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VOL. 33, NO. 63

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Three Sections (A, B & D)

More
snow
‘coming

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Forecasts for British Col-
umbia issued today by En-
vironment Canada:

SYNOPSIS: *_

The winter storm is
moving out of the province
and on -to the western
Prairies. Periods of snow
are still being reported
over parts of southern and
central B.C. but any addi-
tional snowfall accumula-
tions with this disturbance
are expected to be light.

However, another
storm approaching the Or-
egon coast from the Pacific
is expected to track north-
east today producing more
snow for south central and
southeastern B.C. later to-
day. A. snowfall warning
remains in effect for the
Columbia and. Kootenay
regions and an advisory
has been issued for the

Thompson and Okanagan ..

. areas for this new system.
Periods of light snow

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sists over the province.
The north coast remains an
exception as cold outflow

winds keep mainland inlets
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Snow . warning

Cloudy today with periods.
of snow. Steady snow con-
tinuing overnight. Over-
night accumulations of 10
to 20 ‘centimetres. Highs

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Constitutional debate

Ottawa extends deadline

SPALL ELL
OTTAWA (CP): —

that they had been given
ted the propo time: to analyse
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night 8 to-11. Cloudy with

ing Tuesday to give a par

-debate-by~agree-: ily,

“These two months’ will
be’ well: - used. by.

Clark’s statement
sparked ‘a brief and acrim-

~onious. debate in, the ‘Com-

mons.‘But in the committee,
all 5 POREB: and brotherly

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Snow’; advisory issued.:

‘Cloudy. with occasional

light snow today. Steady
now begirining this after-

hoon.

Get your
letters in-

Hey kids, here's your
chanee to ensure your
letter gets right to Santa
Claus at the North Pole.

Just write your letters
to: “Santa Claus, care of
Castlegar News, Box 3007,
Castlegar, B.C.” and wel
do the rest.

We'll even try to pub-
lish them in the Castlegar
News as space permits.
Letters individually writ.
ten will be given every.
consideration. This year,
_bowever, letters written as
a class project and sub-
mitted in volume will be
declined.

So, if you want to
write a letter to Santa,
don't’ forget to remind
mom ‘and dad that your
letters must be mailed to
the Castlegar News so that
they're received well be-
fore Christmas.

adiitiona, ‘months “to” hay

Prime : ‘Minister Trudeau's
propo to reform the Brit-
ish North America Act,

The unanimous decision
by MPs to extend the com-
mittee’s life until Feb. 6 came
only a week before the com-
mittee was to have reported
its analysis of the proposals
to the Senate and House of |
Commons.

Both the Progressive
Conservatives and New
Democratic Party, saying
hundreds of people still want
to be heard on the proposals
to patriate and reform the
constitution, had failed in
earlier attempts: to extend
the deadline until February,

Tuesday's decision
raises doubts about the gov-
ernment’s ability to proclaim
a new constitution by the
target date of July 1, 1981
and reopens the of

Serge Joyal, com-
rvative Lea ler
Joo ak however, added a
discordant note to the other-
wise ‘harmonious atmos-
phere. If there was still a
line-up Feb. 6 of groups and
individuals wishing to testify
— 400 groups and individuals
are waiting in the wings —
his party would want another .
extension. ‘

Liberals made ane

the committee Tuesday.
said Trudeau's

ports Feb. 6, the Senate and
must -debate the

Proposals could “destroy the
‘country.” ‘The native groups

representing. Inuit, .- native..-
soi wonten, Matis and.

nonstatus.
“Indians all pleaded” for ‘the
of

The
other. about-face by agre
to‘hear. testimony: by’ cons

‘tutional scholars: Lagt week, -

the Liberals had defeated an .

% Sais the: constitution:

LISTENED

‘The ears of committee
often

motion

that the country’s leading
constitutional experts be
called to present their views
on the merits and legality of
the Trudeau proposals.

Nova ‘Scotia Premier
John Buchanan and four na-
tive groups appeared before

Contract talks

There's a news blackout

on early stages of contract
negotiations between non-
teaching employees and ad-
ministrators of the Castlegar,
Nelson and’ Grand Forks
schoo] districts which began
Monday.

The i mem-

the constitution committee
being allowed to travel
across the country to hold
public hearings.

Many of the 25 MPs and
senators on the committee
heaved a sign of relief be-
cause of the extension, al-
though their annual Christ-
mas break may be shortened
because of it.

Since the committee be-
gan public hearings Nov. 6,
its members have been work-
ing at break-neck speed and
were faced with the possibil-
ity of reporting next Tuesday

bers of the Canadian Union of
Public Employees (Local
1288, CUPE), are repre-
sented by negotiator Ed
Haggan of the CUPE Trail
office and others. Their 18-
month contract expires Dec,
31.

Haggan declined to com-

ment on the negotiations and

contract requests, saying it
had been found in the past
that, informing the press too
early caused problems,

“We did say we didn't
want to use the press at the
beginning of this.”

