Castlégar News February 23, 1986 WEATHER Pacific storm track which gave the heavy rains to California lost week is now south coast of the province and promises rains for coastol oreas and jolls at hes mixed with rain for the southern interior. Now thot the storm track is to be very slow to move out so cloudy, wet weather is expected to remain with oly Education fund concerns B.C. trustees Premier Bill Bennett's $110 million “excellence in educa- tion” fund, At Monday's school board acting ch brief to the premier express- ing “some concerns” about the fund. BCSTA has said it is con- cerned that the B.C. cabinet decides who gets money from spending the money on com puters, teacher training, lan- training and However, at the Castlegar board meeting, director of instruction Lach Farrell said upgrading the district's com- puter program is one area . the fund could be used for. Gordon Turner said the BCSTA will be presenting a “We are led to believe that local district i will By CasNews Staff Mila Mulroney, wife of the prime minister, will visit the West Kootenay next month. Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco announced this week that he will host Mulroney on her visit here March 3. She will visit the Castle gar and Trail areas as part MILA MULRONEY - coming to town of a week-long Western Canadian tour during which she will meet with various cystic fibrosis organizations and multi- cultural groups. Mulroney is tentatively scheduled to visit school children in Castlegar, after which she will travel to Rossland for a luncheon sponsored by the Kootenay Conser- iTuP. senior citizens enjoy their annual Valentine's Day fot ot ae Castlegar Senior Citizens’ Centre. SCHOOL CUTBACKS continued trom front page ing a budget to submit to the gov- ernment. Specifically, she asked whether the parents would support the board if it A recovery budget would be similar at ee Rubee GUE Gen couver and Cowichan school boards were fired by then minister of Jack Heinrich for refusing to lead to getting (some of) the . money. Army vets threaten march relations fiasco for the Mul- roney government. At issue is a threat from Canadian Armed Forces Pensioners’ Association, which says it’s prepared to a new unemployment insur- ance regulation. “Therefore, it would seem logical that we should apply.” Castlegar school board re cently approved in Principle a review West Prog: vative Association. Court news recommendation that more than $80,000 be spent to modernize the district's com. puter program. A major concern of the board is where it will get the money to implement the rec. The amend- ment would cut unemploy- ment benefits for people re- ceiving a pension. “One of our branches has already gone so far that they are organizing buses,” said ies Ed stage the march unless the government backs down on Halayko. “I told them to cool it” In Castlegar provincial court this week, Christopher Olson pleaded guilty to five counts of forgery and was Riven a suspended sentence and nine months’ probation on each count. CUPE backs recovery budget By CasNews Staff back down on the submission of needs budgets. Recent boards. If the Castlegar board submits a recovery budget and the government rejects it, Johnson wanted to know whether the parents would support a tax increase or would rather have the board work within the government's budget guidelines. The CDTA and CUPE, in presen- tations to the board prior to the meeting with parents, both urged the board to submit a recovery budget. The parents at the meeting also indicated they want the board to adopt elections reinstated the a get-tough stance with the govern- ment. “The whole point is that there's not enough money and people are freaked out about it,” one parent said. “It's the damned government. You should go for the whole thing (recovery budget) and have the parents’ groups stand behind you.” Another parent told the trustees: “Don’t back off if there's a hassle.” Asked if she would support a tax inerease, the parent replied, “I don't think anybody would support higher taxes with so many unemployed” in the area. The provincial government last year returned to school boards the authority to impose local taxes to raise funds they feel necessary to supplement government funds. But Johnson said having boards raise taxes would shift the burden of responsibility for the state of education in the province from the government to the boards. “There is a distinet possibility that the government will announce that residential taxes will be decreased,” she said, referring to information she obtained at the meeting in Vancouver. “The nt may choose to do this at a time when the government will tell the boards to go to the tax- payers for more money. “We will be forced to take the blame for something that’s not our respon- sibility.” Trustee Doreen Smecher told the parents that, based on the current tax rate on a $50,000 home in Castlegar, “to raise a quarter of a million dollars would cost the average homeowner $55 per year.” Trustee Ed Conroy added that he had heard the chairman of the Kim- berley school board “mention the figure of $200 per taxpayer (per year) to adequately fund