' a2 Casthégar News September 17, 1986 Board protests enrolme By CasNeows Staff Castlegar school board is continuing its fight to have the provincial government sider its mid-year enrolment check and the of British Columbia's school districts. board is extremely worried about its impact on programs for the children in this district,” board chairman Kay Johnson says in a letter to Education Minister Tony Brummet. The board distributed copies of the letter at its meeting In the letter, Johnson notes that the board projected that enrolment would fall by 54 full-time equivalent (FTE) students for the start of the 1986-87 school year and decided to “set aside” $140,000 in anticipation of the decline in (The pr ial g its the Ci school district about $2,600 in operating funds per FTE student.) “However we are not able to predict accurate enrolment figures because of the seriously depressed economic climate in the West Kootenay region. Unfortu- nately, more families left the area and an additional 50 students have moved, leaving the district with an additional RUNNING FOR TERRY . . . Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy (left) and Castlegar school trustee Tony Guglielmi (right) were two of the 77 Castlegar @ residents who took part in the annual Terry Fox Run Sunday morning. Cashews Photo by Ryon Wilson potential shortfall of approximately $130,000 for the 1986-87 fiseal year.” Johnson says the enrolment check and potential reduction in funding “does not permit boards to examine closely program needs and the staff and services required respond to student ions and parent “That, simply put, does not make sense.” Johnson points out to Brummet that the board has reduced teaching staff by about eight FTE teachers since June 30, reduced non-teaching staff by about three FTE positions, and closed four rural elementary schools in an effort to provide the best education to district students with the funds available. nt check She says the changes have resulted in a rise in the pupil-teacher ratio to 17.12 pupils per teacher from 16.82 on June 30, an increase in elementary school class size to 23.42 WA students from 21.72 on June 30 and the offering of several elect ye courses at Stanley Humphries secondary school only in allérnate years. “Tp addition, the Castlegar school board increased local taxation by approximately 3'/ per cent and local taxpayerd new support over 19 per cent of the total budget, as compared to }6 per cent in the previous fiscal year. “This tax increase was levied in a district that has been (and still is) experiencing an unemployment rate of between 15 and 20 per cent,” she adds. ‘ON TARGET’ ; obson Fall Fair set for Saturday By CasNews Staff A fall fair, farmer's market, mini- carnival and a fall frolic are all part of the activities planned for Saturday's Robson Fall Fair. “Everything looks like it’s on target and on schedule,” said Linda Krull, a member of the newly-formed Fall Fair Association, which is organizing the fair. “We've had a fantastic response from the community,” she says of the gen erous donation of prizes. But Krull says she won't know how many entries will be received until they are actually brought in Friday between 4 and 7 p.m. at Robson Hall. Judging takes place after 7 p.m. The doors open to the public at 10 a.m. Saturday and the fair goes until 4 p.m. Krull says there has been a positive response to the fair, noting she has received calls about the fair from Trail and the Slocan Valley, as well as the Castlegar area. There are 31 categories, inctuding canning, baking, quilting, knitting, crocheting, art, macrame, ceramics and cake decorating. The fee is $1 per entry. As well there are special categories for men. These include woodworking and jewelry making. Ribbons will be handed out for first, second third place in each category. As well, participation ribbons will be given to all entrants. There will also be draws for entrants and prizes for first and second place winners. A farmer's market will also be held in conjunetion with the fair. Residents have been invited to sell their home- made and homegrown goods at no charge. Krull explains that the farmer's market is being set up as a way of bringing the activities at the hall and school closer together. At the school, a mini-carnival will take place from noon - 4 p.m. Activities include a cake walk, bingo, dart throw, lollypop tree, face painting, bake table and white elephant sale. And there will be a Fall Fair Frolic from 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. at the Robson Hall., Music is by Robson resident Skip Fraser. College scraps homecoming gala Lintz said part working with an incomplete and incorrect mailing list. ‘And he said the college's 20th anniversary steering committee likely started on the project too late. “We should have started to nail down the mailing list two years ago,” he said, adding: “Part of it is difficulty trying to track people down after 20 years.” of the problem