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Reservations 364-2222... es advertising pays. “PHONE | 365-5210 eee WEATHERCAST Cloudy with sunny periods Thur- toov. fomberaiures.. expected * between 8° and 3 of OF 4 2, Friday will ies rie with highs of 8° and showers are ex: pected tor the weekend. ad Zisa. 3 Sections (A, B&C) "Specializing in olian culvine. « day i “Council was ‘told “that because “of provincial vernment hiring-freeze, family and small claims court “services have ‘been postponed. ‘Both court services ‘were scheduled to aa in astlegar. May 1. °: But. Florence Gilbert, court, « ‘gervices | c ‘manager, said.in'a March 17 letter to council that hae “Hopefully, there will be ‘three staff in Rossland 4 within two to three wees, ‘as the provincial government : coat ‘was the: hiring of a court ‘proceedings, But that has been vostfoned.” + “We're going to be on the short end of the tick, id said.” He noted Castlegar has new courthouse 4 ‘we. can't make | proper use of them.” | Mayor: ‘Audrey | Moore voiced a similar concern when: - she said, "You open'a courthouse . . « then you’ don't staff great ‘waste of @ resource.” “to burn private lots at a charge of $75 per hour per fire , ~ department's rates are “what our cost is for operating,” d that Fire Chief Bob Mann be authorized truck, and $10.06 per man /bour. ‘services i h Ald. Bob Pakula explained that the fire department has had a number of requests to burn grass on private lots. The Pakula added. The fire department will also install coded security locks at the‘north and south halls, the price to be not more than $320 per lock, plus installation, Pakula said fire department staff have found People inside the halls who shouldn't be. *' “i just isn't enough staff in’the , West: Kootenay. to open’ family ‘and/smallclaims courts: in‘Castlegar.:. ‘ eee its small claims and family. court until.“moro staff are i tena; available in the West Ke that might’ be, She did not ‘indicate 2 Meanwhile, council agreed to write: tothe provinéial ‘ if a mall’ West Kootenay, court that! houses _ inling ate ~ are: being: asked. i ‘help overt e costs for courte members. t & Pi id Part tthe seletion to reducin overtime ¥ 3. ie. who’ wants to ‘have thet 1 lot bufned'n now will have to’ pay for the: privilege. Couneil agreed to a from Nelson, e Council will’ meet ‘with Greyhound Bus Lines’ regional Sin JA LB land saidin aletter t ieil that he will be in the areain the bogitining of April and will contact council at that time. ‘The meeting will be to discuss council's proposal for the major ¢ d bus stop to C; Castlegar. Nows has learned. , Joe Kobluk, Kootenay Sa- vings ‘marketing | , manager, said in-an’ interview: today. that the crédit union 160k: ing at acquiring a small piece of property at the rear of th present building to: ‘mak room forthe expansion; ° The .Present : bi ding is about 8,000 square ‘feet. and the addition is about a 18 per cent inctease. Kobluk. said that’ the ex- pansion proposal ust still go . to the credit union's | board of vis interested in the possibility,” but must still have drawings, cost estimates‘and a budget before ‘it can pi As: well, he, ‘said ‘it the credit union can't ; acquire the’ property, it will: effectively shelve plans for: the expan- sion and major’ renovations. “If we can't acquire the additional property, then we won't be looking at any- thing,” Kobluk’ said, though he added later that the credit union may still proceed with minor exterior. improve- ments if it does not: acquire the property. “If the credit union does proceed with the expansion, plans are for major interior. and exterior. renovations at the same time, Kobluk “said. “We would want to im- prove the entire appearance of the main ove: by changing CLOSE RACE’. . during the annual Cast! weekend in’ Kinnaird Hall ir In. the middle edging out Its rival onthe right-in a photo-finish as the crowd cheered on thei: Results page A4. javorites. De-regulation proposed ‘ VANCOUVER (CP) — If the B.C. government wants own policies. on everything from the disciplining of stu- budgeting authority -and their right to tax commercial to increase the y of school board: s, it should start by giving. them. authority over.-their own budgets and the right to tax dents to ment and. the closure “of schools, “The first step i is for boards to, re over and industrial property, say teacher and school trustee gain ” their budgets, said Gary Be- gin, B.C. School Trustees 4 robrstaile ne it As well, approved by'the ‘board and if the additional property is ac- quired, work could’ begin’ by summer or early fall at the latest. The credit union has sub- japttiomeic : would be made to the outside ’ facade. . He ‘said if. the: project. is. They were responding to a discussion paper released Tuesday by Education Min- ister Bill Vander Zalm aimed at giving school boards res- ponsibility over many areas currently decided: ‘by cabinet regulations, The; paper. proposed the imi: of 83 “If we're, going to have all that authority, we would _ have to have the crucial part of it,” he said. “We need the funding; then we can do the other things..The two go to- gether.” | ich Larry. Kuehn, B.C. 