their school board.” However, Johnson warned that Castlegar’s figures may not be the same because of a difference in the average assessed value of homes in the two areas. As for the Excellence in Education fund, Johnson said initial optimism about the fund is gone. She said the consensus at the meet- ing in Vancouver is that the fund “will only cause a giant peanut scramble with board pitted against board for the money.” She added that “the public must be cautioned that the Fund for Excellence is not what it seems to be.” Bus rule rescinded Teachers want services back By CasNews Staff The Castlegar District Teachers’ Association has urged the Castlegar school board to submit to the provincial government a “recovery budget” that would begin restoring full educational services to the school district. The CDTA’s request was presented to the board at a special meeting Thursday during which board chairman Kay Johnson and Castlegar school superintendent Terry Wayling announced that preliminary figures from the provincial government indicate the distriet’s budget for 1986-87 may be at least $366,000 less than last year. In its written report, the CDTA says the board can submit a recovery budget with five assurances: © It is legal to do so; © There is public support for a recovery budget; e Many Castlegar trustees were elected on a recovery budget platform; © There is overwhelming proof that the system is suffering under restraint budgets; © The government is proclaiming restraint is over. Reading from the report, CDTA vice-president Deb Chmara told the trustees that Article 13.1 of the Interim Finance Act requires them to submit a budget “in the form” required by the minister However, the CDTA report says “nothing requires the budget to be in the amount of the fiscal framework” — the preliminary budget figures the government supplied to school boards this week “Therefore, it is important that (the trustees) request all funds needed on the first try,” the report notes. “Castlegar has always had a top-quality system of education and submitting a budget which asks for full restoration of funding is the only way to address all the needs-o{ our educational community,” the report says. Jéefemy Palmer, a teacher at the Kinnaird Junior Secondary School and a member of the CDTA bargaining committee, said the board's decision “will decide whether or not British Columbia and its youth will be a have-not province or can bridge an already widening gap back to educational parity with the rest of Canadian provinces.” The CDTA report quotes several sources including the government's own Let's Talk About Schools report — indicating strong public support for increased funding to education. Let's Talk About Schools indicated 70 per cent of the general public agrees that existing levels of funding to education are too low. Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1298, which represents Castlegar school district support staff, has asked the Castlegar school board to submit a budget to the provincial government that woult provide funds for a complete reinstatement of hours of work to pre-restraint levels. Elio De Paoli, chief shop steward for Local 1298, told the board at a special meeting Thursday the union “will back the board 100 per cent publicly” if the board decides to submit a recovery budget to the provincial government De Paoli’s statement followed a presentation from Local 1298 president Darlene Schultz outlining the effects of restraint on CUPE workers in the district Schultz said CUPE Local 1298 has lost the equivalent of eight full-time workers since restraint began in 1983. “If you consider that to mean eight hours per day and 50 weeks per year, that translates to 16,000 man-hours gone,” Schultz said, adding that the “continuing onslaught toward the support staff has been devastating and demoralizing.” She said the cuts have resulted in “a slow but sure deterioration” in several areas of district services> She cited specifically “lower leyels of cleanliness and hygienié standards within the schools, offices and buses” in the district. By law, school buses are supposed to be disinfected once a week, Schultz said. But because of the manpower, she said this is not being done Schultz provided the board with a breakdown of the effects of restraint on specific CUPE groups. shortage of e Custodians — Schultz said this group has been hit hardest by restraint and that “reductions appear to be an ongoing policy” of the board. She cited two further cuts to custodial staff last week. e Clerical and library aides — The workload of these two groups has been steadily increasing and equipment these workers use is “badly in need of repair and replacement,” Schultz said. e Bus drivers — Driving is a high-stress job involving tremendous responsibility, she said, and the drivers do not need the added stress of worrying about having enough time to clean their buses on top of everything else e@ Teacher aides — There has been an increase in enrolment to 20 students this year from 14 in 1983 at the Special Education Centre, Schultz said. Since most of these students require one-on-one supervision, CUP board to hire another