PUBLIC SPEAKERS see Partici Public Speaking Contest hel Steven Ritson, Kim Verigin, middle row: Bouvette, Antionette Santos, Lisa.Gerrand, Elena Chaves, Katrina ints in the recent Twin Rivers Annual, ‘recently were: back row left: Doreen Chaves, Jarrod Isfeld, Carla Miscavitch, Mindy Jolly, David | Bristow, jicole "agreement ‘MONTREAL (CP) — = Que bee ‘teachers have: voted nar rowly: in favor’ of a ‘coneil- ’ iation report, putting an end to their long contract dispute’ with the government” and cancelling the threat ‘of” re # newed strike ‘action, Tho. elementary and’ high : school "teachers voted 60.8 per. cent” in’ favor . of the. report, drafted by Labor De- - partment official Raymond t -Desilets after three weeks of” conciliation talks. The 60,000 teachers went’. | Ba on strike for nearly a ‘month lace juniors, *Graciete rate —CostewsPhoto First election addvass Barrett calls for. New Deal By CHARLES LA VERTU VICTORIA (CP) — New Democratic Party Leader Dave Barrett called for a B.C. version of the U.S. New Deal lano Roosevelt's program in which gt played a viated by thoughtful, ase major role in the U.S. econ- “omic recovery from the Great Depression and said Roose- velt’s that people recovery prog to get the jobless back to work, In his first major address of the May, 6th B.C. general election campaign Friday, Barrett said creating employ- ment is the first step, to economic recovery and would be-a NDP government's pri- ority. Barrett referred to former U.S. president Franklin De- have nothing to fear but fear itself aptly applies to B.C. now. “The situation we're in has been exaggerated by the cutbacks of the Societ Credit government,” Barrett told a news conference. “I believe that the hardships that this government through its pol- icies has put on the people of this province can be alle- 8 action.’ He said an NDP govern-. ment would set up an econ-" omic council of leading Brit- ish Columbians from all econ- omic sectors to help plot out the recovery. Barrett pointed to the rec- ord number of bankruptcies’. in the province, the 100,000 people on welfare and the 200,000 unemployed, and said “the first thing we must do is restore dignity and self-res- pect to those of our citizens who want to work.” “We must give opportni Election call leaves municipal tax puzzle . VANCOUVER (CP)— The provincial election call has left B.C.'s municipalities puz- zled over how to proceed with this year’s property tax bills, the president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities said this week. Kitimat Mayor George Thom said the dissolution of the legislature means mu- nicipal councils may not get the reformed property tax system promised them last month by the Social Credit government and that they're stymied because tax bills must be ready by May 15 — just 10 days after the elec- tion. In addition, he said, the union has been unable to get a commitment from the New Democratic Party that it will implement the new system if elected, because the NDP says it has not seen the tax plan. The proposed property tax reform came after Finance Minister Hugh Curtis held B.C. to The municipalities hope this will prevent large tax increases caused by the wild swings in property values — such as have been totally ungracious and they have refused to re- lease the contents of the bill,” he said. “It would be utterly ible to the UBCM to cial property owners saw last year. : FACE DILEMMA “There are going to be an awful lot of mayors and councils that will be ina dil- emma,” Thom said. “If Social Credit goes back into power, Tm convinced it will be passed and will. be law by (May) 15. But ifthe NDP gets in, we have no commitment from them, “I'm disappointed the gov- ernment called the election before the legislature was called back so we could get this enacted, so we knew where we stood, and I'm dis- appointed the NDP didn’t see its way clear to agree, but I sympathize because they haven't seen the legislation drafted. “All we need is ‘8 com- coma out civic representa- tives, business groups and the public. Under the differential (or variable)- mill rate plan, a municipal council may levy different mill rates for res- idential, industrial, commer- cial, and other classes of land, thus allowing some