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The NDP stunned the governing Liberals, the pollsters, the pundits — and themselves — by gaining a comfortable niajority with 74 of the 130 seats in the legislature, knocking off Premier Da‘ Peterson and prominent members of his cabinet. “I did not expect to get this result,”’ an almost dazed and giddy Rae told supporters in a hall near his Toronto riding. The NDP won 38 per cent of the popular vote and gained more than SO seats from the Liberals, who took power with a minority government in 1985 and went on to capture a 1987 landslide. Peterson, who said he would resign as Liberal leader after being trounced by the NDP candidate in the London riding he has held for 15 years, ap- parently misread the electorate when he called the summer vote gnly three Stunning victory gives comfortable majority years into his five-year term. A record 66 per cent of the pfovin- ce’s six million eligible voters cast ballots. “The lesson from this election is that the public’s trust must be car- ned,’ Rae said in his victory speech. “*We are only just beginning to earn that trust and we must work at it every day.”” Peterson, 46, a. lawyer and millionaire businessman, spent much of his five years in power on the national stage — fighting for the Meech Lake constitutional accord and against free-trade. Scandal at home also gained attention, however, as did the threat of the country’s most prosperous province going from boom to bust. “Any shortcomings were mine and I accept that responsibility,’ the silyér-haired Peterson told campaign workers in London, many of whom were crying. The Liberals won about 32 per cent of the popular vote and were knocked down to 36 seats, a far cry from the massive 95-seat majority the party won in 1987 on 47 per cent of the — popular vote, Starting with only 18 seats, the NDP swept across the map, while the Conservatives improved slightly to 20 from 17 seats on about 24 per cent of the popular vote. “*It was the tax issue that drove the Liberals out of office,’’ recently elec- ted Tory Leader Mike Harris, 45, said in North Bay after easily winning his Northern Ontario riding of Nipissing. Rae, 42, a former Rhodes scholar, labor lawyer and MP, campaigned dn a platform of a fairer tax system, financed through @ minimum cor- porate income (ax of eight per cent, which he said would generate $2.38 billion over two years. He also said he’s willing to run up a $1 billion deficit in each of his first two years in power, in order to spend more money on education, pay equity, child care and economic development in Northern Ontario. Federal Tory Finance Minister Michael Wilson had a veiled warning for the new premier. “Mr. Rae has got to take a message from the voters of Ontario. If he con- tinues to do what Mr. Peterson did — that is raise spending 10 per cent per annum for five years running and see this translated into higher taxes — it is not going to serve him well.”’ Meanwhile, a jubilant federal NDP Leader Audrey McLaughlin said: “The voters are saying, ‘We want new politicians for the 1990s — no more of the arrogance, no more taking us for granted. Listen to what the people have to say.”” Rae's triumph devastates Grits TORONTO (CP) — The mood for change that swept the political lan- dscape of Ontario in Thursday's provincial election left some pundits scratching their heads in wonder. “I think Ontario was voting against an incumbent government . . . not that they wanted the NDP in, but they wanted the Liberals out,” said political scientist Syd Noel, who specializes in Ontario politics at the University of Western Ontario in London. “It remains difficult to interpret what the results mean.”’ The NDP’s smashing victory, which devastated the Liberals and crushed Premier David Peterson in his own riding, reverberated in par- tisan jubilation but brought only cautious optimism and even dire war- nings from other groups. For Stephen Lewis, former provin- cial NDP leader, it was the fulfilment of a dream. Under his leadership, the party had managed to hold the former Conservative government to a minority in the 1970s, but the taste of ictory had eluded him 'm beyond words; people have waited a lifetime for this,’’ Lewis said, adding Bob Rae’s NDP will form a government with ‘‘integrity and decency.”” For Bob White, president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, it was time to celebrate the good work and Vacation’s Over! Welcome home. If you i your carrier stop delivery of your get your carrier started again. 365-7266 Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. SN), Castlegar News | 7,341 People can’t be wrong! Let's get on with the Celgar Modernization! 