full-time union person work and stress load at the centre. wants the to reduce the this week voted to rescind its new rule prohibiting large objects on school buses in order to save Kinnaird junior secondary school's band pro- gram from being legislated out of existence. A problem arose when it was discovered the board's rule prohibiting objects that don’t fit under the buses’ seats meant that three-quar- ters of KJSS's band students couldn't ride the district's buses with their instruments. “The entire band program at KJ was in jeopardy be- cause of this policy,” said trustee Ed Conroy, chairman of the board’s transportation and safety committee which came up with the policy. Conroy said that when the committee first formulated the policy it thought only one or two instruments such as drums and tubas would be Trial affected. But, he said, “We in effect wound up eliminating other instruments.” Conroy said the problem has been solved by following the policy of other school districts of allowing students to hold larger instruments between their legs while seated on the buses. “The problem has been solved. It's just a matter of rewriting the policy,” Conroy said. But Doreen Smecher said allowing students to hold the instruments between their legs does not address the original concern that loose objects would pose a safety hazard in the event of an ac- cident. “T'm more concerned about these kids being transported safely,” she said, adding that staff and parents at KJSS should look at the problem. “Adjustments could be made there,” Smecher said. However, the trustees voted 42 to rescind the size-restriction policy and will send the matter back to the board’s policy committee for rewriting. Workers end picketing By CasNews Staff Members of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers on strike against Shaw Cable stopped picketing the Castlegar Sand- man Inn Thursday after cable company personnel vacated the room it had been renting for the past three months. Shaw Cable personnel left the Sandman Inn Wednesday failed to get rid of picketing by IBEW pickets. Justice Madame Patricia Proudfoot ruled Tuesday in B.C. Su- preme Court that it was “an inescapable conclusion” that Shaw Cable was operating an office at the Sandman and that the company's striking employees had a right to picket. The IBEW first set up its information pickets in front Sandman Inn manager Jim Young said the hotel suffered “some loss of business” be- cause some people didn't want to cross the picket line. The IBEW has been on strike against Shaw Cable for more than six months with no new negotiations planned. The issue of a union shop, Proposed by the union and considered unacceptable by Shaw Cable, remains the afternoon after court action of the Sandman Inn Feb. 14. outstanding issue. date set By CasNews Staff A new trial date has been set for Westar Timber on charges that the company’s Celgar Pulp Operations in Castlegar exceeded allowable sulphur emissions for 29 days in May 1985. The hearing has been scheduled for March 25 in Castlegar provincial court. Westar was charged in © Trad — The purchase of new equip has almost been eliminated, Schultz said. Consequently, she said, the repair and on-going workload indicates another carpenter is needed. D ber with 29 counts un- der Section 34-5 of the Waste Management Act. The BCGEU STRIKE VOTE continued trom tront page There are as many as 200 issues the union wants to discuss with the gov- ernment. Two of the main issues are the government's demand for no wage increase in the first two years of a three-year contract and a two per cent imerease in the third year, and a de- mand for an additional 65.5 hours work per yeer with no additional wages. The government is also seeking con- Brooke says that a strike vote is a very involved process. The BCGEU is governed by the Public Service Labor Relations Act and it must get 51 per cent of the total union population voting in favor of a strike in order to walk off their jobs. As well, government observers are on hand for the strike vote and the ballots have to be counted by the gov- ernment. Brooke says this is actually the first time that the leadership of the BCGEU has polled its membership before call- “The ability to do a good and thorough job with pride has been taken away from our members,” Schultz said. “If there is serious intent in improving conditions generally throughout School District No. 9 and also a concern toward improving the morale and attitude of support staff, we are requesting a concentrated effort from the (board) to seriously look into and address our concerns as presented.” sulphur compounds exceeded the limits authorized by the company's pollution control permit. The maximum fine on each count is $60,000. Brooke speculates there is enough support for a strike vote. He added that after canvassing and other work, at least 90 per cent of the membership will be in favor of a strike vote. ing for a strike vote. Among the other alternatives to taking a strike vote are to back off and accept the offer — which Brooke called “ridiculous” — or continue on with the negotiation process. i. Ae | AR a ame Briefly _AUDGMENT RESERVED — The B.C. Court of Appeal has reserved judgment on an appeal of a-ruling that money paid to the family of child killer Clifford Olson go to the parents of Olson's victims. The llants — Joan Olson, wh ted to her maiden name of Hale after her uncontested divorce; Robert Shantz, Olson's defence lawyer on his criminal charges; and lawyer Jim McNeney, holder of the $100,000 — asked the court to overturn the B.C. Supreme Court ruling favoring the parents. The earlier action was brought before Mr. Justice William Trainor by lawyers David Gibbons and Janice Eitan Se bahal of yenoete i rama Cun’ #3 young victims. MacLEAN NEW LEADER HALIFAX (CP) — Vince MacLean, a legislature member from Cape Breton, easily defeated his only chi to win the SITUATION ‘FLUID‘ Canada eyes Philippines peared on television saying is had d an sassination plot by the two former defence officials, De- fenee Minister Juan Ponce the Nova Scotia Liberal party. The 41-year-old former teacher received 1,082 votes to the 721 votes for Halifax och Jim Cowan, past president of the provincial part; ne choosing the member for Cae! Breton South to replace Sandy Cameron, Liberals hope they've found themselves a man who can lead the party back into power for the first time in a decade. The party holds only six seats in the 52-seat legislature. MULRONEY BACK OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mul- roney returned home Saturday to prepare for a hectic political work week after an apparently successful week-long trip to France. His Canadian Forces 707 aircraft touched down at CFB Ottawa at 2 p.m. Castlegar time. On, leaving Paris earlier in the day, the prime minister expressed satisfaction, saying the most important achievement of his visit was an improved diplomatic climate between the two countries. DOLLAR UP TORONTO (CP) — The Canadian dollar ended the week on a winning note, posting its highest close of 1986. But analysts say that with the federal budget less than a week away, money markets are taking a cautious attitude to the currency. “The market has been very quiet,” said Bert Squires, chief trader in the Canadian dollar for the Royal Bank. “The real players are waiting for the the budget to be tabled.” The dollar traded as high as 72.1 cents U.S. in Friday's early going and closed at 72 cents, a gain of about one-tenth of a cent on the day and one-third of a cent on the week. And Canadians planning to travel south continue to benefit from the dollar’s rebound during the last two weeks. The cost of one American dollar has fallen to $1.3990 Canadian. At the height of the exchange crisis, it cost as much as $1.4515. EXPERT CALLED IN EDMONTON (CP) — An anthropologist has been called in to help identify the featureless remains of the last victims of the Feb. 8 train crash near Hinton, Alta., a spokesman for the Alberta Attorney General Department said. Don McMann said the expert, whom he declined to identify, has joined the medical examiner in trying to establish the identities of the seven victims who are missing and presumed dead following the crash between a Via Rail passenger train and a Canadian National freight train. An estimated 23 people were killed in the crash which more than 90 others survived. ZACCARO ARRESTED MONTPELIER, VT. (AP) — John Zaccaro Jr., 22-year-old son of former U.S. vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, has been arrested on a charge of possessing cocaine. Zaccaro, a senior at Middlebury College in Middlebury, was arrested late Thursday night by local and state police and arraigned Friday in Vermont Distriet Court for Addison County. Zaccaro pleaded not guilty to possession of a regulated drug with intent to sell and was released on his own recognizance. SEAMEN FEARED DEAD GREENOCK, SCOTLAND (REUTER) — As many as 18 seamen were feared dead Saturday after a French trawler sank in the North Atlantic while many of the crew were asleep in their bunks, coast guard officials said. The 641-tonne Snekkar Arctic went down Friday in heavy seas 360 nautical miles off the Outer Hebrides. Three bodies have been recovered and hopes were fading for the other 15 seamen still missing U.S. EMBASSY ATTACKED LIMA (AP) — Leftist guerillas throwing dynamite from speeding cars have attacked the U.S. Embassy and several other foreign missions and a number of government offices in a series 0. co-ordinated assaults, police said Saturday. No one was reported hurt in the bombings Friday night and early Saturday, which capped three days of rebel attacks in mountain and jungle provinces that killed 11 people, police said. happen. We have an ongoing contingency plan that has been updated very recently. ila, the largest city and the “We are watching the situ- heart of the century. Eighty per cent of the total Can- adians in the Philippines are on the main island of Luzon. Top military men challenge Marcos MANILA (AP-CP) — Two top military leaders demanded Saturday that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos resign and hand over power to Corazon Aquino. But the embattled president accused them of plotting against his life and ordered them to end their rebellion. In the most serious challenge Marcos has faced in his 20 years in power, Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Lt.