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a2 | Casthégiit News February 20, 1985

WEATHER

School

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helps
needy

Blueberry Creek Elemen-
tary school students hung
hearts on a valentine tree
last week to symbolize their
efforts to help less fortunate
children around the world.

The school joined hundreds
of schools across the country
the week of Feb. 14 in raising
funds for needy children in
Canada and overseas.

Funds were raised by
means of a bottle drive in
Blueberry Creek, and a total
of $152.95 was raised.

The funds were given to
Save the Children, the inter-
national development -agen-
cy, to help provide the means
for children and their families
to lead a better life.

Save the Children, which
sponsored the national Valen-
tine Tree project, works with
children in more than 25

ment projects which help the
whole community.

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The school’s colorful val-
entine tree is hung with
hearts made by all the stu-

countries through develop-

dents.

By CasNews Staff

Castlegar school board has decided to lay its cards in
front of the public eye — or at least reveal the odd
face-card.

The board decided Monday night that most of its
decisions will be released to the news media immediately
after they're made.

A motion was initiated by trustee Gordon Turner
stating that decisions made by the board affecting the
operation of the district would be regularly issued to the
media through press releases.

‘Turner said board decisions should be made available
to all members of the public at the same time — especially

various employee groups — in order to
dispel “rumors” about how the decisions come about.

“We felt there was a need for certain facts to be
made known to the public on an ongoing basis,” explained
Turner, who is on the board's public relations committee.

He said certain decisions — such as when the board
finally decides to reinstate 18 lunch-hour supervisors,
fired Feb. 1 — should be disclosed immediately to let the
public know “what is when it is

Turner said the motion will also apply to “in camera
situations,” when a decision made doesn't affect a
particular individual.

Board chairman Doreen Smecher objected to the
proposal. “Some of these decisions we make have an
effect on teacher negotiations and CUPE negotiations,

School board goes ‘public

and they can't all be released because they affect these
she said.

Turner's suggestion was a “blanket
statement” which is “very wide and inconclusive,” and
pointed out that decisions on what information is released
should be made by the full board, rather than any
particular committee or individual.

Trustee Rick Pongracaz agreed that information
released should have full board approval, but added that
decisions arising from “special meetings” could in some
circumstances be made public.

Turner suggested that one board member could be
appointed a “watchdog” to see what board decisions
might be suitable to be released to the news media.

The motion — amended to read that information
released must have full board approval, and isn't
necessarily the responsibility of the schools superinten
dent — was passed unanimously by the four trustees at
the meeting. Trustees George Anustooshkin and Lovette
Nichvolodoff were absent. Smecher, as chairman, did not
vote.

Trustee Kay Johnson — head of the public relations
committee — said board policy on press releases will
be further defined during future board meetings.

However, she said interview that itemis' to be”
withheld will likely include ongoing employee negotia-
tions, details of property bids and personnel matters.

CHANHASSEN, MINN. (AP) — Though he painted
his house an eye-popping purple and attracts a steady
stream of fans, most people on his block say rock star
Prince is a good neighbor who keeps his lawn mowed and
waves when he zips by in his sports car.

“We don’t have any trouble,” said Mary Jane.
Eickholt, who lives across the street from Prince but has
never met him. “If he wanted to come over for coffee, he
would be welcome.”

Prince, 26, star of the hit movie Purple Rain, bought
a large, ranch-style home by a secluded lake in this quiet
Minneapolis suburb in 1981. Two years later, he painted
the cream-colored house purple, his favorite color.

Dottie Buescher, who lives a few doors away, sai
like him very much as my neighbor. He’ 8 very quiet .
He keeps his yard in very good shape.

As for the purple house, Buescher reid,
that one bit. I find that very attractive.

The verdict of Prince's taste in house painting is not

“I don't mind

Prince good neighbor

“Where ¢verybody has a nice-looking house and to
paint his house purple, that's just ridiculous,” he said.

Jane Mosman, 34, a registered nurse who lives about
a block from Prince, said the neighborhood was “real
quiet until his movie came out,” last summer.

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She also said the house now is ringed with security
lights that burn 24 hours a day, and bodyguards live with
Prince whenever he is home.

