Page 4A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, April bo, 1992 Wednesday, April 29, 1992 The Castlegar Sun Page 5A Association of Kootenay Boundary Municipalities * Speakers relay messages during weekend conference in Castlegar Sun Staff Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Anne Edwards, told more than 100 last weekend, that the combina- tion is right in B.C. for the province to attract investment, “This province has the right combination for attracting in our energy, mines at the A iation of K. y B y Municipali- ties conference, held in Castlegar J POLLAINE E. EMDE 1480 COLUMBIA AVE. CASTLEGAR, B.C. VIN 3K3 (604) 365-7616 Res 365-3253 + Gold Chains + Diamond Earrings * Watches: chose from * Seiko + Pulsar + Lorus + Longines This Mother's Day, make her sparkle with a gift from our worthy collection. See our selection of hand-crafted Russian jewellery Bosse's Jewellery (1979) Ltd. and petroleum resources; people with expertise and a solid politi- cal climate,” she said. 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Using his own riding as an example, Conroy said that local industry and business must be solid, with prob d and stability intact, before any new can be to the region. “Things are going well at the Celgar Pulp mill with the ing expansion, Pope & Talbot will soon have people back to work with the recent sale of the sawmill. Hopefully, the outlook will improve at the Cominco operation in Trail,” said Conroy. Using only three of the 15 ii alloted to him to present his message to more than 100 li s, Conroy the importance of municipalities and in B.C. politics, without input and ion from indi- vidual municipalities, things won't progress in this province as they should.” ANNE EDWARDS Fy ED CONROY College faces crunch JASON KEENAN Sun staff Selkirk College will be facing a budget crunch in the next year. Dale Schatz, bursar at the col- lege, said it will be difficult to cover inflation with only a 2.7 per Cent increase in government fund- In his report last week to the board, Schatz wrote that the increase will limit the college to a no-growth budget in terms of pro- grams and operations and will Provide very limited resources for Meeting inflationary costs for sup- Plies, utilities, and salaries. The college's direct operating grant for the 1992/93 year has A two motor vehicle accident, which occurred Monday afternoon on Columbia Avenue in Castlegar, resulted in 47-year old Margaret Rideout taken to hospital with undetermined neck injuries while 18-year old Alana Sherbinin was charged with fol- lowing to close. - = SUMLSTAFE.PHOLO / Shadeoa leabat! SURPLUS DAVE’S located in Castlegar Foods, 635 Columbia Ave * This Week’s Featured Items « Spring brace °7.Q BALL PEEN HAMMER SET apiece °13.99 \ 16 oz. HAMMER fiberglass handle ° 5.99 ! ' i 1 ! METAL RAKE 1 ! ! ! ! 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Though funding is considered in a lump sum, it is calculated program-by-program by a com- plex formula. The funding is based upon a two per cent increase in FTEs (full time enroll- ments), and producing those increases costs the college money. In his report to the board, Selkirk President Leo Perra said the allocation represents a mini- mum level of support. “The col- lege should be able to maintain its activities providing salary increas- es are kept at or below inflation j and other pe sonnel adjustments are held at last year’s level.” Schatz said that the college is See BUDGET 5A @ Fish Continued from 3A did away with the spawning of three to four million fish every year. “They're being great corpo- rate citizens,” Lindsay said. The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks will contribute a further $150,000 toward the Project. The decline in Kokanee popu- lations is also threatening the populations of Gerrard rainbow trout—which feed exclusively on Kokanee. The decision to proceed with the program follows a thorough review of comments received during recent open houses held in Creston, Crawford Bay, Kaslo and Nelson to explain the Ppro- A three-vehicle accident in the 1600 block of Columbia Avenue resulted in one minor injury and $1,500 damage to the vehicles involved. Kevin Freemantle, 19, was charged with following too closely after his vehicle struck another from behind, which caused it to strike another. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper ; @ Policy Continued from 1A P ion of all parties invol The board had problems with the definition of harassment as “certain unwelcome actions...”