NELSON (CP) — A half- dozen protestors began a sit-in Thuraday at the David Thompson University Centre which the provincial

govern- ment plans to close May 1. The entered the library of the institution in this Kootenay city when it opened, sleepin, bags and food supplies. They said they and other demonstrators working in

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Woodward said the pro- testers include two students, three retired people and a farmer.

She added that the demon- strators are on terms with the library staff and are not interfering with catalog- uing work.

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At the school, MacGuigan arrived late and spoke for only 10 minutes before opening the session up to questions from the nearly 400 Grade 11 and 12 students.

His appearance at the school took on a different focus from the reception at the Fireside Place. Mac- Guigan said he was at the school in his role as Justice Minister.

He told students the law is the “glue” that holds society together. He then outlined some recent changes to Canadian laws, including the Charter of Rights.

He also outlined changes he would like to see, such as

ion of impri: for iolent offenders.

He said the country’s prisons don't rehabilitate offenders, so non-violent offenders should not be placed in prisons. MacGuigan suggested the offenders should be given community service work.

As well, he said he intends to remove from the Criminal Code sesctions which allow judges to imprison offenders for not paying fines.

He said judges will be required to hold an inquiry to decide if the offender is able to pay the fine. If he is, then he will be required to do so or go to jail.

If the offender is not, then the judge will have to find another kind of sentence.

In the question session, MacGuigan was asked what he thinks of politicians keeping secret files on the opposition.

“I doubt if there's ever been a political leader who hasn't had a secret file on the

Stanley ‘Humphries Secondary School students following address Thursday.

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However, he cautioned that the information in those files should only be obtained in a legal manner.

“That's a natural thing for a politician to keep an eye on the other side. . . it's a question of keeping records,” he said.

MacGuigan was also asked about the $100,000 paid to Clifford Robert Olson.

“It's a pretty dangerous practice to pay a criminal to tell about himself,” he said. He pointed out the payments were ordered by the B.C. attorney general and the first payment was d without the ledge of the federal government.

‘Turning to nuclear disarmament and cruise missile testing, MacGuigan said Canada should do as much as it can to bring about nuclear disarmament.

He said the country ought to take the lead in n NATO and make the alliance become less dependent on nuclear arms and use conventional arms instead.

He defended the cruise testing, saying the cruise missile is not a first strike weapon.

Canada is testing the cruise as part of its obligation to NATO, MacGuigan said.

“We've done that as part of our contribution to the alliance.”

MacGuigan also told the students he is not in favor of reinstating the death penalty because capital punishment is not a deterrent. .

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VICTORIA — The Minis- try of Forests has received seven bids for the former Louisiana Pacific timber li- cence in Salmo, according to J.R. Cox, director of the pro- vincial information services branch.

Cox said in a prepared re- lease that the area under the timber licence is between Slocan Park and the U.S. border,

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Criteria for awarding the timber licence include: the potential for creating em- ployment, utilizatiow of tim- ber, meeting provincial ob- jectives for the long-term management of forest lands, environmental quality (water, fisheries and wildlife resources), and contributing

Fruitvale, Salmo Forests Products Ltd., which was re- cently purchased by Sandner Brothers of Christina Lake, Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd. of Thrums, Ymir Forests Products Ltd., Salmo Work- ers Employment Society, Smallwood Enterprises and

A few things in life are unavoidable, and one of them is the deadline for income tax returns — April 90.

Unfortunately, if you haven't started on your return yet, you ean't fill out form 4688 for 8 deadline extension as they do in the United States.

In Canada, if you miss the deadline for any reason,

you're penalized:

But there are comimon pitfalls, whieh the last-minute lahee e tae Biot con Cask RANE Mberting to Jim Solley, public relations officer for Revenue Canada in Penticton.

e Some people discover that they can’t possibly fill out their returh in time, and send in one with their name, address, and a note informing tax officers that other details will “come later”.

In their rush to get their returns in, some people fill out everything, but fail to include their address or social insurance number, causing an wmnecessary delay in processing the return.

mistake for hasty return filers is simple

Expense Deduction, which entitles you to take off either $500, or 20 per cent of your salary for the year.

e “A small deduction a lot of people miss is for their safety deposit box, on line 39 of the return,” said Solley. This entitles you to the cost of your box — usually $10 or $15.

e Another common error occurs when people use the special simplified tax return, instead of the general return. On the special return, the check list for deductions doesn't include retirement savings plans, medical expenses, and childcare expenses. People entitled to these deductions should fill out a genera! form.

Solley advises taking your tax return to a reputable tax consultant or accountant if you run & business that will involve complex tax calculations such as “a bunch of rental properties,” of if you simply feel unable to do it on your own.

But he adds that completing most tax returns is a simple business, provided you read the tax guide.

Solley says 75 per cent of the questions phoned in to the Penticton tax offices can be answered “word for word in the tax guide.”

Minto took last trip 30 years ago

By CasNews Staff It was exactly 30 years ago today, April 29, 1954 that residents of the West Koote- nay bid the S.S. Minto “bon

hered and sang “Auld Lang Syne”.

Just south of Burton a small tugboat full of pas- sengers presented the cap- tain with a wreath.

Crowds lined the Nak- usp wharf and passengers with streamers linked the boat to those on the wharf as the Minto pulled put for the last time.

She served 56 years with, Nakusp as her home port.

The ship made its final trip from Robson to Nakusp on April 23 and called at every little dock along the way to visit and say farewell.

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LONDON (AP) — Although diplomatic relations have been severed and the Libyan diplomats sent packing, a sense of futile ahger lingers in Britain after the peaceful end to the Libyan Embassy siege.