flexibility where land assessments have jumped radically from one year to the next. The current system is.a fixed mill rate system. Such a system was ap- proved almost unanimously at the union's convention last fall. i so the know where they're going. It’s not fair to the munici- palities to bring it down to the wire like this, and it's not fair to the homeowners or the businesses or industry — those notices have to be paid by June 30.” NDP municipal affairs critic Charles Barber said he spoke to Thom Thursday and was unable to promise to im- plement the tax reform plan because the NDP has not seen it, but.told the UBCM that his party is keeping “an open mind” on it. “As usual, the Socreds KOKANEE TAX SERVICE proceed ,with a bill we haven't seen. “I have written to Mr. Curtis and Mr. ‘(Municipal Affairs’ Minister Jack) Hein- rich pleading with them to recognize that we just might form the government May 5. and because May 16 is the {tax) deadline, asking them: to release the bill immedi- ately so we can study its con- tents.” ties. to, every, citizen” in this. province to create for theni- ‘selves their own plans: and their. own future through: ‘the province, “not'on make- work projects that have no social Gr economic meaning, but: on projects that’ mean PUT PEOPLE TO WORK in the long term to +) this provinice.” Noting’ that. the: current: is b : “Just as (U.S. President) ig at the rate of $60 ‘million: a week, he added that “if we're going to borrow money for. welfare, then for goodness sake let us use the same ap- Frosch and put People to a said his job-creating plan, that would be implem-: ented through municipalities at a cost of between $800. million and $600 million, has been, well received at the local level, and: nearly one third of the municipalities ~ have responded favorably in: cluding ;: Kelowna, ::Premier Bill Bennett’s home town. He said the. money, bor- rowed by the B.C. Petroleum Corp. on future ‘earnings, would be put to work now in did with the Ten- nessee Valley Authority, we could do the same here with a .New Deal in British Col: umbia.” , ‘Barrett said ‘an. economic “advisory. council ; would de- Y resume the, strike agreement was reached at earlier this ‘year. after, the ‘Quebec government ‘imposed . . x contracts’on them.. 4 Babaeff, “Thomas Phipps and the winners in ho front row. are: David: my em Littley, second place seniors, Stacey Polonicalt, third seniors; Am Singh, first seniors, ‘Pilar Alvarez,’ second first junior, and Theresa Sabo ‘They had ‘threatened’ to eo: if no the conciliation ‘talks. .; Turnout for the vote was very low,.with only 20,000 of the \teachers participating. Union leaders, who announc- ed the vote resulta today, - blamed the low rate on the, length of ‘the dispute. “I presume they are just ~ plain fed'‘up,” said ‘Robert Dobie, president of the union ” i] ‘ representing teachers in English-language Roman : Catholic schools. “They had s very bad year. and a ‘very traumatic. yeat.” The Quebec “government " has not officially commented: - on the Desilets | Your Place of Business or Mine - 365-2544 or 399-4129 “Enjoy: a night ora week amid our exotic indoor greenery, ~ babbling fountains and sparkling pool. \ VILLAGE PARK INN tions, but Education Minister Camille Laurin:-has said he will advise his cabinet. col- leagues to. approve the re- - port. The conciliation, recom- mendations will modify the velop an recovery program * for all“ parts ‘ ‘of the Province. 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Lezcano bobbled the ball. | Welsh then: fumbled Bruce Benedict's. sacrifice bunt, sending :Hubbard we third, while Benedict reached “: first. scored * atre and | gai the we tory to reliever Pete Falcone, who took Over for starter: Phi kro San’. Diego seored three gles. by :pinch- hitter | Tim’ Flannery, Gene Richards and arve got one’ run home and. then. first baseman In other games Saturday it '.’ was: Cincinnati Reds ‘8 Chi- . eago Cubs 4; 8t.. Louis Car- © dinals 5 New. York Mets 0; Montreal Expos 7.L.A, Dod- * San’ Francisco Giants, 4 Re-| ‘Orienteer. at Selk rk Its spring, and time to walk, Jog, or flat out run with “a map and compass in'an or- ienteering ‘event on the Sel- kirk College Campus this af- ternoon., | Competitors are asked to meet at the Selkirk College’ : syinastain, parking lot’ at a p.m.