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Doug SI¥, an English teacher at Stanley Humphries secondary school, took his two Grade 9 English classes to the Nelson Festival of the Arts on March 8 where the class nted poems in the choral speaking section. One of the classes won first prize for its version of Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll.

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Student studies grizzlies

VANCOUVER (CP) — West of the Rockies, where the raw: peaks of the Selkirk Mountains divide British Columbia’s great southern lakes system, Robert Wielgus is learning about sex and violence in the world of grizzlies.

What Wielgus, a forestry PhD student at the University of British Columbia, has found is evidence of infanticide and murder in an ecosystem where survival of the fittest can mean death to the smallest and most vulnerable cubs.

It is also a law that, applied in a population atready in decline, could lead to extinction.

Tracking 21 radio-collared grizzlies through a rugged jumble of moun= tains between the Arrow and Kootenay Lakes, in a region of southeastern British Columbia known as the Selkirk Mountains Grizzly Bear Ecosystem, Wielgus is studying habitat demands.

Selkirk Mountains scene of infanticide

Rocky Mountains,”’ he said. ‘*1 found that females were avoiding male bears, staying out of prime habitat where there was lots of food and I wanted to know why they were doing that.””

What Wielgus soon began to Suspect was that females were choosing poor-quality habitats, where few males ventured, in order to keep their cubs alive.

They-were-depriving themselves of food in order to raise their young in isolation from predatory males.

‘*Males will murder cubs for reasons of breeding opportunities,” Wielgus said.

It has also long been suspected that

And he’s ing a mystery about why male bears Kill cubs

“I first stumbled on this in 1982 when I was looking at habitat in the

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But Wielgus has a -more radical theory.

He thinks that under certain cir- cumstances, males kill cubs to force females into heat so they can have an opportunity to breed.

When populations are low and the sex ratio is skewed so there is a lower percentage of females, Wielgus said male bears prey on cubs. But when sex ratios are balanced and the population levels are high, cases of in- fanticide decline.

The theory, which he's-attempting to verify with extensive field research in the Selkirks, holds important

zly populations have to be extremely cautious, he said.

“You can’t lose any females at all. . . It could be a crisis if you lost a single female in that kind of area.”’

Wielgus said females are often relocated if they show up as problem bears around campgrounds or farms.

But removing a female problem bear could have an impact far beyond its apparent significance.

“Loss of even one or two females can have dire consequences.

**Not only is the production of that female fost, but the production of her female neighbors is also diminished because of increased _infanticidal behavior by males."’

Wielgus proposed this may explain why population growth is so poor in some areas even when food is

Wielgus said that when bear populations are low and the sex ratio is skewed, predatory males can com- mit infanticide on such a scale that the population spins into extinction

To avoid that scenario, wildlife biologists faced with saving low griz-

and —tr dmor= tality israre:

The Selkirk program involves researchers from both Canada and the United States. _

The bears range widely, often travelling from southern- British Columbia into northern Idaho.

Company accused of logging watershed

VICTORIA (CP) -- The acrim- onious battle over logging in the Carmanah Valley continued Monday with the head of an environmental group saying British Columbia's forestry minister had misled the public

Paul George, head of the Western

Canada Wilderness Committee, made the accusation while referring to a news release issued earlier this month by Forests Minister Claude Rich- mond,

Richmond's release said forestry giant MacMillan Bloedel had not cut logs beyond the boundary established

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But George said his Vancouver- based group hired a surveyor who found that MacMillan Bloedel had logged 20 to 30 metres into parts of the Carmanah watershed

MacMillan Bloedel spokesman Stan Colemen said the environmen- talists were off base.

“I don’t’ buy that," he said. “We're up to the boundary of the valley and that’s it.

“They're. just trying to make something out of nothing. Someone who goes out and says you’re a metre out this way or a metre out that way, is-just trying to- make something out of nothing.”’

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Honorstudents named

The following is a list of students who have qualified for the honor roll and honorable mention list during the second reporting period at Kinnaird Junior secondary school.

To be eligible for the honor roll, students must have a mininum grade average of 4.0 in qualifying courses. For honorable mention, students must have a_minimum. grade average of 3.5-3.9 in qualifying courses.

GRADE 8 HONOR ROLL

Mary McDonald, Jill Imrie, Melisa Andrews, Jan Holden, Averil Shep- pard, Lee Anne White, Tina Labine, Utako Kambara, Lori Baker, Trudy Clow, Todd Bondaroff, David Zoobkoff, Shawn Mosby, Derek Ar- mstrong.

Josh—_Sookero,—Mark—Perrier; Melanie Brownlie, Laura Kosowan, Sarh Vatkin, Leona Jones, Christine Brownlie, Vince Antignani, Peter Frietas, Simon Laurie, Cheryl Zibin, Jaclyn Kalesnikoff, Melanie Strelive.

