. 9, and the teachers say they want to expand the talks to cover learning and- working condi- tions as well as wages. The other teachers’ associ- ations in B.C. are making the same move. Almost all the teachers who attended a general meet- ing of the Castlegar associ- ation Wednesday night sup- ported the intent to expand the negotiations beyond the traditional area of wages, said Paul Medvedeff, the association president. He said there were one or two dissenting votes, out of the ~ 70 or 80 votes cast. The CDTA has approximately 170 members. The teachers’ position is spelled out in a written statement Medvedeff pre- pared after the meeting. * Medvedeff also stressed in the statement that teachers do not want to become in- volved in any job action. The CDTA has sent a let- ter to School District No. 9, asking that negotiations open, but-not giving any de- tails about the issues. Medvedeff said the teach- ers want the major focus of any expanded negotiations to be, preparation time, super- vision time, and class size. They also want to form a grievance committee with the school board. ’ School board chairwoman Anne Jones told the Castle- gar News Friday she could not’ answer any questions about whether the board will ing conditions with the local teachera, The Trail school board voted unanimously Honday -night to authorize its staff committee to discuss work- ing conditions with teachers’ committees. The Nakusp school board also intends to negotiate agree to negotiations, because the board has not yet received the teachers’ requests. But Jones did say some working and learning conditions have been bargained in the past, although they were outside of the contract. She said the changes were included in board policies. She also said the ministry of education has not given the province's school boards any directions about ~ ex- panded negotiations, but it has told the boards to expect very small funding increases -next year. Deputy education minister Jim Carter said Friday that the ministry's position is that the actual contract must be limited to salaries. the . a spokes- Spokesmen for the Nelson and Grand Forks school dis- tricts said the issue has not formally arisen, and the boards have not released any statements yet. Medvodoff and Ron Cac- chioni, chairman of the teachers’ bargaining commit- tee, said the CDTA’s de- mands are justified. Other employee bargaining groups have the right to negotiate changes in their working conditions, they said. Preparation time is time the teachers want set aside to enable themselves to or- ganize lessons, meet parents and students, and .work through new programs that are being introduced, .Med- vedeff said. They want changes in supervision time, or time spent watching children dur- ing recesses and lunches. The supervision time can be a heavy load at smaller schools where there are only few teachers, Medvedeff said. Canada-Soviets sign agreement MOSCOW (AP) — Canada and the Soviet Union on Sat- urday signed a five-year he said the ministry encour- ages boards to allow teachers -to have input into policies on working conditions. ‘Two of the four school dis- tricts around Castlegar have said they will discuss work- that calls for scientific co-oper- ation, exh of crop data and the establishment of a Soviet-Canadian joint com- mission on agricultural is- sues. The agreement was signed by Agriculture There are few teachers at five- elementary schools of the.18 schools in this district, and some relief can be jus-, tified, he ‘said. He said class sizes vary. with the schools, but gener- ally, there is room for im- provement when district schools are to the “But some delegates say they may urge defiance of what they call a weak new law giving workers only a vague say in choosing factory costumes opened the session with a banner-waving parade _ through the sports arena, and the 862 delegates rose to sing Polish national anthem and the once-banned reli- gious hymn God Who Wat- ches, Over Poland. Then Msgr. George Hig- gins of the Catholic Univer- sity of America in Washing- ton, D.C., rose to say mass from a red-and-white podium decorated with a Polish eagle, a crucifix and a mad- onna. Ina mixture of religion and politics, the visiting priest took time from the service to publicly invite Solidarity leader Lech Walesa to the i tion’ of the. ~ “The presence of your dis- tinguished leader Lech Wal- esa.at the (U.S. labor) fed- eration’s congress will also help the American worker immeasurably,” he told the * 862 delegates. . Higgins apparently was speaking in the name of AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland, who had planned to address the congress, but was denied a visa by the Polish government. 3 The AFL-CIO says it has given $260,000 to Solidarity, and both Kirkland and his organization are the object of frequent criticism’ in the official Soviet and Polish press. Bad day for stock exchange TORONTO (CP) — A mas- sive selling wave hit the world's stock and bond mar- kets Friday, aggravated largely’ by warnings from U.8. market commentator Joseph Granville that -Mon- day. will he one of the worst days ever on the New York Stock Exchange. rovincial average. Medvedeff agreed with a statement by Cacchioni, that teachers in the Castlegar area have fallen behind teachers in adjacent school districts (Trail, Grand Forks, and Nakusp) in terms of money and working condi- tions. Cacchioni also said that charts indicating various as- pects of educational quality in B.C. school districts gen- erally show Castlegar to be at the bottom end. Jones said school. boards were wartied in August by the ministry of education not to expect large increases in fund- said were also worried about interest rates staying high and about the success of President Reagan's efforts to trim U.S. government spend- ing. The sharp decline began minutes after exchanges opened. The Toronto stock market dropped 4.43 per cent, a fall of 84.09 points in the composite index.of 300 key stocks, bringing the in- dex down to 1812.48, and wiping $5.57 billion from the estimated value of Canadian- based issues. It was the largest one-day loss of the year on the Tor- onto market, which last week Eugene, Whelan and Soviet Agriculture Minister Valen- tin Mesyats following talks in Moscow. Under the agreement, Canad and the Soviet Union are to develop agricultural co-operation on the basis of mutual benefit. P 8 ing. She said the ministry told a seminar for school“ board trustees and staff that it ex- pected the funding increases will be too small to cover expected salary increases, and any changes the boards make will have to be at the expense of local taxpayers. d its greatest five- day loss in 10 years. Long Canadian government bonds were off $1.25 on the day. ——_—_——$$————— mighty God, teach us the ifference between that which is holy and that which is common. to distinguish between the unclean and the¢lean.