52 __ Cast News _*vs9. 16 mee i + continued trom front pege ‘The request for the first year totals $1,282,047.19. However, Farrell said in an interview Tuesday that some of the programs have three-year components. He said the board's computer projections of the three-year costs, based on the current request, is $2.7 million. But he noted that the district will have to reassess its needs every year and that the projected amount will At the education committee meeting, board chairman Kay Johhson commented that this year's request of $1.3 million, on top of the board's budget of $8.75 million “equals what we need in the district.” Trustee Rick Pongracz said he is concerned that the board may get its request this year and then be saddled with programs it can't afford if the government cuts off or gyverement ot the cont of thie wees Gale eupertagenetens of schools Terry Wayling. He added that the Excellence in Education fund is “open ended” with no time limits set for the application for funds. f WESTAR NOT INCLUDED, Pulp ns settle stuots ‘\ exi \is tentative contract VANUUUVER (CP) — industry's labor-relations record means that the mere mention of bargaining “sends shivers up the spines of our Model pact breaks down = SPARWOOD (CP) — A year rela- It is the first time since the More relief sought? He enid the provincial gov- ernment is “well aware of the located at Castlegar Mohawk FRIDAY, APRIL 11 10 a.m. to7'p.m. iS two-day lockout imposed by Skelly to speak in Nelson at Saturday's customers. Hay-Roe noted that Sunday's an- nouncement “comes at a very inter esting time, namely when both the Finns and the Swedes are having labor problems . . . It could be the reverse of the situation our customers have come Hh H f ced Sunday cover all major mills except - those owned by Westar Timber. If the are ratified, it will be only the second time in the past eight pulp-industry E i i F F | ‘ia foe it The voting by 7,000 members of the Canadian Paper Union and 5,500 members of the Pulp, Paper and a of Canada is dto Le 4 tlt : Ut in] ie i Fe H i i tnd Geach oxeks when the B.C. government, alarmed at the effects on the economy passed special legislation. But the pulp unions refused to return to work for two weéks more, insisting on a two-year contract instead of a three-year term. In the end, they won essentially the Woodworkers of América. The three. 4 be complete by late April. E E F 5 year pacts have annual pay increases of zero, four and 4.5 per cent RDCK BUDGET continued from front pege 1986 budget of $1.5 million — up more more ‘than $6,000 from 1986. In 1985 Area J paid just $316 for general than $300,000 or 25 per cent from 1985. chee mp BET rom 08 i ‘Area T's portion of the regional bud- get will be $415,481 this year — a $32,255 increase or 8.4 per cent. One of the major increases came in general services where Area I's share rose to $13,753 this year from only $683 in 1985 — an increase of more than $13,000. As well, Ares T's share of rural ay services ~~ services pro- vided only te electoral areas nearly $4,000 from $4,711/im 1985 to $8,687 thie year. © $3,407 for costs also d — from $24,876 to $30,018 — a hike of more than $5,000. aa wes RUSSIAN IMMERSION Nelson-Creston riding in what many expect to be a fall one SALE EFFECTIVE TO APRIL 30 Noritake — STAINLESS STEEL — FLATWARE © Gold Plated © Gold Lattice (in Stock) EXAMPLE: 20-PCE. PLACE SETTING tar. se 9 L16 ON INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR SETS Noritake FORMAL CRYSTAL STEMWARE © Paris (Platinum) * Troy (Gold) * Royal Pierpont © Virtue * Ebony & Gold © Gold & Platinum EXAMPLE: ROYAL 18° Reg. $27. ...... Sale Ea. 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Although only party con- The approximately $3,500 generated by each student in stituency members are eli the Grade 1 Russian immersion program would be paid to gible to vote for the. can- the school district by the pr | government reg: didates, the convention and of the program the students are enrolled in, he said. the banquet are open to Wayling added that the total cost of the kindergarten anyone who wants to hear immersion program is funded by the school district. Skelly or the candidates Kinakin said the effect of not expanding the Russian immersion program would be the “total fr and e. woeaat for Recreation Commission © $18,851 for Pioneer Arena, down. nearly $1,000 from $19,761 last year. regional parks, up ‘thiam'$1,000 from $2,115 in 1985. Area J's portion,of:the regional budget wilt increase 9.5 per cent, from $175,079 in 1985 to $191,707 — more e services. This year it will pay $6,376. Administration costs are also up $2,400, from $11,517 last year to $13,916 this year. Fire protection costs will rise by some $6,000 — from $43,107 in 1985 to Planning costs will remain about the same: $15,693 this year compared to $15,770 last year. And the economic development budget is $3,096 this year compared to $3,037 in 1985. Area J's portion of Recreation Com- mission No. 1 will fall slightly in 1986, from $8,964 to $8,816. As well, it’s share of the cost for the Community Complex and Pioneer Arena will fall by some $6,000 and 3500, respectively. Area J .will pay $46,019 for the Com- munity Complex this year compared to $52,581 last year. And its share of the Pioneer Arena costs will be $8,739, compared to $9,149 in 1985. Russian will place their children into a program without