was the college was By RON NORMAN Editer Selkirk College has scrapped elaborate plans for a three-day homecoming weekend next month to mark the © college's 83 because of lack of interest by former students and staff. “There was no commitment from anyone to attend this thing,” college information officer Joe Lintz explained in an interview Tuesday Instead, the college will host a pioneer banquet and dance Oct. 10 in honor of some 480 charter students. Lintz said the “gala weekend” planned for Oct. 10, 11 and 12 was to have included special dinners and dances, tours of the area and get-togethersmt the college. Mailing out the invitations to the homecoming week- end in the summer didn’t help. “We were promoting all this in the height of summer, Lintz said, when most people aren't ready to make a commitment to fall activities. Yet, he said Selkirk College had to know before the end of the summer how many alumni and staff planned to attend the three-day weekend in order to plan the dinners and arrange the dances. Lintz said as many as 30,000 full-time students have attended Selkirk College since it opened its doors in 1966. “If we got even 10 per cent of that we'd have a hall full of folks,” he said Lintz pointed out that the response to the pioneer BIG FACE OFF . . . Expo 86's giant 61-metre hockey stick — just the blade of which is shown here — is the suggested prize in a possible hockey tour- Castles News TREET TALK IT SEEMS the giant hockey stick and puck that mark the Canada Portal at Expo 86 are coveted by several B.C. communities, including nearby Trail. Quesnel and Penticton have joined Trail in submitting bids for the 61-metre-high (200-feet) stick and three-metre by one-metre (10-feet by 3.5-feet) puck. Quesnel Mayor Mike Pearce has suggested the three communities play off in a hockey series to see who gets the stick. Pearce says the community with the best hockey players deserves the stick, which stands near the entrance to the Skytrain ride to the Canadian pavilion. He has sent a letter to Canada Place Development Corp., which owns the stick, asking the federal govern ment to sanction a tournament to decide the winner. Ren Syivester, who heads the Penticton group seeking the return of the stick (it was made by Structurlam Products of Penticton), said he would con sider entering such a tournament. But Trail Mayor Chuck Lakes said his community would enter the competition as long as it could use homegrown recruits from the National Hockey League. However, Pearce said he wants communities to use minor hockey players, not professional. Pearce adds that if the federal government doesn't agree to a tournament, the competition could still go ahead. All teams in the tournament could make an agree ment to withdraw their bids if they don't win, he said WELL-KNOWN realtor and Castlegar booster Mary Wade Anderson is leaving the area. Mary plans to move to’ White Rock where she will work for a realty firm Castlegar residents will have an opportunity to say goodbye to the flamboyant Anderson at a farewell dinner Sept. 26 at the Sandman Inn. The dinner begins at 7 p.m. FOX RUN continued trom front pege the recreation department as a staff responsibility. Kerr says that hopefully people from the community will feel arrangement works well in other communities. . A total of 77 people took part in Sunday's Castlegar run — repre senting 1.2 per cent of the city population or .6 per cent of the area population, according to the Castle gar Recreation Department. Twenty-five members of the Stanley Humphries secondary school 1987 grad class raised $926 in the 10-kilometre run. One team, instead of running, walking or cycling, did a three-leg: ged race. Rossland-Trail MLA _ Chris D’Arcy ran in Trail’s run at 8 a.m. and then in Castlegar’s run at 11 am. Elsewhere, 366 Nelson residents participated in the three and 10-kilometre courses raising $1,919 with pledge money still to be counted. The number of participants was up over last year's total of 285. Trail’s 204 partici — com up from $1,900 a year ago. In Salmo, 97 residents raised $730 in cash and pledges. But total receipts will likely push the figure over $1,000. Students from Montrose and Genelle elementary schools held runs on Friday. Montrose had 213 participants who raised about $1,000. Genelle had 46 participants raising $15. Provincially the run was also a success. As of Tuesday 90 of the 310 run sites across the province had reported in. So far $242,275 in donations and pledges had been reported. But Kerr said organizers are optimistic that the goal of $400,000 will be reached. Last year British C raised $276,000 for pared to 130 in 1985 — raised $4,000, cancer research. MILL UPGRADING continued from tront page “We have been trying to identify with them what steps they will take,” he added. One step-could be to reduce production. Ald. Len Embree told Johnson the community will look to the Ministry of Environment to enforce emission standards. “There's a lot of