Sightseers are “the only thing that's bothersome,”
she said. “Young kids park there and hang out. In the
summer it can get quite crowded.”

Mosman éaid her family was dismayed at first when
Prince’ painted his house. Now, she said, “it doesn’t look
half-bad. We're used to it.”

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A representative of the local

The Special Needs Program was soon expanded to
include the Infant Development Program and “again

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Handicapped Society noted, “Norma Collier is incredible
. she never tires. She always goes on.”

Dale Ingram, representing the Kootenay Columbia
Child Care Society, thanked Collier for her years of “love
and devotion” to Hobbit Hill.

Ingram said the Child Care Society presented Collier
with the first-ever honorary life membership a few years
ago in recognition of her work.

Earlier, Kiwanian Andy Shutek outlined Collier's
accomplishments since the family arrived in Castlegar
from Prince Rupert in 1964.

He noted that Collier attended Selkirk College where
in 1970 she received her diploma in Early Childhood
E — the begii of her i in day
care in Castlegar.

The next year she, the Ehmans and Kathy Smith
played leading rales in establishing Hobbit Hill.

“While in the centre, Norma became conscious of
particular needs of the handicapped children and led the
march to the provincial government for funds to support
a Special Needs Program,” Shutek said.

Norma was instrumental in initiating the approach to the
government for grants to begin the project, which
required trained people to visit homes of parents who
were in need of these services.”

By 1975 Collier was involved with the Kootenay
Society for the Handicapped’s local chapter, heading
several committees and serving as vice-president.

“In this association she pioneered the Independent
Living Program for the handicapped,” said Shutek.

Collier served four years on the board and was
required to step down by the Society's constitution. She
i for a year — and then returned to serve an
additional term.

From 1981 to 1983 Collier was one of the provincial
representatives on the Canadian Association of Mental
Health and a member of a core group committee which

ped five regular sy

Collier was also instrumental in establishing the
Citizen Advocacy Program in Castlegar, a program which
recruits to assist handi duals with
personal problems.

Police file

J.T. (Tim) Allen

(B.Sc. O.D.) Optometrist
Is pleased to announce
the opening of his

An Ontario man and
woman were treated and re-
leased from Castlegar and
District Hospital Tuesday af

ternoon after their car
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Sheila Ottenhof, both of
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minor injuries after their
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snow-covered Highway 3,
three kilometres west of
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According to Castlegar
RCMP, the pair were taken
to hospital by taxi with back
and head injuries.

Police said they didn't
know why a taxi was used
instead of an ambulance.
Lawrence Chernoff of Castle-
gar Ambulance Services said
it “seemed kind of strange,”
and he “didn't have a clue” as
to why a taxi was used.

About $8,000 worth of
damage was caused to the car
when it swerved right into
the guardrail, said police.

Guide
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KIMBERLEY

college.

activities.

ciplines.

lege’s ability
(CP) —

pleaded not guilty Tuesday
to three charges of wilful
neglect in the care of his

Cretney will go to trial
May 13.

The charges were laid tion
after SPCA seized 58 horses

The loss of faculty and support staff
has also resulted in the reduction or
elimination of a large number of related

Over the past three or four years,
the traditional delivery of university
transfer and other credit courses from
the Castlegar campus to other cam
puses has been eliminated.

“Individuals who want to receive
classroom-based instruction must
travel to Castlegar,” he said.

The college has also eliminated
several course options and electives in
most departments. Perra said second
year university transfer course 6f
ferings have been reduced in most dis-

“These adjustments inhibit the col-
to provide complete
majors in many second year transfer
Guide-outfitter Ed Cretney disciplines, thus requiring students to pr:
spend twice as much money by at
tending university,” he said.

Course reductions have also oc
horses. curred in the first year university
transfer programs and career pro
grams, such as Business Administra. says.

In terms of instructional equipment,
Perra said the lack of any significant
funds for equipment purchases and re

“These reductions have led to re
in the Tata Creek area near duced options, larger classes, over.

COLLEGE HIT

who want this program can no longer
take their first or second year at the

tions have been i

maintain the quality of education pro-
vided to the student,

Adult Basic Education offerings have
also been reduced through a variety of
measures. Perra said total staff reduc

'erra noted.

by short

He said enrolment increases in re
cent years have placed greater demand
for additonal desks and related in
stitutional equipment.