| : There: will, be a short i in- troduction to the compass. — what tg look for when haying to it, be oné to two'hours duration, ‘and there will be courses for the kids, the inexperienced, and the runner.. Compasses will be available, but’ bring a whistle if you have’ one. Entry fees for orienteering club members is $1, $2 for, non-members. : For further- information Bs -about this event, phone Scott Donald at 362-7768. ‘At the March meeting of ‘the club an orienteering film _called “Thomas The Orien- was shown, a. mini- event was held, and a contest to select a ‘club name was ’ concluded. The winner. of the Name the Club contest was the Szekley family with.the entry Kootenay Orienteering Club: The Happy Wanderers. Winners of the mini-event were March and Bonnie Szekely, Rossland . in’ the Wayfarers category, Duane Logan, Warfield (Sr.. Men), - Patricia West, Castlegar (Sr, Women). * the'sécond on BSR . e second in. 4 ges ski race FERNIE (CP) — Dave Irwin of Vernon, still has the competitive | spirit: which made him a member of. Canada’s downhill: ski racing team for 10-years. Irwin retired from the demanding’ World’Cup ser- ies a year ago, but still finds time to occasionally race against some mem- bers of the national team. _ He was in top’ form Fri- day at Snow Valley when he won the B.C. Coal men’s downhill in one minute, 14.40 séconds. 3 Second was national- team member Felix Bel- ézyk of. Castlegar, ‘in 1:14.64 and third was Chris Mclver of Rossland in 1:14.88. Rounding out the top five in the field of 100 were Ron. Cuus of~ Calgary, fourth in 1:15.04, and na- tional-team racer Doug Kerr: of Cranbrook, fifth in 1:15.21. tefus¢o for three:runsiin the first inning on’an RBI single Dale: Murphy ‘and Bob orner's first home:run ‘of the season, a two-run shot off a the left: field“foul ‘role. The Bra made ‘it’ 4-0 in a single by Benedict, Neko’ Jsacrifice cbunt . and. a run producing single: by: Brett: Butler.:‘At-. lanta ‘added: another .run: in ‘he fourth on Benedict's solo homer, his® ‘first on;thé. year. Tho Padres ‘got:two runs id ‘on: con- secutive | singles: by ‘Garry Templeton and Luis Salazar, -Montefusco's sacrifice’ bunt Janda. sactifice fly: by Rich- “ards ‘and .an. RBI-single by Juan Bonilla; one of four hits for him inthe game: Oeste: :in. the: first inning capped: a‘ *four-run rally ' that, . began ‘with two. outs and sent the: * Cubs ‘to their: foprth straight © . defeat. The Reds now are 8-1, the first time’ th y've been two. games over 500 since 1982.02 >. CARDINALS 5 METS 0 ‘Joaquin... jar, fired a four-hitter and struck: out a career-high alae: ‘and George gl $ Weenie. pace the Cardinals to victory. “Anidjuar, winning his ninth: } straight ga * game, of the year ‘after ope ing with! 4 loss, . *: Lor venth off Ne ‘ork: starter Mike ‘orrez, Xacquired by ‘the Mets from” Boston. Red Sox during the off-season, geles to:six hits as Montreal Expos down Lea, 1-0, retired the first 17 Dodgers in order -before pinch-hitter. Ron Roenicke doubled with two outs in the sixth.’ Lea, .who hurled a no-hitter. two years ‘ago against San Francisco Giants, ° losthis bid for a shutout when. Dusty Baker homered in the seventh.’ ‘Lea pitched 6 2-3 innings ~and gave up five hits, inclid. ing a run-scoring single. by a Russell'in the seventh, PHILLIES 5 GIANTS 4 " «Gary Matthews, cracked a: two-run homer and two sin- gles and Phila. Phillies “A DAILY INTEREST ACCOUNT THAT HAS IT ALL” / Kootenay Savings Credit union 1016 - 4th Street, across from the Post Office. omen get in shape | for summer at drop-in fitness classes at lasses run A and Friday mornings. took advantage of erratic San’ Francisco ‘pitehing..to. beat the Giants 5-4. The game was tied 3-3:en- he: -seventh « jahen’ aught stealing. But Joe Morgan walked ‘and the count on Mike Schmidt went to 20 when Jim Barr replaced Krukow, — 0-2. Schmidt walked and Tony perez was safe-when centre fielder Max Venable dropped. his fly ball for an’ error, ena- bling Morgan to score and Schmidt to advance to third. ~ Bo Diaz then followed with an RBI Laingle. . -USFL competes “against baseball By The Associated Press The. fledgling United States Football League goes ° against baseball