GRADE 8 HONORABLE MENTION + Roxanne Wiebe, Jeremy Finney, Mark Carlson, Rolf Hartman, Ron Garay, Irene Guglielmi, Rick Fauth. Chris Gray, Daryl Carter, Brian Roberts, Nancy Chang, Shawna Tarasoff, Travis Stoochnoff, Phillip La Porte. GRADE 7 HONOR ROLL Richelle Davis, Michael Malarek, Karen Skibinski, Treena Goolieff, Karen—Akselson, Elina Alimkutov, Andrew Peterson, Philip Freitas, Christina Ferreira, Lisa Fomenoff, Nicole Harasemow, Brandy Stan- wood, Amy Strilaeff, Ted Hunter, Janice Hawley, Melanie Smithers. David Nunes, Kim Quiding, San- deep Dosanjh, Mary McGougan, Shannon Carter, Jennifer Travassos, Celia Mansbridge, Kathy John, Michael Kooznetsoff, Dasha Forester, Darren Pottle, Amy Strilaeff, Denny Terry, Ashley Imaieff, Jolene Ozeroff.

Missionairies here

Colin and Merle Butcher, former missionaries to India and Pakistan, are scheduled to visit Castlegar this weekend.

Colin Butcher, currently the western representative of the Foreign Mission Board of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada, will be holding special meetings beginning March 24 with a men’s breakfast at Calvary Baptist Church.

Sunday, the couple will be special speakers at the church.

The Butchers have been en- thusiastically received in countless speaking engagements across the country, a news release says. Women are especially encouraged to attend the women’s conference Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., the release says.

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365-7454. 354-3855 368-3644 YOUR 1989 INCOME TAX RETURN

WHERE CAN I GO FOR HELP WITH MY TAX RETURN?

few. Check the list in your General At tax time, many people have questions Guide. If there's one you need, contact about how to complete

your District Taxation _ their return and what infor- Office or call the special mation slips to include. “request for forms’’ number The first place to look for listed there. answers is the General Tax Guide that comes with your WHY SHOULD TFILL return. It gives you step-by- OUT THE GREEN FORM?

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Canada offers a & Services Tax, now before Parliament, has two main

expenses guide, a guide for pensions and one for new Canadians, to name a

Barney Post

Barney Post, a former resident of Kinnaird, passed away in Van- couver March 14 after a battle with cancer. He,celebrated his 76th birth- day Feb. 27.

Mr. Post moved to Kinnaird from Rossland in 1946. He worked for Cominco for 32 years, retiring in 1976. He moved to Parksville in 1979

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The Carmanah, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, is home to the giant Sitka spruce, some of which are believed to be 1,000 years old

George admitted there may be ‘‘a discrepancy between the ministry's

And Services,” pro- vides basic inform- ation about federal benefits and services available to Seniors.

Pursuant to Section 26 of the Highway Act and the provisions of the Commer cial Transport Act; notice is given that load restrictions will be imposed effec

Bre 1.00 2m--Monday, March 19, 1990in the Kootenay-Boundary Highways istrict

objectives: to make Canada more com- petitive and to improve the fairness of the tax system for all Canadians. The plan

includes a new credit to offset part or all - 100% OF LEGAL AXLE LOADING ON THE FOLLOWING

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in English and French.

It is now being produced

in nine other languages for distribution this summer.

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HIGHWAY No. 22 A HIGHWAY No. 33 HIGHWAY NO. 41 HIGHWAY No. 395,

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Violators of the regulations and restrictions will be prosecuted

wince of Columbia ansportaton and Highways

boundary and the watershed’s natural boundary.

“The (boundary) line was probably established by the B.C. Forest Ser- vice. The company didn’t cut on the other side of the line, so it’s not the company’s fault. It’s the B.C. Forest Service.’”

In the press release, Richmond said: ‘‘I am satisfied that the boun- dary established to define the water- shed meets the intent of the directive restricting new logging in the Car- manah Valley until a management plan for the valley is determined.”*

Richmond, who did not return repeated telephone calls Monday, has said a decision on logging the Car- manah will be made soon.

The company wants to log most of the 6,700-hectare valley, but has promised to protect the Sitka by establishing a reserve of more than $00 hectares around the trees, at least one of which is 95 metres high.

Surveyor Phillip Swift, who studied the area, said he took detailed measurements in a small area of the Carmanah and found a couple of samples where logging had occurred within the watershed.

Paul Pashnik, district manager for the Port Alberni forest district, said a survey by his department found no violation by MacMillan Bloedel

He said legal surveys are more exac- ting than forestry surveys.

and then to Vancouver.

He is survived by his daughter Diane Wolinski and her two sons of Nelson; son Pat and wife Lisa of Vancouver; stepson Lyle Borkes and wife Lydia and their two sons of Richmond; his wife, Belle, of Rasp- berry Lodge; one great-grandson of Vancouver; a brother, John: and a

sister, Francis, of Vancouver.

Cremation has taken place. There was no funeral service by special

request of the deceased.

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Revenue Canada offers phone enquiry services with extended hours during the peak tax return weeks. Check the back Pages in your General Guide for numbers and hours in your region. For people who require special assistance, there’s a program in which volunteers, trained by Revenue Canada personnel, help those who cant leave their home. There's

a special toll-free number listed in the General Guide for people with hearing disabilities, using a Telephone Device for the Deaf, and there are audio and large print guides for those who require them.

WHAT GUIDES DO I NEED?

Revenue Canada produces a variety of special guides for people with different income situations. There’s an employment

of the tax for lower or modest income households. To find out if you qualify, fill out the green form that comes with

your 1989 tax package. Even if you don't have to pay income tax, it’s important that you send in the green form. If you qualify for the Goods & Services Tax Credit, you could receive credit cheques every three months, starting this December 1990.

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