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Liberal Leader Jean Chretien said the anti-government swing was sad for Peterson but boded well for op- position leaders like himself. “Mr. Peterson was in much better shape than Mr. Mulroney,’’ Chretien Business cautious TORONTO (CP) — Bob Rae’s New Democratic Party will have to become more corporate-minded if it hopes to maintain a flourishing business environment that will said. ‘I wish we had an election with Mr. Mulroney right away.”’ National NDP Leader Audrey McLaughlin believed Rae’s win should help the party nationally, and said voters are starting to look beyond arrogance for politicans who don’t take the electorate for granted. “We hoped for a (NDP) minority government thinking that was the ultimate, but this is beyond belief,”” exulted president Fred Upshaw of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents 110,000 provincial government and com- leaders munity college workefs. “Our experience with Peterson is that he was very arrogant. Now I feel elated that I can talk to a premier who will at least listen.’’ The president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS Vander Zalm ponders Ontario NDP win VANCOUVER (CP) The New Democyatic Par. ty’s stunning defeat of the governing Liberals in Ontario cooled the election fever in British Columbia. “If all of the people, who are closer to it than we are and better able to analyse, determine that it was an anti government sort of thing (in Ontario), then I will have to think about that,’ Premier Bill Vander Zalm said, “I will certainly be listening to what our analysts have to say We will be looking at those results very carefully.” The first NDP government in Ontario history was elected Thursday and Liberal Premier David Peterson lost his own seat in the upset. NDP Leader Bob Rae led his party to take 74 seats, with the Liberals holding 36 and the Progressive Conservatives 20. British Columbia’s governing Social Credit party is in a pre-election mode that includes cabinet meetings around the province, townhall meetings with the | premier, nominations of high-profile candidates and negative television ads aimed at the NDP. One compares NDP leader Mike Harcourt to a chameleon. Vander Zalm said he was stunned by the Liberals’ loss and Peterson's personal defeat. “It's unbelievable,” he id. “But it takes these things happening to show that regardless of the polls politicians rely on, it doesn’t always mean that much."’ Observers have sugg¢sted that Ontario businesses, faced with an NDP government might shift activity west, but Vander Zalm said he would wait to see what-happens. Harcourt was elated by the Ontario results, but said he doesn’t really believe they will have any effect on B.C. politics. *‘It is satisfying to see the rejection of the desperation . that Peterson tried to run in the last few days,"’ Harcourt said. fi “Its the same sort of thing that the Socreds are trying in these pre-election days.”” Political analyst Gerry Kristianson agreed. “*Peterson was very shrill in the last few weeks of the campaign and he would have been right at home in B.C. 10 years ago with his rhetoric,”’ said the University of Vic- toria professor. “But clearly the Ontario electorate did not believe the NDP is a socialist ogre That kind of thinking is just not relevant to today’s public, either in Ontario or here.”” Kristianson said he doesn’t think the Ontario economy will suffer greatly because of the NDP victory but that Socreds strategists might try to make political capital out of it. “I'd be saying to Vander Zalm to wait until spring when business is fleeing, Ontario isn’t getting investment capital and the taxes are rising and tell the B.C. voters: “See, these guys in Ontario elected the NDP and look what's happened.’ "’ Environment Minister John Reynolds said the Socreds will only face one major party in the next elec- tion, not two. “We've always had a coalition to make sure we don’t elect an NDP-socialist government.’" The Ontario result will ensure Socred factions will stop “bickering and fighting,”’ he said. B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Wilson, whose party has no legislature seats, said Peterson's overwhelming defeat is bad news for his fund-raising efforts here. But he will try to turn the Ontario loss to his party’s advantage. “The Ontario results are a condemnation of the status quo,”’ Wilson said. ‘We will try to use it to our ad- vantage to say: ‘You, too, have the opportunity to throw out the status quo by voting against both the Socreds and the NDP. Candidate takes case to court VANCOUVER (CP) — The legality of Nicole Parton's nomination as Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds will go to the courts, a news release issued by the committee supporting the man she defeated said Thursday. After the vote was taken Aug. 27, it was announced that Parton, a former Vancouver Sun columnist who is labelled a star candidate, had won the Rae’s victory and said it ‘‘definitely portends a shift in agriculture policy."” “All in all, farmers are going to fare well under the NDP," Brigid Pyke said. about