skepticism on the part of a lot of people in the community on how reliable the company will be,” Embree said. But Johnson said the Westar has so far lived up to the terms of the variance order. It has installed the required monitors and plans to install equipment to link the mill with the ministry's air quality monitor atop the roof of Castlegar and District Hospital. Until now, Celgar has determined the air quality by taking measurements at its stack at the mill. “They have started work and they are on schedule,” he But Ald. Bob Pakila suggested the emission levels are too “lenient”, saying 110 micrograms is too high. Johnson agreed. “Largued for lower numbers. The political powers at the said this is the number. Johnson also said the proposed maximum level of 28 micrograms after July 1, 1991 is not yet firm. He said he assumes if the level is adopted as a province-wide standard, the Celgar mill will have to meet it. M hile, Johnson also explained the 10-year variance order granted the mill's effluent permit. He said the order ineludes a clause that calls for a review in three years. The review will include a look at the company’s financial picture and progress in upgrading its effluent controls. Johnson said Westar has started a “fair amount" of work on effluent upgrading, though “a lot of it is in the study phase.” Under the terms of the variance order, the company will not have to meet A level standards if there is no change in the flow of the Columbia River. The cdtnpany will instead meet some form of B level standards But Johnson also pointed out that the mill effluent is really only a problem one or two months of the year when the river level is low. “Effluent from the mill is really not causing that much of a problem” the rest of the time, he said. He added that improvements to the mill's air emissions will help improve the effluent because more black liquor from the pulping process will be burned off instead of dumped into the river. But Pakula said he isn't satisfied with water quality monitoring He suggested there is nothing to stop the mill from opening a valve at night and releasing black liquor into the river. “T'm quite aware of what goes on there,” said Pakula, an employee at Westar’s Southern Woods Products sawmill “T've seen it (the river) in states it should never get to.” Johnson said the ministry takes random samples about once a month and doesn't have endugh funds to order more frequent testing. Ald. Len Embree suggested 10 years to upgrade the pollution controls is too long “A 10-year period to work on that river is totally unac ceptable,” he said. Mayor Audrey Moore #tiggested council press for more funding for monitoring of the water quality of the river But he said by mid-August carried out earlier in the summer “absolutely no response” from its massive direct mailing the college had banquet “has been He also said plans for the college's open house Nov. 21 and 22 are in full swing. somewhat more encouraging.” SOCRED NOMINATION continued trom tront poge don’t make my decisions on who else is running.” Lakes said many people approached him and asked him to run, adding that he knows the constituency well. “I think that I understand the issues and problems of the area — and small communities in general — as well as anyone,” he said. “I could bring these concerns to government.” Lakes said he knows and has a good rapport with Premier Bill Vander Zalm and members of his cabinet. Lakes, 71, said he gave his age some consideration while making his decision to run. But he said he feels good and has “the energy and stamina and dedi- cation to do the job.” Mayor Audrey Moore of Castlegar, centre of much speculation about whether she will enter the race, is attending the Union of British Colum bia Municipalities convention in Ver. non and was unavailable for comment. However, she was quoted as saying she will make an when she MARC MARCOLIN _ . not running the province from a lot of different angles.” Crockett, 45, is vice-president of the land-Trail Social Credit party. He returns from the convention Burt Campbell of Castlegar, Sid Crockett of Genelle and Anders Thom sen of Fruitvale are the only declared candidates so far. However, former Rossland-Trail So- cred president Carl Price said today he expects “about another six” candidates to enter the race soon. He said Walt Siemens, current Rossland-Trail Socred president and the party’s unsuccessful candidate in the 1982 provincial election, and Ted Goodman of Fruitvale are “fairly defi nite” candidates. Both men are at the coast and were unavailable for comment. Erie O'Dell, a member of the Rossland-Trail Socred executive with whom candidates are filling their nomination papers, said today “it appears we're going to have a varied field” of carffidates. He said the candidates will be “a wide range of people who will look at is a Cominco employee and member of United Steelworkers of America Local 480. In a news release announcing his candidacy, Crockett