Haggan said the nego-
tiators would release .infor-
mation “as soon as we make
some headway. There are so
many nitty-gritty things that
have to be settled, it's going

, to take a few more days just

to see where we are.”

School Districts 7 (Nel--
- son), 9 (Castlegar): and 12

(Grand Forks) are . repre-
sented by negotiator Vern
Scanlon and a committee.
Memb of the i

more closely attuned ‘to the
wardrums being beaten by
Indians at a national chiefs’
conference a ‘few blocks
away.

Committee _members
said they were disappointed
the National Indian’ Brother-

ood and representatives of

- 600 Indians who. came to

Ottawa ona train dubbed the
E

‘TO DRUMS *~

capseals one more time,
PINARD RELUCTANT
Yvon Pinard; govern-

would be reluctant to end
forcibly.that round of debate
with. closure as he did-when:

the. proposals:* surfaced ‘in
Parliament for a first round
of debate in October. The
final debate, therefore, could
rage within Parliament bed
several weeks,

The proposals must ie
be shipped to Westminster
for ratification. It has been
widely reported that the
British Parliament, faced
with a heavy legislative
workload, could pass the
by July 1 only if

Cc decided
to boycott the committee
hearings.

The Indians said the
committee has no real power
to ensure aboriginal rights
are adequately protected in
the constitution.

Trudeau,.who says he
will study the native rights
question only after the con-

stitution is patriated, refused

requests by the Indians to
meet with him.

In the Commons, MPs
spent most of the day de-
bating a Conservative-in-

are Bill hai of

: spired fidi motion

the Nelson. school district;
Dave Greenan, secretary-
treasurer of the Grand Forks
school district; John Das-
cher, secretary-treasurer of
Castlegar school district: and

the govern-

ment's native policies. The

they arrived in London early
next’ year.

Harry Daniels, president
of the Native Council of
Canada, warned the commit-
tee that if the government
continues on its current con-
stitutional path, “we're going
to have to go to court.” -

- Schroeder receives
warm MLA greetings

By GARY KINGSTON

VICTORIA (CP)
Speaker Harvey Schroeder,
who missed most of the
six-month British ‘Colunibia
legislative session earlier this
year with serious heart
trouble, was warmly greeted
by MLAs today as he pre-
sided over prorogation of the
second session of the 82nd

: parliament.

Schroeder, who had to
undergo open-heart surgery
in April, was urged by gov-
ernment house leader Garde
Gardom to “shepherd your

activities, take care and God
bless.” ;

* "The. respected ‘speaker
than thanked the MLAs Ge
playing a “large part in

maintaining me”, with their
cards and flowers.

In the closing speech,
read. by Ltd.-Gov. Henry
Bell-Irving, the government
congratulated itself for en-

couraging energy ‘conserva: .
., tion, establishment of a den-

tal care program and for ap-
proving legislation establish-
ing the groundwork for B.C.
Place —.the massive:revital-
ization of Vancouver's False
Creek area.

Bell-Irving will open the
next legislative session

ate the British North Ameri.
ca Act.

The premier has failed to
rally Britsh Columbians on
the constitutional issue, most
of whom seem more con-
cerned with economie prob-

Bennett wants to divert
attention from his own trou-
bles. Two months ago, he was
urged by backbencher Jack

Kempf, a former chairman of © .

the Social Credit caucus, to
“pull up his socks” or watch
the party . crumble, “and
sougces say some top cabinet
ministers are worriedly dis-
cussing his leadership.:.
Prorogation of the \cur-.
rent session, which lasted a
marathon 111 days and re-
cessed in late August, will be

‘ys

That session was billed
as a chance for the flounder-
ing Socreds — who hold only
a-five-seat majority in the
House — to leave their mark
on the province and to bury
the persistent’ dirty tricks
scandal which surfaced short-
ly after the 1979 provincial
general election.

But, dirty tricks — al-
legations ‘of political inter-

: ference in the redrawing of

— mark-

. ing the first December

throne speech in the province
in nearly 40 years.

But Premier Bill Bennett
isn’t likely to find MLAs on
either side of the house in a
Yuletide spirit. when the ses-
sion begins.

Bennett, . whose leader-

| ‘ship’ is ‘being questioned by
: party members: both openly

and ‘secretly ‘while ‘opinion
‘polls show his Social

Credit
+~ment: House-leader,“saya- he yovernnient~“trailing- thes

NDP, has refused to'say why
he's called the unusual ses-

MLAs puzzling over the need

‘for a December sitting —

which is only expected to last
about 10 days before adjourn-
ing until March.

Bennett, who has been

frequently vocal in his op-
position to two sessions of,
the legislature a year, will
say only that the late fall
session is an idea picked up
from Saskatchewan Premier
Allan Blakeney.

“The deal with the
throne speech at that time
and he seems to find it
useful,” Bennett said.