In several labs, instructors are using

include

responsibilities.

instructional

this southeastern British Col.
umbia town.

utilized labs and equip

and thus,
placed greater demands on faculty to

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ening the course hours per week as
well as the program length per year.

Instructors not only provide adult
basic education instruction, but also
college preparatory, high
school completion and distance edu
cation services within the scope of their

Recently-negotiated increases to in.
structional workloads will result in
severe curtailment of a wide variety of
community services. Course offerings
through the extension division by
regular instructors will decrease signi
fieantly as students numbers and the
total regular contact time increase.

In addition to instructors’ workload
adjustments, student enrolment has
inereased in the academic and career

a
Within the college, many instructors
will not have the time because of in
creased workloads and larger classes —
nor the energy — to respond to non.
responsibilities,

is “creating difficulties” in
labs, shops and classrooms.

P’

ment.

which is nearly 20 years old,

erra said. In some programs — such as
Forestry — the high use of equipment
leads to the need for earlier replace

The level of support in the general
area of student services has been re

duced through staff reductions and in

ficantly.

Perra

creased student numbers, Perra said
Although the number of counsellors
has remained constant, their student
responsibilities have increased signi

The termination of the student li
aison co-ordinator and women's access
co-ordinator positions and a general
reduction in funds for student-related
activities has reduced the number of
college-sponsored activities for stu
dents. Many of these activities were
available to the community as well.

Library personnel at the college
have also been reduced. However.
Perra added that a clear determination
of past staff changes is difficult to as

certain because of activities transfer

Centre.

red from David Thompson University

Planned staff reductions for next
year amount to one full-time enrolment
Position.

Dollar crashes below 74¢

MONTREAL (CP) — The
Canadian dollar crashed be
low 74 cents U.S. on foreign
exchange markets for the
first time ever today as the
American dollar continued its
record-setting climb.

The dollar opened at 74.04,
but dropped to 73.97 before
climbing back to 74.04 in
mid-morning trading. It
closed Tuesday at 74.10 after
losing almost half a cent.

The U.S. dollar continued
to gain ground today against
other currencies as well,

climbing to new record highs

against the French franc and
the Italian lira.

Attempts by the Bundes
bank, the West German cen.
tral bank, to stop the surge of
the U.S. dollar against the
mark proved futile as the
American buck rose to a
13-year high of 3.3217 marks.

In an attempt to prop up
the floundering Canadian dol
lar, Finante Minister Michael
Wilson announced Tuesday
the federal government has
borrowed $500 million U.S.
on standby credit to raise its
foreign exchange reserves.

He said the move was “in

response to the continuing
volatility of world currency
markets caused by the
strength of the U.S. dollar.

The Bank of Canada tries
to help the dollar by using
U.S. dollars to buy up un
wanted Canadian dollars on
exchange markets. This cre
ates added demand for the
Canadian currency and in
creases its value.

Jim Snook, assistant vice
President of Citibank in Tor
onto, however, said the cen
tral bank was not active on
foreign exchange markets
today.

unanimous.

not be used.

“I didn't think there was much reaction until he
painted his house putple, and that freaked everybody
out,” said one neighbor, who spoke on condition his name

She said the purple-clad Prince waves to her
whenever he zips by in his black sports car.
good neighbor,” she said. “But to be real
friendly and invite you over for coffee, that's never

“He's been

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tionately smaller cuts than aed Selkirk
and that Okanagan College has re-
ceived an extra $600,000, apparently as
a result of public protest over the
closure of several campuses.

He also noted that the province has
the “ability to pay” for college edu-
cation because the federal government
is now footing three-quarters of the
cost of post-secondary education.

Howard said that a decision by the
board to cut college programs because
of the budget reduction could be the
beginning of a “death spiral” for the
college because it will receive less and
less money each year, according to the
Ministry of Education funding plan.

Instead, Howard urged the board to
devote its energies to fighting the
cutbacks by joining in the growing
public protest — which includes board
members from Cariboo and Malaspina
Colleges — against reduced educational
funding.