-Gen. Fidel Ramos, the deputy armed forces chief, took over the Defence Ministry headquarters and called on members of the armed forces and cabinet to support them. They told a news conference at the heavily guarded headquarters. that Marcos stole the Feb. 7 special presidential election from Aquino and called on him to resign “while there is still time.” Enrile said generals loyal to Marcos had intended to arrest all leaders of the opposition and members of a military reform movement. “I imagine orders like this would come from the highest authority,” he said. . « » Tom Nedelec of the price of gos at the DRIVERS LIKE GAS PRICE DROP BUT WANT MORE By The Canadian Press “It's about time,” and “Why only two cents?” were the comments heard most often by gas jockeys across Canada. Cc were taking of the price cuts they'd been waiting for since world oil prices began to drop late last year, as the major oil companies reduced their prices to the dealers in most major centres across the country. A Fill-up in Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver, for example, generally cost two cents a litre less as most service stations reacted to announcements of reductions by the major oil companies as a result of lower crude prices and competition in the market. There were reports of some dealers standing outside their stations peering down the street at competitors’ signs as they tried to gauge how high they could keep prices without losing customers. “Oh yeah, they like it,” Alex Plumb, manager of an independent Pioneer service Station in Toronto, said of his customers. “But they think it should be lower, considering the price of crude.” Marcel Sauve, a Montreal resident filling up at a Castlegar Chevron lowers station's pumps to reflect the drop in world oil prices. Contvews Proto by Semon arch “Shell station, said: “Two cents is nice, but I think they should lower it by 10 cents.” Several dealers said they were eager for a gas price war, and a chance to get a bigger chunk of the market. DROP PREDICTS One Gulf dealer, who asked not to be identified, predicted prices will fall as low as 40 cents a litre. “The dealers all want it,” he said. “It's great for business. The last time we had a gas war, cars were lined up around the block.” Random checks of service stations in most major cities indicated prices wére down as a result of the oil companies’ moves Thursday, when Petro-Canada an- nounced it was cutting prices by two cents a litre across the country and the other majors promised to match the competition. However, some regions reacted more slowly to the cuts and some stations did not reduce their prices a full two cents. At the only gas station in Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, gas prices hadn't moved. A litre of regular still cost 60 cents at the Esso outlet. “No, we haven't changed the price yet, but we definitely will when the next-delivery comes,” said proprietor Keith MacLachlan. He said he'd heard about the price reductions on the news but hadn't been notified by Esso as to whether the reductions would apply to the gas in his tanks. His customérs understand, “*hé said. ° “They know I buy gas from Esso and that I treat them pretty fairly.” But, he said, the station in the next town isn't as neighborly. “When the price goes up, they'll raise it right away, even if there's old gas in their tanks.” Hours later, Marcos went on national tel to say there was a military plot to assassinate him and his wife, Imelda. He urged Ramos and Enrile to “step this stupidity and surrender so that we may negotiate.” As word of the new crisis spread, hundreds of people poured into the streets and headed for Camp Aquinaldo, a suburban army camp where the Defence Ministry is headquartered. More than 1,000 people gathered outside the base and up to 400 others were seen in the streets at nearby Camp Crame. Many chanted “Cory, Cory . Cory " Aquino's nickname. Tories may raise gas tax By WARREN CARAGATA OTTAWA (CP) — Falling oil prices and a resulting drop in federal revenues may prompt Finance Minister Michael Wilson to ask gasoline consumers to help keep the budget in trim. “It's one of the options,” says Peter Martin, chief economist at McLeod Young Weir at Toronto. “It's got to be a tremendous temptation.” If crude prices do not recover, Wilson could be faced with a $700-million hole in revenue from the petroleum and revenue gas tax, known as the PGRT. Robert Reid, an oil industry analyst with McLeod Young Weir, said next week's budget may either increase taxes on gasoline or impose a new tax on all refined products to help Wilson fill that hole. Robert Robinson, who watches the oil business for Loewen, Ondaatje McCutcheon, said that while some sort of tax increase at the pumps is possible, such a move would not be popular. Consumers are already annoyed that retail prices have not fallen in lockstep with crude prices. Robinson said the government may recall the experience of the Conservatives under Joe Clark losing the 1980 election in part because of a proposal to raise