'Tea- chers’ Federation president, said the prop is mean- mitted prelit to Castlegar city stall for re- view. regulations, giving school boards the right to set their ingless unless the minister returns the school boards’ and i ial property. - “They are passing off on to the boards all the difficult things about running a sys- tem but not the resources to do it.” Kuehn also said it is the wrong time to make such a proposal.) * “There's ‘enough confusion and upset in the system al- ready without adding this.” He also is wary of the Proposal if it means phasing out regulations that have so far governed board relations with teachers without giving teachers: full collective bar- gaining ‘rights. Freed from the restric- tions, boards would have a free hand and teachers would have no power to. protect themselves, ‘he said. “It leaves the whole thing open to incredible abuse.” Vander Zalm said he ‘con- cluded after several months on the job as Education Minister that “various res- ‘ trictions on school . board autonomy had built up over time and had no solid jus- tification.” “The role of school boards, the day-to-day managers of the school syatem, is clarified through this deregulation in- itiative,” Vander Zalm said. “As a former leader of a local government, I. am _ very pleased to take this initiative which will enhance the. au- tonomy of school boards.” 38rd annual general meeting the Fireside Place ball-! ‘The annual report: showed - per cent dividénd and income taxes — amounted. to: * $165,672 in 1982; That was an increase Of nearly. $168,000 from 1981 when the credit union . reported...a* loss: jof $12,154 for net earnin; The 10 per cent ‘dividend paid credit ‘union’ sharehol- " eredit union board to “hold onto the money” and make it available for low . interest loans in. the community to Ba: help-stimalate jobs. Bell was-the only ‘inember " toraise a question during the 4 one-hour meeting. ‘Meanwhile, Leamy also. that..1982 was a four per cent over: 1981. t and per cent dividend by a show ‘of hands vote, but:not before ember suggested using “banner year” for depositors.’ The ‘credit union paid $2.4 million in interest to, depos- itors in 1982. Members’ de- posits increased by $3.5 mil- lion, from $19 million in 1981 to $22.5 million last year. As:well, the credit union’s assets jumped by 165 per cent in 1982 — from $22.8 million continued on page A2 Board approves bus.stop By DIANE STRANDBERG : Staff Writer _ A&A. delegation, of Robson . parents was successful in. convineing. the Castlegar schos! board Monday ta ap- “We don’t want kids walk- ing along and . picking up things” that: might. contain poison, she said, | Allam’ told the ‘trustees that as many as 30 children prove the school bus stop near the Ar- vow Lakes Trailer Court. Robson resident Fern All- am called upon the board to set up the second bus stop at Arrow Lakes so that small children would not have to walk along Broadwater Road at peak traffic times to get to the Vine St. bus stop. Allam noted that the bus ‘Stops at Vine St. at 8:16 a.m. when many residents are on their way to work. She said parents were concerned that some drivers’ ignore. the. flashing lights on the school buses in their haste to get to the Robson Ferry. The Robson Ferry is lo- cated approximately 600 me- tres from the Vine St. bus stop. The flashing signs for the ferry are visible and people are trying to make it,” she said. Allam also pointed out that logging trucks pass by the bus stop and “they do frighten some of the chil- dren.” Another concerned parent told trustees that a series of dog poisonings have taken place in the area. ofa will be ig the bus at Vine St. next fall_unless a :, second stop at Arrow Lakes is considered... z She was particularly con- cerned that during the win- ter, the width of the shoulder cerned that a second bus stop | established 300' metres from the Vine St. stop would set a precedent. But trustee Peter Kagis proposed the motion to establish the Arrow Lakes stop because of the increase in the number of children ex- pected to catch the school bus next fall. “I move that we should have two stops, at Arrow and Vine, because of numbers (of when school along Broad is reduced by snow .banks. “Contrary to popular belief we don’t have a shoulder,” she said. The board was con- starts,” Kagis said. The board then agreed to set up the second bus stop for students next fall. e e d © Thi: UN: ke was among several hendeed who turned out for the annual Spring Festival of Awareness over the weekend. at Selkirk page A3. College, photo feature, page AS. Is a provincial election in the wind? Find out what Street Talk has to say on that count, John Charters this week features the con- cluding part of a letter from Dr. John Hall, who Is on a'two-year trip to Papua New Guinea as part of a CUSO expedition, page B3. The Kinnaird Junior Secondary School girls’ Grade 7 and 8 basketball team captured the West Kootenay championship, poge BI. = RIOTS PSST Te TER penetrance bos