He said under the School Act, the minister can take the “extreme” action to the second and about 10 per cent to the third. STMAS PARTY... Children gather around Senta Claus to tell him their Christmas wishes at Peace on munity Complex. Earth Christmas party held Sunday at Castlegar Com- Costews Photo by Doug Hervey CRIME REPORT SAYS Motion on bus stops dismissed By CasNews Staff A motion to give school district administration the authority to make decisions on new bus stops was dismissed as being too vague at Monday's Castlegar school board meeting. { The motion, made by trustee Linda Krull, chairman of the transportation and safety committee, said: “That no new bus stops be established unless special circumstances warrant it.” Krull explained in an interview that the motion was intended to give district administration the power to make on minor changes in the location of bus stops. She said parents make a “flood” of such requests every September, many of which involve “moving a bus stop a block away.” She said if a bus stop had to be moved because of safety reasons, the transportation and safety committee would handle it. Trustee Kay Johnson said the phrase “special circum- stances” should be defined. Trustee Rick Pongracz agreed, and suggested the motion be sent back to the transportation and safety committee. He said the board should “draft up policies that are more specific,” and added that “all we want to do is be more nepecitis bey ky policy 10) ene. . in said it's “imposs- ible” to draft policy that covers all special circumstances. “It has to be general, in the sense there is leeway on both sides of the policy. You can't have a policy where there's no leeway to move.” But Johnson insisted that the motion should cover “some” special circumstances. The motion was sent back to the transportation and safety for reworking. Israelis light first Hanukkah candle TEL AVIV (AP) — Israelis candle of Hanukkah and lighted candles at sundown begin a week of solidarity Tuesday for the start of with the two million Jews in Hanukkah, the festival of the Soviet Union. lights that atesan It's. b 1 in ancient miracle and a Jewish most workplaces during the victory over the conquerors holiday, but children enjoy an Buckley made a motion that the college prepare to inform the public on the effects of funding cutbacks on the college once the effects have been determined in detail and decisions have been made by the board. Perra said he is under the impression that if the college. is able to achieve productivity increases of five per cent per year, the total level of funding will remain intact. He said next year the college will have to increase productivity even further, particularly in the delivery of Programs. He said there will be many kinds of activities and services the college has provided which will no longer be available. One board member noted that the board must consider the impact on the community in an already depressed economy. He said that program cuts will mean money normally spent here will leave the community when local residents have to send their children elsewhere to go to school. But Perra noted that generally, Selkirk College enjoys one of the highest participation rates of high school students in the province. By reducing that level, the college would be reducing one of the highest participation rates. Faculty representative Margaret Nickle noted that one the pi with P ivity is the danger that the areas of of i will become less thorough. “It may create some real problems for etitational quality for students,” she said. Nickle noted that if students are not asked to write what they can do, or the It may affect students who would “make it with a little more help or need more thorough evaluation or get missed because of increased productivity,” she said. Perra said the college received a three per cent budget increase last year, while many other colleges were receiving reductions of between five and 10 per cent. He said BCIT will receive a 10 per cent decrease for the second year in a row. Perra said that when Selkirk College received an increase last year it had:a-light-enrolment in a nbhiber of areas such as ‘the apprenticeship programs. The cullége recived nearly $11 million frém the government last year. “Selkirk has been well treated,” he added, noting that last year there was actually « nine per cent decrease, when y into because by 12 per cent, the college received » thus eliminating the impact of the “Productivity increases will have to be accomplished by accommodating the same level of full-time enrolments with less rather than ting more full-time enrolment with the same resources as was the case in 1984-85," he said in his report. Service held for Donald Wallace Donald McLean Wallace of Castlegar died Dec. 14 at the Castlegar and District Hoe PEI safest place to live in Canada TORONTO (CP) — The order, from worst to best safest Place to live in Canada B.C., Manitoba, Alberta, Sas katehewan, Ontario, New foundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, P.E.1 CITES CLIMATE Robert Harris, author of the report, said some of the reasons for differences in rates of reported crime can in elude strieter reporting of crimes by police, a younger or less stable population or a warmer climate. Cold weather tends to dis- courage eriminal activity, he said, but was at a loss to say why B.C. seems to be a rougher place to live. Over the last few years, Harris said, justice statistics have shown that crime rates tend to increase from east to west across the country. He said he was mystified by Prince Edward Island's high rate of alcohol-related driving offences. Brian Reingold, an infor- mation officer for the Can- adian Centre of Justice Stat- istics in Ottawa, said higher crime rates in the West have been documented for years, with westward migration one possible explanation. Fire at Westar mill damage to the turbine,” D'Andrea said Fire broke out Tuesday evening at in an Westar Timber’s Celgar pulp mill when of the Holy Land 2,000 years ago. In Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Circle, a mass rally was convened to light the first eight-day school break, eat ing special Hanukkah jelly doughnuts called Sufganiot and attending the many movies, exhibitions and con. certs laid on for them. cited if an oil line burst on a hot steam turbine and the oil ignited. The mill's steam room crew subdued the fire by using a large fire exting. uisher. The fire knocked out the turbine, which powers the Celgar sawmill barker. Pulp mill fire chief John D'Andrea said the barker was out of commission for “a few hours” while crews switched over to another turbine. “We don't know the extent of the He said the fire also damaged overhead wiring in the steam plant. “It wasn't a very large fire,” he D'Andrea said the fire caused “a lot of smoke”, so the mill called in the Castlegar fire department as “stand- by” He noted the mill is preparing for its shutdown so is “not ina situation where we're fully manned.” The fire broke out about 5:30 pm. and was put out within 10 minutes, said D'Andrea. Private school students to ride By CasNews Staff Three students from the Castlegar Christian Academy in Brilliant will get daily transportation to the Highway 22 overpass intersection in Castlegar on a public school bus, despite the protests of two Castlegar school trustees. A motion granting the students transportation privileges was passed by a 4-2 vote at the Castlegar school board meeting Monday, with trustees Rick Pongracz and Kay Johnson voting against. The motion states that there must be pital. Mr. Wallace was born Jan. 23, 1907 in Helensburgh, Scotland and moved to Can- ada in 1914 residing in Bran- don, Manitoba. He moved to Trail in 1936 and began working for Com- ineo in 1940, moving to Castlegar the same year. He retired in 1972. He is survived by his wife Mary; three daughters, Dor. othy of Brandon, Ellen of Surrey and Mima of Kim berley; two sons Ewan of Princeton and Don of Castle- gar; 11 grandchildren aan three grea’ He is also survived ‘y three brothers, Sam and Bill held on Dec. 17 from Castle gar Presbyterian Church with Rev. Harvey Self off. iciating. Honorary pallbearers were Ralph Baglo, Nick Andre- shuk, Phil Pfeiffer, John Westerlund, John Stewart and Fred Kinicki. Donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the B.C. Heart Founda- Funeral arrangements the of room, no waiting for the new passengers, and the bus must stay on its regular route. Trustee George Anutooshkin, of the transportation and safety committee added: “We couldn't see any reason in not transporting them, as long as the bus does not go out of its way — as long as the bus goes its regular route.” But Pongracs said, “I don’t feel that in any way, shape or form, we're going to be involved in supporting private schools in any way; with any of our (facilities).” $8,500 to $4,000 per student from the Ministry of Education that it does for students in the public system. Board chairman Doreen Smecher seid the bus is bus is already covered by insurance, and added thet the: its of private echool students pay pulige ‘taxes anyway. The bus is “going by there empty” Hi Secondary School, Niehvolodoff. She said the bus has to stop for a stop sign where the students will be picked up on Pass Creek Road. Police file Koochin vehicle. 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