for the first time: this weekend, compet- ing forthe fans’ dollar. Two, areas . where the USFL will butt: heads: with’ + major league baseball today are New. York and Los An-: goles. “ New Jersey Generals, 14, act as host to Michigan Pan- thers, 1-4, while acr pss: the,” river New York Mets have a “scheduled doubleheader~ against ‘World Series cham- pion St.Louis Cardinals, ; In Los ‘Angeles today, Los Angeles Express, 3-2, meet Philadelphia Stars, 4-1 at the Coliseum, while Los Angeles Dodgers . are. expected -'to send- Fernando, Valenzuela against Montreal Expos. . “T think it’s going to bea learning process,” starting this woekend,” says USFL New “Jersey. coach Chuck Fairbanks knows he'll have to stop Michigan's big-play receivers, Anthony Carter and Derek Holloway and generate an offence against a club which has made 17 sacks this season. DEFENCES TOUGH Both Philadeiphia and Los Angeles have: proven: tough’ defensively so far, The Stara’ offence is paced .by. rookie running back Kelvin Bryant, whe has rushed for 614 yards in 124 carries, The former North Carolina: player also has grabbed 14 pasees for 124 ‘ds, at The Express split quarter- backing duties between for- mer Toronto Argonaut Mike Rae and rookie.Tom Ramsey of UCLA. Rae has made 42:of : 68 passes for 495 yards and Ramsey has made 46' of 108 for 493 yards. ‘They have thrown Chet _who, has seen his league at- tendgnce’ drop drastically in recent weeks, The -Generals, with all- America. running: back’ Her- achel Walker coming off his first big pro fc nine hd be- tween them. - Tampa Bay,” who hold | a one-game lead over. Chicago for the Central Division lead, are attempting to bounce, back from # 42-8 loss'to Chi- cago last The Ban-: expect a ciuwd of 45,000. The Express look for a turnout of In other Sunday games, Birmingham | Stallions, 2-3, visit Chicago Blitz, 8-2, and Boston Breakers, 4-1, act as ‘host to. Oakland Invaders, On Monday night, Arizona Wrangers, 2-3, play Wash- ington Federals, 1-4. dits still lead the USFL in total offense, 855 yards per game, Denver coach Red Miller, labelled a conservative when he . coached - the. National Football “League Denver Broncos, has shown he's a gambler with the Gold. Run- ning back Harry Sydney is the Gold’s ‘key offensive t. : “ISLANDERS 6CAPS2° LANDOVER, MD. (AP) — Bob Bourne and Bryan Trot- tier scored two goals ‘each Saturday as New. York Is- landers whipped Washington — Capitals 6-2 Saturday to take 8 2-1 lead in their best-of-five National _ Hockey League opening-round playoff series. The. Islanders, seeking a fourth straight Stanley Cup championship, can. close out the series with a victory to- night at the Capital Centre. Bourne, who scored 20 ‘goals during the regular sea- so0n,.put the puck past Al Jensen at 9:31 of the first period and made’ it 2-0 at 14:48. Both shots came from the right wing circle. Trottier scored twice in the second - period at 12:39 and 18:04, both times assisted by An- ders Kallur. Craig Laughlin ‘scored at 3:04 of the third period for Washington, which has only six lifetime victories over the Islanders in 46 games. John Tonelli scored for New York at 6:81 and Scott Stevens for the Caps at 17:84 before an- other" Islander scored: by Bob Nystrom at 18:06. : NORDIQUES 2 BRUINS 1 ‘QUEBEC (CP) — Rookie defenceman Randy Moller scored a power-play goal late in’ the second period that proved to be the winner as Quebec avoided elimination with a. 21 victory over Boston in an Adams Division semi-final. \ The Bruins still lead the best-of-five series 2-1 with the fourth game here tonight at the Colisee. With the Nordiques seomuoly going nowhere during a’ five-minute man- power advantage, Moller, ‘coming off the bench, went right to the Boston blueline and. unleashed a wrist shot that deflected in off Bruins defenceman Ray Bourque at 16:30 of the middle period. ‘The goal snapped a 1-1 tie, which was the result of Dale Hunter’s short-handed goal for Quebec in the first period and a power-play reply by the Bruins Rick Middleton at 4:52' of the second session. goal was’ " SABRES 4 CANADIENS 2 BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP): — Tony. McKegney tapped in a rebound with 4:10 left in the third period and Mike Ram- sey added an empty-net goal