However, officials” say
Bennett will ask the legis-
lature to approve a resolution
opposing the federal gov-
ernment’s proposal to patri-

phoney
letters-to-the-editor and. un-
reported election expenses —
never did go away and the
government's legislature pro-
gram was criticized as one of
the weakest in recent years.

‘The’ government was
forced to withdraw its public
service pension bill and Holl-
day Shopping “Act and‘ re-
place them with revised leg-

_islation after both generated

isiderable protest.

Major" legislatiod “to bo"

introduced in the new session
includes the_ controversial
Land Use-Act and Financial

“Administration Act: both

released early in the fall for
discussion purposes — and a
revised Health Act.

Proposals in the. Land
Use Act include dividing the
province into seven economic
planning zones and a re-
quirement that ministries
and Crown corporations,
such as B.C. Hydro, spell out
publicly their short and long-
term land use rene for each
region.

The Financial "adminis.
tration Act, which as prop-
osed in the discussion: paper
would put tight controls on
spending by ministries as

well as public bodies, has,

been criticized for going too
far, and is expected to he
revised considerably.

Board okays $750,000 loan

By ANGELIKA YOUNG
School board has ap-’

+proved the borrowing of as

much as $750,000 to meet

acclaimed to serve suother,
one-year term as

man. .
Newly-clected trustees

the Tory

motion but the’ government
‘won the vote 127-97. :

The decision to extend

the ‘ings could

until the p
budget. comes. down in the
spring.
The board approved the
ing by School District

Doreen
school trustee.

Scanlon also declined to
comment

‘play havoc with the govern-'

ment’s once-firm timetable

No. 9, which now requires

the consent of the minister of _

Scott and Pat Haley
and re-elected Vera Kanigan
were sworn in with the cer-
emonies being conducted by
Secretary-Treasurer John
Dascher.

Jones appointed trus-

public relations) or Kanigan
(as chairman of education). -
Trustees were appointed
by the chairman to represent
the board on the following:
Regional Recreation Commis-
sion No. 1 — Scott; West
Kootenay Health Unit —
Haley.
The board endorsed the
ps ‘3 er cas of

for I change.
‘After the committee re-

at. the

meeting Monday afternoon.

MALCOLM SCOTT (right)
and Pat Haley each
taise a hand in taking
the cath of office as

+ they were sworn in

Monday as trustees on
the School District No. 9
board. That's acclaimed
board vice-chairman
George Anuvtooshkin
next to Scott and Mike
Lauriente, director of
instruction, next to
Haley.

bby Angetiks Young

secretary-
treasurer Bill erin later

lained, “It's

tees to the foll

committees (with “the first-
named candidate to serve as
chairman): management —
A

thing that all boards have to
go through and it's provided
for in the Public Schools Act.
“We operate from about
January to April on a prov-
incial budget. The. actual
provincial budget isn't ap-
proved until late April. ©
“We get authority to

hkin, Jones; ~ build-
ings and grounds — Lovette
Nichvolodoff, Scott; trans-
portation and safety
Haley, Nichvolodoff; educa-
tiori — Kanigan, Jones, Anu-
tooshkin; negotiations with
the Canadian Union of Public
Employees — Anutooshkin,
Doreen Smecher, Scott; neg:

with

+ borrow from bank

we deal with.”

Babakaiff said last year
‘the school district got author-
ity to borrow $400,000 “and
we were pretty close to it.”

A greater amount is re-
quested this year because
“the budget does go up. This
just gives us a little more
room to breathe.”

, 1981 CHAIRMAN

- Anne Jones was ac-

claimed to serve another
one-year term as chairman of
the board: of trustees and
George A wasalso

Haley, Jones, Kanigan; pub-
lic relations’ — Smecher,
Jones; energy conservation
— Nichvolodoff, Kanigan.
The chairman also ap-
pointed trustees to the fol-
lowing ad hoe committees:
policy — Anutooshkin, Scott;
professional development —
Kanigan, Smecher; scholar-
ship — Anutooshkin, Nich-
volodoff; student discipline —
Smecher, any three other
trustees available; teacher
Maison Jones, either
h ‘ of

Haley to represent the board
at the Selkirk College Board.

Jones appointed the
trustees ‘to serve as board-
liaison representatives to the
following schools: Scott —
Woodland Park Elementary
School and Silver Birch;
Kanigan — Ootischenia El-
ementary School and Kin-
naird. Junior Secondary
School; Nichvolodoff
Shoreacres/Tarrys Elemen-
tary School and Pass Creek
Elementary School; Anutoo-
shkin — Blueberry Creek
Elementary School and Rob-
son - Elementary Schoo);
Smecher — Twin Rivers El-
ementary Schoo) and Valley
Vista Elementary School;

Haley — Kinnaird Elemen- -

tary School and Castlegar
Primary School; Jones —
Stanley Humphries Secon-
dary . School. School board
meets next Monday, Dec. 15,
with the portion of the meet-
ing open to the public start-
ing at 6:16 p.m.