says he was “en EXCELLENCE continued trom front poge the board will be able to go ahead with its excellence proposals because the monthly payments to the board's operating budget from the provincial government exceed the board's re quirements. “There's always a certain amount left over each month,” Dascher said. “The money exceeds the amount needed on a monthly basis.” He added that the excess is placed in term deposits to accrue interest. Dascher said the excess is enough to cover the cost of implementing the excellence programs — about $21,000 . latest entry couraged by family, friends and fellow workers” to seek the nomination. He says he intends to generate “positive enthusiasm” in stituency “We must resolve old concerns and then proceed to future development and achievement so our young people have jobs to look forward to.” the con- per month over the remaining nine months of the school year until the full $191,300 is spent However, Dascher said the month lo-month excess doesn't mean the board ends up with a surplus at the end of each school year He said future expenses — such as Payments for supplies and equipment ordered at tie start of the year and increased heating costs during the winter months — sap the aceumulated money so that by the end of the year the operating budget's balance is virtually nil nament to determine which B.C. community gets to keep the stick atter the world’s fair is over. —ConttewsPhnote and tickets are available at the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce or Century 21 Mountainview Agencies. THE VANCOUVER Sun had an interesting feature Saturday on four German princes who have sunk their Old European dollars into relatively new B.C. forest land — some of it in the Kootenays. The princes have staked out a haven for their wealth and are betting on the province's long-term prosperity. One of the princes, Prince Wilhelm zu Weid has been investing in the Kootenays. The Sun reports zu Weid said “larger forest operations and food growing conditions make forest land more economical tham in Europe.” “He started investing in forest land on the coast through his company, Beaumont Timber Company Ltd., and has since shifted it to the Kootenays,” says the Sun. While he declined to outline the size and value of his dozens of pieces of land, zu Weid said when in B.C. he often stays at his “little log cabin” near Kootenay Lake. “It doesn't make sense to build a castle there,” he said. “But if you want to do business you have to spend time in B.C. to understand it and get to know the people,” he added. The four children of the 55-year-old prince have all visited the province. THERE HAVE been reports of a permanent satellite located in the southeast sky over Castlegar. One observer said the satellite, which looks like a star to the naked eye, is in fact rectangular when viewed through binoculars. But Selkirk College instructor Dem Jones says the object is likely not a star or a satellite, but @ planet. “There are a couple of planets in the sky,” Jones says: Mars, which is reddish looking, and Jupiter, which is bright white Jones added that Jupiter has four moons which can be seen with binoculars and could give a rectangular shape if the binoculars aren't held steady. Jones suggested a satellite couldn't remain station- ary in the sky, but would have to move rapidly in order to create enough centrifugal force to keep it from falling to earth. at Central Foods APPROXIMATELY 10 LB. BAGS ....... a | on LONG GRAIN RICE $169 A. Pee eee eee eee eee ees NACHOCHIPS = $919 , NOODLES... 4:89" INSTANT. SHOGUN ....85G STEAK ors. aa 9,918 PICNICS seteresctecet ecu 0824 Le? ROASTS cx sso, 258 STEWING BEEF... ..:4°.°1°° BACON ov uane.soo. 9D | SALAMI 49° RING 43° susteenaNNS $998 SALAMI #......... FLAKES OF HAM | $7.39 Sou wiK ONION SOUP M “MILK zn 69 OPEN SUNDAYS 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. 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Malakoff of Shore- acres passed away Friday, Sept. 12 at Kootenay Lake District Hospital at the age of A funeral service was held Sunday and Monday in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Nelson, followed by interment in Shoreacres cemetery Rock Istend Plece Trait * Unibody ond * ICBC Clams Conference costs college $300,000 NANAIMO (CP) Mala spina College has a $300,000. deficit from playing host to the World Conference for Youth during the summer, an auditor's report says. The college board of di rectors has accepted the resignation of consultant Bruée Fraser, who was presi dent when the decision was made to hold the conference at the Island facility Board chairman Doug Mc Bride announced Fraser's resignation Tuesday as he released findings of the Vancouver Price-Waterhouse investi gation into the five-day con- avoided if possible. cutting programs would be "$958 CORN FLAKES |, $209 $ 13° KELLOGS. ASSORTED. 300G. ....... COOKIES . Ss] 79 DUNCAN HINES. 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