new gov't house Richardson Greenshields. “think there will be a lot of money flowing into the United States now because Ontario was classified as the centre of capitalism.’” ce is also taking a cautious approach. President Linda Matthews, whose organization represents about 65,000 businesses in the province, said the new NDP government consists of provide jobs for Ontario resid business leaders said. “I think (premier-elect) Bob Rae’s a bright guy,’’ said Brian Steck, president of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada. ‘‘But I think his philosophies and perspectives will have to moderate in the face of reality.”” But at least one stock market broker said the election rout by the NDP in the provincial election will be felt on the markets and on businesses. “Rae’s philosophy is more of a Robin Hood type of situation where he takes from the rich and gives to the poor,” said Ira Katzin of brokerage of the ii industry were also disappointed. ‘I don’t think there are too many happy surance brokers out there tonight, said Spure Near, president of the On- tario Insurance Brokers’ Association. But Near, like many others, said he would have to wait to see what Rae comes up with for corporate Ontario before passing final judgment “It depends what the NDP comes up with. Traditionally, they’ve gone with government-run auto insurance. But what with the market and the cost of insurance, maybe they'll be reluc- tant to see that through.”” Fhe Ontario Chamber of Commer- as people” who are willing to discuss the future of the province. Business leaders are still concerned about a proposal by Rae for a minimum corporate tax that the NDP estimated would add about $1 billion to provincial coffers. Imposing additional taxes on business — especially during the current economic slowdown — would eat away at Ontario's com- petitiveness, said Paul Nykanen, a spokesman for .the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association. About 60,000 manufacturing jobs were lost in Ontario in the year ending June 1, he said. Unemployment rate “OTTAWA (CP) — Canada’s unemployment rate jumped to 8.3"per cent in August’ — the highest in almost three years, Statistics Canada said In the month alone, the rate jum- ped half a percentage point-from 7.8 per cent in July, the federal agency reported. r The agency’s monthly labor market survey showed the number.of unem- ployed rose 70,000 to 1,140,000 in August, with Quebec and British ‘Columbia bearing the brunt of the in- crease. Unless otherwise stated, all figures are adjusted for seasonal changes. The employment outlook con- tinued to be harsher at the younger end of the labor force. Among people aged 15 to 24 in August, there was a decline of 20,000 jobs, Statistics Canada said. For Canadians. ages 25 and over employnient fell by 38,000 with the decrease felt equally by men and women., Full-time. employment fell by 57,000 jobs with this decline being more pronounced for women. By contrast, part-time employment eased marginally. Statistics Canada said 21,000 jobs disappeared in the construction sector and there were 41,000 fewer jobs in community, business and personal services last month. Employment estimates fell by highest in three years 34,000 in Quebec and 21,000 in On- tario. The estimated number of. people unemployed increased by 35,000 in Quebec and 14,000 in British Colum- bia with little or no change in the other provinces. That brought the unemployment rate in Quebec up one percentage point to 9.9 per cent and 0.8 to 8.7 per cent in B.C. Rates dropped in Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island, off 0.9 to 17.4 per cent and 1.2 to 13.2 per cent respectively. Elsewhere, rates were static at 10.6 Per cent in Nova Scotia, 12.0 in New Brunswick, 6.5 in Ontario, 7.8 in Manitoba, 7.2 in Saskatchewan. Forces bid to end siege MONTREAL (CP) —_ The Canadian Forces made a new bid Thursday to peacefully end their stand-off with Mohawks at Oka, Que., while 30 kilometres to the east traffic moved across the Mercier Bridge for the first time in two mon- ths. As the bridge opened and the army removed equipment, aircraft and some soldiets from the area around the Kahnawake reserve, just south of Montreal, attention turned to Kahnesatake, near Oka, where Mohawk holdouts are penned in. Gen. John de Chastelain, chief of the defence staff, issued a statement from Ottawa Thursday night, saying the army has mfiade a proposal to natives in an effort to end the siege. Under the offer, the 20 Warrior holdouts must lay down their arms and put themselves under control of military authorities. The Warriors would be conducted to a military detention area where they would remain until final disposition of their cases. Once under guard, all persons would be identified by provincial police and either released or detained until their cases can be adjudicated, the statement said, “For the Mohawk people, the