continuity. “This will prevent a mix of Russian and non-Russian students and the program will not achieve its potential as an educational and cultural unifying force,” Kinakin said. Trustee Ed Conroy agreed with Kinakin that the “kindergarten to Grade 1 program just isn't going to cut it.” He said the Parents for Russian presentation “may open the eyes of the people in our community to the nature of the Russian program.” However, Conroy added that the trustees will “have to sit down and talk about (the program).”: its wisdom supports it.” Trustee George Anutooshkin said: “I hope the board in melting away of good will of parents” involved in the program. He said the parents of students enrolled in the original kindergarten immersion class in the- 1983-84 school year were “disillusioned” when a Grade 1 class was not offered the next year. The banquet is at DTUC's Mary Hall cafeteria with the afternoon convention at the Both kindergarten and Grade 1 Russian immersion were not offered until this school year. Kinakin said the parents of this year’s Grade 1 students will feel the same frustration if the program is not expanded to Grade 2 next year. He said the uncertainty about the program is creating a game of educational “Russian roulette” for the parents and their children. “This is not a healthy environment for the program in this district,” Kinakin said. A final ill effect of not expanding the program, he said, would be the creation of a “language ghetto” where only matrepoiton Reotly orcs *y You! | parents with a high interest in teaching their children CURLERS Saturday, April 12 ANNUAL WIND-UP DINNER PRESENTATION & DANCE ~ high of ; e new hi ou Vickers ot bee apr aired ome the old record of 28.1 set in But that was the only record broken during the brief warm snap, said Tom Willson of the weather office. Monday's high of 20.1 was more than two degrees short of the record. And the end of the hot weather is in sight. The outlook for Friday and the weekend is cloudy and isola- ted showers. Record high A taste of summer came early Tuesday with a new record high temperature of 23.4 degrees set at the Castlegar airport weather office. Monday, April 14 Annual General Meeting at Curling Club Lounge 7:30 p.m. Sharp — Reports & Election of Officers — chairman Gordon Turner told Kinakin a committee of the board is already discussing the Russian immersion program and added that the trustees will “deliberate on these items further.” been finished even if the strike has not been settled by SHAW CABLE PLANS MOVE TO CASTLEGAR By CasNews Staff Shaw Cable plans to move its Trail office to Castlegar, the Castlegar News has learned. “We bought a building in Castlegar,” Shaw Cable manager Lynn Greentree confirmed in an interview Tuesday. ‘The cable company has purchased the former Valley Maid building on Columbia Avenue opposite the Sandman Inn. Greentree said Shaw Cable had been looking for four or five years in different locations for a building but could never come up with a site. “The (Valley Maid) building became available and we bought it,” he explained. However, he said the company won't be moving to Castlegar immediately. “We have to carry out extensive renovations to the building itself,” Greentree said. He couldn't say when the renovations would begin or when Shaw Cable hopes to make the move. Greentree said the company still has some planning to complete before it starts renovations. He added that the move will not be affected by the seven-month strike by its 13 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1003. The move will take place when the renovations have ‘hat time, Greentree said. Shaw Cable workers have been on strike since Aug. 18 over a demand for a union shop clause in their contract. STILL SPINNING STRONG . . . 93-year-old Anno Makortott keeps spinning while convalescing at home after a week's stay in hospital. She has spun Ss Castlegar News TREET TALK THE FIRESIDE Motor Inn in Castlegar has a new! owner. Ernie Turta of Saskatchewan has bought the hotel weet — e et oeee owner Harry Smith. Neither party to the deal has so far been willing to reveal details about the sale. » THE WEST Kootenay and Castlegar have some excellent dates at Expo 86. West Kootenay entertainment will be featured in the B.C. Pavilion over the July 1st holiday with our week there running from Sunday, June 29 to Saturday, July 5. Castlegar’s week at the World Business Showcase in the Canada Place Pavilion will run from Monday, Aug. 4 (the B.C. Day holiday) through Sunday, Aug. 10. SEAMEN DEWIS, 69, of Robson got a pleasant surprise March 19 when he turned up his first 29 hand at cribbage. Dewis, his wife Leura, andKen and Bea Knutson have been playing cribbage with each other for the last £5 years and this was the first 29 hand among any of the four players in that time. JUST ABOUT everybody at one time or another has been the recipient of a computerized mailing piece. But Reb Lamont, son of Castlegar’s Jimmy and Inga Lamont, received a real humdinger recently. Rob is the Great West Life Assurance Co. represen- tative in Revelstoke, and the Revelstoke Review says a mailing piece Rob received recently “has to take the prize for sheer stupidity. In fact the Jay Norris company in -| | | | | yorn since she was 12 years old and ads now it is good therapy for her. ection Peto “At one point the letter says: ‘Dear Mrs. Ass, Forgive me for the repetition.’ After all that, the company shouldn't have any trouble knowing where to put this gem, if and when Robert decides to send it back to them.” NELSON MOM Mary Olisoff is a step closer to having her dream come true thanks to the efforts of Royal Bank employees across the province. Olisoff's daughter Clover, 11, died Jan. 22 following & 13-hour surgery for a congential heart defect at Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. During the operation surgeons needed a special child-sized pump to help her heart work. ‘The hospital didn't have it and was forced to use‘an adult-sized pump obtained from Vancouver General Hospital. That pump only kept Clover alive for another y- While the little girl was in critical condition her parents questioned the pump and what would have happened if Clover had been too tiny. “We didn’t like those odds,” says her mother, adding that they wanted to make it easier for other children who needed the surgery. “It would give another child a chance,” she said. The Olisoffs launched a fundraising campaign for the child-size intra-aortic balloon pump in February raising $4,638.18 in the next six weeks: But a recent twist of fate — resulting in $12,000 donation from Royal Bank of Canada employees — has brought the fund up to $16,638.13. While Clover was in Children’s Hospital before surgery, she made friends with six-year-old Joanna McCracken, daughter of Vancouver residents Joe and Carmen McCracken. Joe is the Royal Bank's retail lending services manager for B.C. and Carmen works in the admitting department of the Children’s Hospital. Joanna also has a congential heart defect and she's d for one more round of corrective heart surgery Canada should fire its pr The article continues: “The company recently sent out notices for a $100,000 sweepstakes and a local man got one. Most people have received similar mailings .. . you know the kind — a form letter with your name inserted throughout in a tacky attempt to make the item appear personalized “The Jay Norris company addressed this particular notice to ‘Mrs. Great West Ass.’ (short, of course for Assurance), and sent it to agent Robert Lamont. However, at least 12 times they refer to Mr. Lamont as Mrs. Ass. Sentences such as ‘You can win $25,000, Mrs. Ass’ and ‘Mrs. Ass could lose $25,000’ and “You'd better sit down, Mrs. Ass’ and ‘Mrs. Ass you have a real chance at winning big’ appear on the form soon. When Joe read about the fundraising drive to buy the balloon pump in Clover’s memory he remembered that Royal Bank employees were involved in a province-wide drive to buy two pieces of special equipment for Children's Hospital and wondered if there was any money left over if it could be donated to the Clover Olisoff Memorial Fund. He approached the bank's assistant manager of public affairs and the result was a $12,000 donation to the fund. This leaves only $3,362 left to be raised for the pump. Donations can be made to any branch of the Royal Bank and at the Castlegar News in Castlegar. | | | | | SAUSAGES =... 99° PICNICS: won 99? BARON: BONELESS. CANADA Pe er $2 STEAKS :-...... SHORT HIBS oe 8] 09] shagi2 9 19 ROASTING FRESH. CANADA . GREEN GIANT CARNATION FROZEN. TOMATO PASTE ~ QQ> | sate TOMATO SAUCE 69° GREEN GIANT SWEET PEAS, NIBLET CORN, TOMATO JUICE ‘spi $489 wesTva DRINK PURITAN IRISH STEW | CAKE ne Cal STEW. FRONTIER DINNER, TBALLS & REG. OR WITH VEGETABLES wo 69'S. "16" [7 KE MIXES VEGETABLE SOUP) 9° SKIM MILK INSTANT POWDSR. PACIFIC. ... 1 Kg. $639 CAMPBELLS. 284 mi TINS sm 69° BATHROOM TISSUE iive,.. 1° PAPER TOWELS m8 Company wins award By CasNews Staff Kalesnikoff Lumber Com. pany of Thrums won second place in the industrial cate- gory of the 1985 Minister's Environmental Awards pre sented in Victoria recently According to a prepared release, Kalesnikoff won the award for the high priority given to environmental pro tection in its logging prac tices. Peter Kalesnikoff manager and owner of the company, said it was the first time Kalesnikoff has received such an award. “I was surprised,” he said. “I didn’t expect anything like own language OSUJONY JOVWM AWW 2 OFFICE 365-2111 HOME 365-2790 Convery and in the exposure to new . The disciplines ‘and skills one learns beside the language itself, will be used time and time again in whatever else one does . The applicability of knowledge gained is one of those things only the learning of a second language can provide . Memory skills are improved, the grammar of English is better learned, and the choice of words in any language is heightened . Studies have shown that most students of second langvages consistently do better in most other subject areas Experience with a second language increases the student's ability in divergent thinking tasks ISN'T IT WORTH YOUR CHILD'S TIME? The Parents for Russian will be having intormatién meetings at Castlegar Primary Schoo! — 7:30 p.m., April 8, 1986 Tarry’s Elementary Schoo! — 7:30 p.m., April 15, 1986 If you ore interested in es your child a solid foundation in language skill: FOR FURTHER INFORMATIO! N " PARENTS FOR RUSSIAN — 365-6352, 399-4 Zaoame N Is, we invite you to attend GIVE YOUR CHILD AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME! RUSSIAN IMMERSION PROGRAM This Program is open to EVERYONE. You DO NOT have to speak Russian or come from a Russian background. 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