gasoline taxes by 18 cents a gallon, or four cents a litre. The budget next week could double the federal excise tax on gasoline and still allow prices at the pump to fall a few cents a litre. “It would have to be something they would have to be taking a very hard look at,” Reid said. “They could doa whole bunch of things and people would still see the price go down.” SEE REACTION Both Reid and Mike McCracken, president of Infometrica, an Ottawa economic research firm, agreed there would be strong political arguments against raising gasoline taxes after the bruising the government has taken over the level of present gas taxes. To compensate for the billions of dollars in tax cuts to the oil industry in the last budget, the government last year raised the federal excise tax by 1.5 cents a litre to 3.5 cents. It followed that up with a sales tax increase that raised pump prices 0.36 cents a litre Jan. 1. Given the current price of crude, prices at the pump could drop by about eight or nine cents a litre, Reid said. Economic taught the hard lesson that B.C. must chart a new econ- omic course, the premier said Sophonow launches bid for compensation VANCOUVER (CP) — Thomas Sophonow, tried VANCOUVER (CP) — three times for murder in the Premier Bill Bennett told the strangling of a Winnipeg mining industry Friday his waitress, has retained Van- view of the future of the couver lawyer Terrence Rob- British Columbia economy is ertson to act for him in a bid both rosy and realistic. for compensation. Robertson is the lawyer who took Norman Fox's case to a special commission of in- quiry that awarded him $275,000 for wrongful impris- recession has in a luncheon speech to 300 members of the Mining Ass- ociation of B.C. commit. can no longer support the province's standard of living, and Brit- ish Columbia must diversify and broaden its economy. “We can't just sell goods,” . 32, of Burnaby, commission to examine the conduct of police who in- vestigated the December 1981 murder of a 16-year-old Barbara Stoppel, a doughnut shop waitress. Sophonow, a former hotel doorman, said he has also asked the lawyer to seek a commission of inquiry to “recommend appropriate compensation for the 45 His first trial resulted in a hung jury. A guilty verdict at his second was over- turned on peat In De cember 1985, the Manitoba Court of Appeal ruled there were so many errors in his third trial that he should be acquitted. Ordering the acquittal, Mr. Justice Joseph O'Sullivan was highly critical of the — onment in a rape he didn't said “Friday he has asked Robertson to urge Manitoba authorities to appoint a royal in which stripped, searched and inter. months I spent in prison for a crime I did not commit.” Sophonow was arrested almost four years ago and charged with murder in Stoppel’s death in downtown Winnipeg. Robertson has agreed to act for Soph- onow. the events being kept. confirmed he said. “We also have to sell our talents and technical ex- Bennett said Expo 86 will bring the world to B.C.'s doorstep and give millions of visitors — including business people and investors — the opportunity to see the prov ince. “They'll come for Expo; they'll see the future,” he said. “Our tax climate is right. We have the transportation infrastructure, the resources, the clean air, the good water and an abundance of hydro- electric power. “And we have the most important resource of all — the right people. Our work. force is second to none in terms of its training and its willingness to get the job done.” The Social Credit govern. ment’s long-term economic plan Provides for a mix of VICTORIA (CP) — Spar. wood Mayor Toto Miller says Labor Minister Terry Segarty is playing polities with provincial funding. Miller, a former Social Credit party member, said Friday Segarty told a Feb. 7 meeting of Sparwood li brary officials money for a new library will depend or. whether the southeastern B.C. town changes its vot ing habits. Segarty met with four members of the Sparwood Publie Library Association to discuss its application under the $30-million Expo Legacy program for a $400,000 grant. Segarty says funds depend on votes not recommend who gets the grant money until after the election and only in areas where he is elected will he see that grant money could perhaps be made available.” . Segarty said Sparwood has received provincial funds for several other projects and the community's support for the NDP has never in fluenced them. “They were saying you won't fund these things if we don't vote for you. I said I can't make com mitments for projects that you want if I'm not elec rogated, with no record of The minutes state: “Ap parently X number of dol lars will be allocated to the Kootenay constituency to be divided as the MLA Bennett reiterated his sup- . deems fit. Mr. Segarty will port of freer trade with the United States. ted.” But Bruce Ramsey, li brary board chairman, in sisted the minutes are accurate. “We asked him a couple of times about it (the funding). And he said: SEGARTY - playing politics “Bruce, do I have to hit you over the head with it? But I'm not going to knock Terry Segarty. He's done a lot for this end of the riding.”