Proposal ensures a dignified and non- violent end to this crisis,’’ statement said. The proposal was made to Terry Doxtator, a representative of the Iroquois Six Nations Confederacy in the Mohawk compound. Doxtator immediately rejected the proposal as unacceptable, the CBC reported Thur- sday night. The military offer appears aimed at assuaging Warrior fears of falling into the hands of the provincial police, who they say are seeking revenge after a policeman was killed in a gun battle at Kahnesatake. Earlier in the day, the army, irritated by the presence of reporters at the scene, ordered them to move several hundred metres away. The journalists, separated-from the Mohawks by a road and two lines of razor wire, were interfering with. the soldiers movements and causing safety problems, an army spokesman said. by one vote over Ron Gray. The release said that after the vote, “‘we informed Social Credit party headquarters of two major discrepan- cies."” It added that an appeal had also been made to officers of the Con- stituency association. ‘These concerns have been treated with cavalier disdain.”* The committee said it hoped the issue would not become a cause celebre, but now the time for waiting had passed. “The nominee (Parton) declared after the first ballot . . . failed to ob- tain the required majority, which the DRAINING JOB Environmental continued from front pege users and Celgar’s expansion proposal too."’ But Celgar officials insist that three different studies of the wood fibre supply in southeastern B.C. show there’s more than enough wood chips produced in the area, together with pulpwood currently destroyed or ex- ported from the area, to provide more than adequate supplies of fibre to sustain the operation of an expanded mill which, as proposed, would double its production to 420,000 tonnes of pulp annually. “‘There’s more than enough chips for the moder- nization at (the current) rate of cut,’’ said Flemming Ein- feldt of Industrial Forestry Service Ltd., an independent consulting firm from Prince George which in 1988 prepared one of the fibre supply studies for Celgar and updated the study for the proposed expansion. “What they’re (the environmentalists) saying is that's not a sustainable harvest,’’ Einfeldt told the Castlegar News at the last of Celgar’s open houses Thursday night in Castlegar. But he disagreed. “*The current rate of cut will be good for in the order of 30 or more years before gradually dropping down,”’ he said. However, Einfeldt said if environmggtalists are suc- cessful in convincing the government to protect more forest from logging, ‘‘you’d have to recalculate’’ the rate of cut Frank Borowicz, the panel’s lawyer, said at a recent public meeting to discuss public hearing procedures that the panel’s mandate does not allow it to consider whether or not B.C.’s forests are being harvested in a sustainable manner. However, the environmental groups point out that Ceigar has applied for a pulpwood agreement which, if the application is successful would allow the company to har- vest up to $00,000 cubic metres of pulp-quality timber an- nually if it could not buy its full requirement of chips and logs. **Since Celgar has filed such an application, then the exclusion from the panel’s mandate of the impact of the project on the management of Crown lands must be called into question,’’ the groups say. Celgar officials say the application for a pulpwood agreement is a separate issue from the proposed expan- sion and is subject to its own public hearings next month in Kamloops and Nelson. The company says it applied for the agreement only as insurance in case the existing supply of wood chips to the pulp mill is interrupted. ‘‘A pulp- wood agreement would be activated only in the event that chips and roundwood could not be secured through the regions’s independent samillers,”” Ceigar pulp mill general manager Jim Browne said in a news release at the time of the application. Turning to the transportation issue, the environmen- tal groups are asking the panel “to thoroughly investigate alternate transport by rail and barge through the region."” “Houses shake and people can’t carry on conver- sations in their homes when the huge double-trailer rigs pass by,"’ the groups say, referring to truck traffic through the Slocan Valley. ‘Safety is also a serious con- cern as the driver seem unable to keep the trucks in their lane on the winding, narrow sections of the highway.”” However, supporters of the expansion proposal such as the Citizens for a Clean Celgar Modernization say it’s unfair to expect Celgar to use alternate methods of tran- sporting wood chips that are more expensive when other companies aren’t required to do so. They also point out that and e of hi is the responsibility of the provincial government, not Celgar. chairman of the meeting announced before the ballots were cast would require 50 per cent plus one vote."” The committee quotes Robert's Rules of Order, upon which the party bases all its actions, as requiring that every vote, including illegal votes if cast by legal voters must be included in the total to determine a majority “By that rule, there were 380 votes cast, of which Mrs. Parton obtained only 190, one short of the required majority.”’ The committee says that on top of that, several people who do not live in the riding were allowed to register to vote although they are not entitled to do so. Parton would not comment on the issue. “T think it’s just impolite to. com- ment on another candidate,’’ she said. LOTTERIES i at the Aquatic Cent: returning to her regular duties. Norma Kinicki dons the rubber gloves and scrub bbrush Thursday to scrape out the gunk that had collected in the drain Needless to say, Kinicki, who is a fitness instructor /lifeguard at the pool, is looking forward to ce” i CasNews photo by Ed Mills «The $1,000,000 winning number in Friday's Provincial lottery draw is 5659453. There “are also subsidiary prizes The winning numbers drawn Thur- sday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 29, 31, 38, 44, $0, $1, $3 and $4 The «winning numbers nesday’s Lotto 6/49 draw were 7, 12, 37, 38, 40 and 46: The bonus numbe was 18 There was no winner of the jackpot prize of $1,880,615.80. Therefore, the Lotto 6/49 jackpot prize pool estimate for the next draw will te 34,00,000.00. The second prize pool, awarded to those matching five regular numbers and the bonus number, had three winner of $236,813.30 The third-prize pool, awarded to those matching five regular numbers, had 173 winners of $3,140.40. The fourth-prize pool, awarded to those matching four regular numbers, had 11,347 winners of $92.00. In addition, there were 226,698 prizes of $10 awarded to those mat ching three regular numbers. There was a total of 238,221 prizes worth $6,445 ,263.90. The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia on Wednesday were 10, 51, 90, 93 A match on all four numbers wins $500,000. Three numbers wins $1,000. Two numbers wins $10. One number wins $1 The winning numbers drawn Wed nesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 8,9, 14, 18, 26, 29, 39 and 42 In the event of a discrepancy bet ween these numbers and the official winning numbers list, the latter shall prevail in Wed-- Dry month, By CasNews Staff The first 17 days of August were bone dry but showers during the remainder of the month brought rain- fall in the Castlegar area up to near normal amounts, the Castlegar weather office reported “A combination of a ridge of high pressure which remained over southern B.C. for the first half of the month and a series of disturbances which crossed the province during the last half balanced out to give a near normal August,’ the weather office says in its monthly weather report. “Mean maximum and minimum temperatures for the month were a few points above normal resulting in an average temperature of 20.1 degrees, 0.3 of a degree above the normal of 19.8,"' the report said for a time The weather office- recorded 39.2 millimetres of rain, 87 per cent of normal. August 1976 stands as the wettest August on record with 140 mm of rain. The driest August ever is August 1967 when the weather office recor- ded just a trace of rain during the en- tire month “Although no snow fell in the valleys, it was reported on two oc- sasions at the 2,100-metre level,’* the report says The weather office recorded 253.6 hours of sunshine in August, 93 per cent of the normal 271.9 hours for the month. The sunniest August on record is August 1979 when the weather office recorded 353 hours of sunshine. August 1976 is the dullest on record with just 178.4 hours. A seat or two will do for longshot Liberals VICTORIA (CP) — Gordon Wilson is putting his money where his mouth is, betting there will be a B.C. election soon and he can lead the Liberals from obscurity into the legislature. The 41-year-old father of two gam- bled three years ago when he took a leave from teaching at a North Van- couver college to become the — un- paid — leader of the provincial Grits. Instead of earning $50,000 a year, he is doing some instructing and preparing for an election. Most exper- ts say the party is a long shot to win even one of the 75 seats If elected, Wilson would get $28,324 as a member of the legislature, with an expense allowance of $14,161 “Yes, it’s a fairly significant finan- cial sacrifice, but 1 thought it was worth the chance,"’ says the bespec- tacled Wilson. The last time Liberals played any role in B.C. politics was in 1972 when they elected five members. Three defected to Social Credit before the next election, one was defeated and the last called it quits in 1979 The last premier to lead a Liberal government in British Columbia was Duff Pattulo between 1933 and 1941 Liberals captured less than seven per cent of the popular vote in the 1986 