to power Buffalo to a 4-2 victory over Montreal as the Sabres knocked. the Cana- - diens from .the playoffs in three straight games. John Van.Boxmeer and Lindy Ruff.scored Buffalo's first. two goals. -Matsd Nas- lund and Steve Shutt replied for Montreal. Goalie Bob Sauve,. who shut out the Canadiens 1-0 and 3-0 in the first two games - at Montreal, blocked 28 shots. There were no goals and only two penalties in the first period, but the clutching and grabbing and end-to-end. rushes shet the tone of the game. : OILERS 4 JETS 3 - WINNIPEG (OP) — A goal « by centre:Ken Linseman at 18:46 of the. third period lifted Edmonton to.a 4-8 wins over Winnipeg and into the National Hockey League's y nights until April 22, as well as —CosNewsPhato - Smythe Division final playoff series. Linseman’s goal, this third of the playoffs, snapped a 3-3 tie and gave the ‘Oilers a come-from-behind victory and the best-of-five division semifinal in straight games. The veteran forward picked up a loose puck in the Winnipeg end, skated around the net behind rookie goal- tender Brian Hayward of the Jets, then quickly sneaked around the corner and fired the puck into the far side. The Jets, playing before 11,846 fans in the Winnipeg Arena, pulled Hayward in ‘the final minute of the game, _ but sealant put enough Swiss rink wins title “ByIANMacLAINE ° MOOSE JAW, SASK. (CP) — Norweigian skip Eva Vanvik, riding an emotional high Friday: night, was shot down Saturday as Erike Muller's rink from Bern, Switzer- land post an 18-8 rout to win the world’ women's ‘curling championship. Vanvik, who hardly missed a- -shot in a 6-3 $ semifinal ‘victory Friday night over Penny LaRocque of Halifax, was the architect of her. own ,downfall: She made it easy for Muller's rink by missing all but one of-her first eight shots and allowing the amie to steal 12 points in the first four ends. * About the only thing’ Norway won Saturday was the gq. toss of the coin to determine who would hold the hammer on + the first end. It was downhill from there. * It marked the second victory for the Swiss at the women's championship. Gaby Casanova won the first @ . championship event at Perth, Scotland, in 1979, This marks the first. time the championship has been played outside Europe. * The Civic Centre # was sold out for playoff games Friday ° night and Saturday, but theré were a lot of empty seats for ‘ay . the finale after the Canadians were eliminated. Muller and her team — third Barbara Meyer, second Barbar Neier and lead Norkgt Wirz — were presented with the Pioneer Life Tro, Only the sooeretpeding that the game would: continue at least eight ends to the game for some.2,500 fans, bringing the overall attendance . forthe week-long tournament to more than 26,000. With the exception of Neier, it’s the same’ rink that posted a 4-6 record in the preliminary round-robin at the ch last year in Geneva. - Muller, $8, was such a dominant figure in the game that. the chink, in her armor didn’t surface until the sixth end when, following another miss by Vanvik, she had an easy draw for four but opted instead to throw through the house |, and settle for the three to open a 15-2 lead. * Vanvik and her sister, Aase, were bothered Friday _ night and Saturday by a virus. Aase was able to throw her third stones, but never did pick up her sweeping assignments, adding a further burden to the other two members of the rink — second Alvhild Vanvik and lead Bente Hoel. Smyl beat Calgary’ goalten der Rejean Lemelin from the top of the right circle on a pass from Ivan Hlinka after Vancouver's Dave Williams took a heavy hit in the Canuck zone and fed a breakout pass to Hlinka. The Vancouver captain's shot appeared to deflect off the stick of Calgary defence- man Steve Konroyd and beat Lemelin high on. the glove side. The Flames still lead the best-of-five series 2-1 with the fourth game tonight at the Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks had squand- ered a 4-1 lead and were hanging on the ropes until Smyl's last-minute heroics. netminder Andy Moos to set up the tying goal. CANUCKS 5 FLAMES 4 VANCOUVER (CP) — Stat Smyl rifled home a 40-foot shot with 57 seconds left in the game Saturday night to give Vancouver a 54 victory over Calgary’ and prolong the hopes