He promised the co-operation and
support of the faculty.

Donna Brown, speaking on behalf of
the students at Selkirk College, said
the board cannot afford to further limit
access to education by accepting cut
backs at Selkirk College.

She said that with the cutbacks,
post-secondary education is being
restricted to Lower Mainland students
and students with families wealthy
enough to send them there.

Brown added that the government
should re-examine its priorities, ques
tioning projects such as ALRT, the
B.C. Rail “bailout,” Expo 86 and the
proposed Coquihalla Highway project.

She said the proposed cutbacks at
Selkirk College will have a “lasting
negative impact on Kootenay young
people.”

Brown recommended that the board
write to Education Minister Jack
Heinrich stating its renewed level of
program offerings. Brown also asked
the board to write to Heinrich stating

its opposition to the budget cuts,
asking for an increase in funding levels.

“To not speak out against cuts is to
infer that you accept them,” Brown
said.

“Add your voice to the students.
Take up a firm stand. Say no to further
cutbacks to education at Selkirk
College.”

Lesley Anderton, making a presen-
tation on behalf of the Curriculum
Committee, said the committee is
“particularly concerned about the de-
letion of second year university trans-
fer courses at a time when the number
of university transfer students is
increasing.”

She said there was a 13 per cent
increase in enrolment in UT courses
last fall. This helped to offset the de-
crease in enrolment in technology pro-
grams, Anderton said.

“Unfortunately, formula funding
leaves university transfer courses in a
very vulnerable position, as all UT
courses are lumped together under the
University Transfer Program.”

Anderton said this means that a
number of UT courses can be cut and in
theory this will not affect college fund-
ing, as the program itself has not been
cut.

“This is a fallacy as diminution of
course offerings will ultimately impact
on enrolment, as students discover that
the college does not have a sufficiently
comprehensive selection of courses,”
she si

One concern of the committee is the
plan to get rid of second year biology
and chemistry courses.

Anderton said the decision to do this
was based primarily upon a history of
low enrolments in these courses, but
she added that surveys of present first
year biology and chemistry students
indicate that there are well over 20
students who definitely want to
continue their studies in these two
areas at Selkirk next year.

“The prime reason for this change in

UBED Ce be

enrolment patterns is financial,” An-
derton said. “Tuition at the universities
is double that of the college and this,
combined with increased living costs,
means that students are looking at
additional costs of up to $5,000 per year
of study at the coastal universities
compared with expenses at college.
“Students can no longer support
these expenses as opportunities for
summer jobs have diminished consid-
erably and in many cases parents
and/or spouses are out of work.
Anderton said 10 of 13 students who
completed a biology course survey in-
dicated that they could not afford to go
anywhere else to study if Selkirk did

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not offer the required courses.

She said the college director has
estimated that inclusion of second year
biology and chemistry courses in the
1985/86 program plan will involve 1.2
full-time enrolment faculty, an addi-
tional cost of only $50,000 to $60,000 to
offer these courses for which there is a
“demonstrated and viable need.”

Speaking on other cuts to UT
courses, such as Physics, Psychology
and Sociology courses, Anderton said
that while these course cuts are
perhaps less serious than the overall
elimination of the second year of the
Bachelor of Science program, they do
reduce, the options ayaijlable to the
students and hence reduce Selkirk's
“attractiveness and viability in an
institution offering a two-year univer-
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Anderton urged the board: not to
accept the program plan with its dele-
tions; to request the same level of
funding for 1985/86 as received in
1984/85; to make clear to the ministry

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restraint program since 1982 in the
region; and to attempt to convince the
Ministry of the “folly of continuing cuts

in levels of funding.”

David Lang, Chairman of Recreation
Commission No. 7 in Salmo also made a

presentation.

Coffee
curbs
herpes

BRISTOL, ENGLAND
(REUTER) Instant coffee
has been clinically proven to
be an effective weapon
against herpes, a British sci
entist said today.

David Shore, head of the
venereal disease department
at Bristol Polytechnic, said
that during tests on human
cells the caffeine in the coffee
had been found to inhibit the
growth of the virus that
causes the disease.

He told Reuters news
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technique involving instant
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Genital herpes affects an
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