election. Analysts estimate the party needs 12 per cent before it can take a seat. That takes money Social Credit and the NDP plan Qinvincesige campaigns the ISocreds are already running television ads — on budgets of about $4 million Wilson might have $500,000, tops. “Twelve months ago, maybe people were still looking for an alter- native," says Norman Ruff, a Univer- sity of Victoria political scientist Now, he says, “I think it’s back to polarization,"’ between Social Credit and the NDP. There just isn’t an issue for a third party to cash in on, says Edward McWhinney, who teaches con- stitutional law at Simon Fraser University Some expected the Reform party to run provincially on the issue of western alienation, but indications are it will stay out of provincial politics, he said. ‘ Provincial Progressive Conser vatives are almost non-existent and Wilson doesn’t have a volatile issue to spark momentum, McWhinney said. “It’s a tough uphill battle,”” Wilson conceded Move___ _ continued from front poge “I just can’t understand the men- tality of someone who would say that,"’ said Verigin, 68, honorary chairman of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ. “It's a disgrace to blacklist the Doukhobor community like that. It’s not only unfair, it’s just not right."" Verigin said he knows Gaglardi and feels he is aware enough of the Doukhobor history to distinguish between mainstream Doukhobors and the sect’s radical elements. ““A Doukhobor is a way of life. We are absolutely against violence."” Verigin said he could appreciate that people didn't want the extremists moving into their communities, but most now realize that only a small group of Doukhobors was responsible for the problems. Colleges continued from front pege programs, like forestry and nursing, which have limits on students, have many more applicants than spots available, Lintz said “We've put quite a number of people on waiting lists, so it’s unlikely everybody on the waiting list will get TOURIST ALERT into the programs they’ for I guess you can say we're turning people away in that sense. But we're not turning people away to the extent of the Lower Mainland colleges which are saying ‘We're full, period.” "" Lintz said Selkirk has added sessions to some courses, mostly at night, in the university transfer program because most of the day session courses are filled quickly Despite a five per cent increase. in tuition fees over last year, registration is up close to 10 per cent — 999 students — at Selkirk’s main campus in Castlegar Registration is also up five to 10 per cent at Selkirk’s campuses in Nelson and Trail, Lintz said Okanagan College has seen a 22 per cent increase in the number of studen ts registering for its first year and a 44 per cent jump for the second year, Braem said Tourist Alert issued by the RCMP The following people, ' believed travelling in- British Columbia, are asked to call the person named for an Ligne pussanatawenge sf” Lynn Glober, Elizabeth Miller Eugene and Darlene Gooding, Delano, Calif., call Tracy Gibb. Thomas Hatton, Alta., call home Shirley Holderness and Buzz Crawford, Cuneu, Idaho, call Diane Jenson Lloyd Klein, Calgary Alta., call Fred Kavanagh Kamloops, call Beaverlodge, Nick Paul, Oregon, call Tony Am: sbary Jacalyn Stibbards and Neil Todd, Merritt, call family or Deanna. Reinhold and Helga Tobias, Ed monton, call Christine Tobias William Anaka, Ashcroft, B.C call Leo Smith Peter Berendt, Victoria, Mann Willy Blom, Hanke Oosterhout, Netherlands, call Hanke Oosterhout Gerry Borel, Baton Rouge, La., ca}l Janet Hoover Gary Brown Hatley Il Hans Toronto, call Bev Enrolment continued from front pege estimating 136 Grade 9 students would show up but instead got 161 “Of course, that just has to cause problems,”* Wayling said, adding that new Stanley Humphries principal David Hogg will haverto do sonte reorganizing - Wayling added that ‘ta couple" of primary divisions at Kinnaird elemen tary school have 27 or 28 students in? them. The district aims at 25 students or fewer in primary classes. “If we can keep them to 20 or 25 we're pleased with that,” Wayling said. “‘We try to keep: the inter mediate and secondary below 30. Within the collective agreement with the teachers there’s wording that the board will endeavor to keep classes below 30. And we try to do that as well as a matter of educational commitment to the kids.”” He said one or two Grade 6 classes have about 30 students and some of the Grade’9 classes at the high school probably exceed 30 at this time Meanwhile, Wayling said contract talks between the district and the teachers will resume next week “We have two meetings scheduled for Monday and Tuesday and later in the month on the 24th and 2Sth,"" he said. ‘‘We're still in the very preliminary stages. It's a very positive environment so far." A news blackout prevents cither side from releasing any details about the contract discussions.