of the Canucks in the Stanley Cup playoffs: Announcement of Blues sale stalled SASKATOON (CP) — Bill Hunter is waffling on reports that a major announcement will be made next week re- garding the purchase of St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. Hunter said he is upset with a report that two Sas- katoon contractors have been told to be ready to start work on the. proposed $44-million coliseum,-which would house the team if a bid by Hunter and his business partner, Peter Batoni, to buy the Blues is successful. He said his company wouldn’t work through sub- contractors. However, Hunter added while the reports were not correct, that doesn't neces- sarily mean an announce- ment about the sale would not be made next week. The Blues and Chicago Black Hawks are in the first round of the NHL playoffs. The Saskatoon Star-Phoe- nix said an announcement on the future home of the Blues will be made after St. Louis's 1982-83 hockey season con- cludes. The newspaper also said there is grave doubt the proposed arena could be ready for an early-season opener in Saskatoon, mean- ing some games would have to be played in Regina. But Batoni and Hunter, both of Edmonton, have al- ready covered that possibil- ity by booking dates in the Regina Agridome. TheV captain's goal was his second of the play- offs. LEAFS 6 NORTH STARS 3 TORONTO (CP) — Unan- swered third-period goals by Walt Poddubny, Bruce Boud- reau and John Anderson lifted Toronto to a 6-8 victory over Minnesota, giving the Leafs .their first playoff victory in four years and new life in their series with the North Stars. Minnesota leads the best-of five Norris Division semi- final 2-1 on the strength of 5-4 victories last Wednesday and Thursday in Bloomington, Minn. The fourth game is here tonight and.a fifth, if necessary, back in Blooming- ton on Tuesday night. Centre Greg Terrion put Toronto ahead in the first ‘ period and Anderson and Miroslav Frycer scored for the Leats sad Brad Maxwell, Brian Bellows and Steve Payne for the North Stars in. the second period to send the teams to the third tied 3-3. Walt Poddubny game the Leafs the lead for the fourth time, 4-8, with his third goal of the series 5:61 into the final period as Minnesota's Curt Giles sat out a penalty for tripping Anderson. Frycer gained control of the puck in the faceoff circle to the left of goaltender Don Beaupre, took a stride towards the crease and fed Poddubny for a tap-in bet- ween Beaupre’s legs from the front edge of the crease. Canadian curler confident REGINA. (CP) — Paul Savage won't take anything away. from the European rinks, but the veteran Can- adian third at the world curling chempionship has° reason to be confident. ‘When it comes to experi- ence, few rinks will boast the raw shooting talent the team skipped by Toronto fireman Ed Werenich brings to de- — fend the championship, which begins Monday at the Agri- dome. The Canadian team was spectacular in the playoffs for the national championship at Sudbury, Ont., a month ago and it has been keeping-a competitive edge since. Werenich, Savage and lead Neil Harrison have each been at the game for more than 15 years and second John Kaw- aja, 21,"is one of the top shooters. The team heads into the Air Canada Silver Broom brimming with confidence on the strength of its. play this year, with more than $40,000 in prize money and its two playoff victories at the Brier over Bernie Sparkes of Van- couver and Eddie Lukowicyh of Calgary. “But curling in the Silver Broom is almost like curling in the Canada Life bonspiel with three club curlers on your team who look at you every time you get in the hack and expect you not to miss,” said Savage. “Those are the times when you choke the most.” Savage is quick to correct the impression he's knocking the European curlers, noting they can throw the rocks as well as the Canadians. “But they don’t have as many opportunities as we do to play against good compe- tition,” Savage said. FIRST WORLD EVENT Werenich and Savage are both five-time provincial win- ners — three times with Savage as skip and Werenich third — but it's their first world event. They'll be de- fending ‘the title won last year in Garmisch-Partenkir- chen, West Germany, by Al Hackner of Thunder Bay, Ont.