heard their worries that edu-
cational opportunity - will

‘goals will not be attainab
elected I will speak stron;
to these issues at the ou

- about “bus safety.’ Ihave consultin;
making de

InN THE CASTLEG. R STORE

"SCHOOL TRUSTEE FOR AREA

inlet concerning the po-.:
sition of a trustee as I'know.:
full well’ that ‘a public edu: -
cation system’ which ‘has ‘en:
dured for as many years and
it has is'not likely to Feapond

a ‘single vote from

we poeta eats reed
straint’ or‘not::An apparent: ,
shortage ‘of money has made
it: necessary to, review the’.
eduication : ‘ayatem first’ for...
dollars but’ most. importantly

fe for. ‘its impact: on the lives of ©

For those who do not know ”

is: ‘me, ‘my: name is: Fred ‘Merri-

to ‘compiter education!
offering:

‘man’ of ‘Blueberry, Greek: I

have li jed here for nearly she

dren: presently. registered as
students’ in School District

My job sis directly. ‘nvalved

cwith:; sproperty taxes, ) bud-

gets, insurance and cost an-

|, alysis projects, A major part

+ Sof? my. job requires me to

: Tepresent : the ‘company Tat
~ courts of revision and appeal

boards as well as to forecast

taxes in. the. short

ite and intermediate term.

heavel’ in - education, it, is.

“difficult to predict or Prepare
h for the future. Caution, con-

Ichave had quite recent
experience as a mature. stu-
dent. at Selkirk Collge, and
| experience a substitute, tea-

‘cher in School District No. 9.

and 11 in Trail.
‘Thave had 165 years exper-

., fence'as a self-employed pub-

lic accountant, seven years in
Canadian banking and aman:

‘Tam satisfied with the de-

"gree of training ‘and’ ktiow-

ledge 'that my three ‘children
have ‘received ’' from * this!
school ‘district: and’ “would
‘close by saying I would work
‘to retain that’ which ‘is, good \.
‘and '‘gound’ in’ the ‘present
system, She keoring an

parents —
course.

In order to: assist: single
parents . contemplating: re-
turning to schéol,’ Vita Stor- ;
ey, of Selkirk College's ‘Wom: °
en's Access’ Program,’ and
Donna: Watson, a‘ covaseltor ,
at David ‘Thompson: Univer- ©

Be ee ee ma

sity Centre, are’ ‘holding an’:
of i A

and,

peri-
ence gained in the United
States.

Presently, I serve on the
Blueberry “Creek: Irrigation

~ District and am active in the

information ‘sharing, ‘Friday © |

from 1-5 p.m. in the Student

Union Building at’ DTUC.
“We want to bring all: the

resource people together. in

one spot to help simplify the
various processes ‘a: single

“parent'may: encounter when:
‘considering returning to
“school,” Watson said.

“We will have three or four

single parent students at
1 Various stages of their career
“development on hand: along.
“with Tepresentatives from
} Human Resources, manpow-

er, Family Court and Nelson

), Community Services,”

“In addition:to.a panel dis-
sion, a story- eine exer-

All children have. hes
right to: an appreprisie

education.

Parents should have a
put into. school policy’
and curriculum ‘decis=
.lons, which directly. e
fect their children.

instead the spending goes on

and we are going’ to have to.

r s
- to find ‘ways to, reduce ‘their,

the ety is.a very

‘What is being ‘done about
the industrial park?. In spite: :
of the mayor's statement that
it: will never cost '.the: resi-

dents one dime, who pays the,

bill for ‘the. work: if the lots.

- the pavement on 24th Street

acdon on Te: ) 44;
- ducing our’ civic debt, :but

Fetived and baveithe time, If

elected; Tintend to work with 2

by::the Bob :Brandson | pool:

“and ‘replace: it with a- sone

‘ street for the next 16: years

ind already its just about as :

bad: as:the one.it replaced.:

“ct appears that the. council
--feels that it. does not -have.

any accountability; to...the

: residents of ‘this town. Why
~-else;nis “most : of council's
business ‘done behind closed’.

doors? .
7/1 \;intend;” to, point. out
situations. such- as those I:

. ‘have mentioned ‘and demand
» solutions instead of. debts.:1-

have found that if attention is

focused_on' the. Problems, BO

tion follows.
In‘ past. years. I: have
pushed for and obtained the

aceldents in July and August, -°

than ‘any other‘region of. the
province, . government stat.

Blatistics from the motor
vehicle’ branch show.81 fatal

incidents occurred in‘the In- ie
terior, 26 in‘the Vancouver .

Arrow Lake water system in | at

place of the costly hard water
wells, I: blocked passage of
bylaws that would have made,
all'existing homes ,Jéas: than,
26 feet from the front of the

lot ‘non-conforming, which rain.

-would,. have : reduced ; their,

value by rendering them ir-
replaceable in the: event of
major. damage, plus creating
insurance problems for their.
owners, I,blocked‘a noise
bylaw that would:have made

_it/unlawful to work in your

own yard after supper. or on
weekends and I blocked ac-

tion’ by council. to move: to- - dri

wards building an equipment
works | yard.}in') Woodland

Park without consulting the: accid

business judgement, I. will

nsure that this city.
mee obligations to the
citizens that it is supposed to
represent.:.;-:. “)

during. that Period. in? 1981
and 891 this year, ; Gaede

160:kiloton limit on “peaceful

clear. explosions” for. proj. e
xtraction

derground energy sources,

‘An ‘aggregate ceiling. of ©
1,600 kilotons'was placed on

“group”: PNES, two; or:more

explosions. within; five “‘sec-

onds.: For the; first time a.
was included along with,

; “from:a natural’
e.. ploslons; Treaty: (PNET) »
© (1976) ‘provides for the same.

Seen e cant anaaser ver Iimlted the umber of rites to av
aaloglral two! in’ each ‘country, but a
‘18

questionably

cult, if not'impossible, for nu. a. single:site for, Seployment
clear weapon parties to de- of ‘ABM” systems in

Limitation
provision for’ on-site: inspec>>'»;In 1969 the U.S.A. and the (1972): aoe a five-year

{number ‘of fixed land-based .
/ ICBM launchers and ballistic
;mlasile launchers ‘on|modern
jsubmarines. | In‘ 1977: both

D ‘provisions ‘of SALT I beyond -

‘Sgrocd that: thay.
tended to refrain’ from any *
‘actions incompatible with ‘the

the original five-year period.

Viadivostock Accord (1974)
tablished’ the principle of
equal ceilings on strategic

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