. Lintz said they wanted to find a definition that was more con- crete, and less open to widely variable interpretation. “The policy has to protect stu- dents from both students and fac- ulty, and faculty from both faculty and students,” Lintz added The policy has to be able to protect all parties from sexual harassment, while protecting = Budget __ Continued from 4A “just struggling with pulling together our expense plans” right now. “It’s too early to tell if there will be any program cuts or cur- tailments.” He said expects the budget expense plan to be finished by the end of this week. them from the use of the policy as a method of career assassina- tion. Just a hint of unf ded be revised and finalized by the board before being implemented. Adult learners get together “After one month with my tutor Ican write my own cheques.” “It was good to meet others with the same reading and writing prob- lems I have.” These were some of the com- ments of the thirty participants at the ‘Learners Get Together’, held April 25 at Selkirk College in Castlegar, by Project Literacy West Kootenay. These learners are some of the adults who meet once or twice a week with volunteer tutors to improve their reading and writing skills. They meet individually, in homes or wherever is convenient, in communities from Nakusp to Ross- land. This was the first time they had an opportunity to meet and share experiences and problems. In the moming, Leigh Simms of Nelson, led everyone in a work- shops on self-esteem, After lunch, Helene Young of Castlegar related her experiences in going back to Adult Basic Education classes at the College, and Marvin Work outlined some of the iti i Phone bills, their child’s report card, or this newspaper. For most of the, it is hard to admit to their problems with printed material, and to find the time and confidence to do something, about it. These adults who attend col- lege classes or meet with a volunteer tutor are the exceptions. This Leamers Event was funded by a province-wide literacy grant cost-shared by the provincial and on the various Selkirk College cam- Ppuses. More than one in four adults in SELKIRK COLLEGE... WHERE YOUR FUTURE BEGINS ... FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION Application Completion Sessions with Jake Van Hemert, Financial Aid Officer, Selkirk College These will provide a complete overview of the British Columbia Student Assistance Program and basic inf needed to student loan licati: i Castlegar Area: May 21 Castlegar Rossland/Trail Area: June 2 Trail June 8 Rossland Nelson Area: May 11 May 13 May 27 South Slocan Nelson Salmo Consider Selkirk College, we are still big enough to help . . . small enough to care Nelson Campus 2001 Silver King Rd. Stanley Humphries J.Lloyd Crowe Rossland Secondary Mt. Sentinel Sec. L.V. Rogers Sec. Salmo Secondary Castlegar Campus Box 1200 Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1 (604) 365-7292 Nelson, B.C. ViL 108 require a threc hour time commitment (604) 352-6601 federal g The local vol- unteer tutor program is run by Pro- ject Literacy West Kootenay. Information about the program is available from any public library in the region. 7 p.m. Open to all Open to all Open to all Open to all Open to all Open to all 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Trail Campus 900 Helena St Trail, B.C V1R 486 (604) 368-5236 harassment has the potential to ruin a career Lintz said. To pre- vent that, and to protect victims of harassment, the key to the pol- icy is confidentiality. “Our overriding concern is to Provide protection for all parties concerned,” Lintz said. “Hopefully we will have responses by the next board meeting in late-May,” Schatz said. After the cor lation pro- cess is completed, the policy will Silver Rattle Antiques 301-11 Ave. Castlegar (in Tulips Building) 365-5191 Curb is a group of citizens that are non-political and interested in the future of the city. As citizens, we are concerned about the relocation of the Public Works Yard to the Industrial Park. We are not opposed to the moving of the Public Works Yard to a more central location at some time in the future. We feel an expenditure of $850,000.00 could be better spent on such things as the South Sewer System Upgrade, Street Rehabilitation and Paving and a secondary access to mention just a few. The intent of this poll is to ask you the citizen if you believe the city has acted too hastily in this relocation and should the city rethink it's decision to go forward with this relocation. Please complete the questionaire by indicating either YES or NO. YES (Don't Move Works Yard) NO __ (Agree with City) Name: Address: City: (Name and address for validation purpose only) Questions may be mailed to CURB, P.O. Box 3044, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4 or may be dropped off at Kootenay Klothes Kloset, Castlegar Funeral Chapel or Arrow Building Saturday, May 2 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. a Downtown Stores!! ee Throughout