“The outcome is far from satisfactory for the govern ment,” grumbled the staunchly pro-government Daily Telegraph last week after Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ended the. standoff with the radical Libyan government of Col. Moammar Khadafy.

Britain broke diplomatic ties and expelled Libyan diplomats and quasi-diplomatic students in Khadafy's London embassy after the Libyans refused to turn over the gunman who fired on peaceful demonstrators April 17, killing a British policewoman and wounded 11 Libyan dis- sidents.

Under the agreement to end the seige, British police will not enter the embassy until today, the deadline Britain gave Libya for vacating the embassy.

Meanwhile, the Foreign Office said Saturday it was making “the strongest possible representations” to Libya about two Britons who have been held in Libya since the day of the shooting.

HOLDS BRITONS

Douglas Ledingham, 85, Tripoli manager of British Calendonian Airways, and John Campbell, who, was not further identified, have not been told what charges ‘they face and have been prevented from seeing British diplomats, a Foreign Office spokesman in London said.

But he added they were “in good health,” and there was no reason to believe they were being ill-treated. Ledingham has telephoned his wife in Britain, the spokesman said.

Meanwhile, it has angered Britons that distant Libyo could draw their country into a foreign feud, then get off scot-free — thanks to British adherence to the principles of diplomatic immunity.

“It is hard to feel both angry and cheated,” said the conservative Daily Express newspaper in an editorial. It was a sentiment also heard on the radio call-in shows. “I just feel so frustrated,” one caller said.

The Spectator, a conservative weekly, said the crisis

‘A foreigner murders a British police le of London, and he is allowed to get away with it.” ‘SICK AT HEART

A television interviewer asked Home Secretary Leon Brittan, the official in charge of police and prosecutions, how he felt seeing a murder go unpunished.

“I feel very sick at heart . . . but one knows the evidence is just not available,” said Brittan.

The home secretary, at 44 the youngest member of Thatcher's cabinet, was in charge of managing Britain's response to the situation. Thatcher was on a state visit to Portugal when the shooting occurred, and even after she returned she stayed out of the fray, leaving Brittan to chair the crisis i and the gloomy

But in the coming week, Thatcher will be pressed to defend her government's handling of Libya-British relations.

The end of the siege permits the opposition parties in Parliament to launch the verbal attacks they had held back in a spirit of solidarity during the siege. There also was concern that British diplomats in Libya could be endangered, but now they are home in Britain.

Reagan lessens Soviet attack

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Surplus won't help teachers

By CasNews Staff

The provincial government's recent decision to let school boards carry over their budget surpluses into 1985 probably won't make much difference to the Castlegar school board where the practice is standard.

Education Minister Jack Heinrich’s

Reagan softened his harsh attacks on the Soviet Union on Saturday, backing China's efforts to improve strained relations with Moscow while saying relations between the United States and China will be “stronger than ever” be- cause of his visit.

Reagan told top Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping on the third day of his stay that he would value a lessening of ideological and border dis- putes between the two Com- munist superpowers, a senior U.S. official said.

The official said Reagan, in backing China's desire for improved relations with Moscow despite his earlier criticism of the Kremlin, be- lieves progress in Sino-Soviet relations will enhance pros- pects for peace and stability in the Pacific.

Reagan's denunciation of the Soviet Union this week as an expansionist aggressor

di on the Sino-S border is believed to have embarrassed the Peking gov- ernment. It recently decided to tone down its own anti Soviet rhetoric and assert its independent foreign policy despite growing ties with Washington.

His anti-Soviet remarks, in a speech and again at a news conference, were omitted both times from reports in the Chinese media — a de- cision that disturbed U.S. of- ficials.

Reagan himself made light of the censorship, telling western reporters: “You fel- lows do it all the time.”

DIVIDES OVER TAIWAN

Reagan and Deng also re- viewed U.S. and Chinese dif ferences over Taiwan, which Peking has called the most serious obstacle to improved Sino-American relations, but made no breakthrough, of ficials on both sides said.

this week came as a re- lief to many B.C. school districts — most of which were unable to use sur plus funds for the next calendar year in the past.

With that money unavailable, com- bined with the added burden of gov- ernment-imposed budget cuts in the name of restraint, some districts were faced with laying off teachers next January.

Heinrich said that allowing surplus funds to be used in the next calendar

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The Old Arena’s budget is up by some $8,000 — $6,000 of which will cover a deficit from last year. Moore said the deficit resulted from renova tions to the arena which meant the season got off to a late start. The city lost revenue from the late start.

Moore said the other basic areas

year will assist many school districts in keeping teachers for the full school year.

Castlegar school district's 1984 oper ating budget is $8,874,035 — which includes a surplus of $230,000 from the 1983 budget.

The practice of carrying over the surplus is standard for Castlegar, said trustee George Anutooshkin.

“We have been carrying over the surplus . . . in previous years,” he said “Hopefully we will have some surplus (from the 1984 budget) to carry into 1985.”

Even though the 1983 surplus was carried over for the 1984 budget, four or five teachers are slated to be laid off this September.

The 1983 surplus of $230,000 will be used mainly for severance pay, early

retirement payments, and the in creased cost of benefits, board sec- retary-treasurer John Dascher said when this year’s budget was released Feb. 14.

Anutooshkin said the board is “hopeful” the planned September tea- cher layoffs can be avoided through attrition and early retirement.

He said he was unaware of any teacher layoffs planned for next Jan- uary.

Mike Rodgers, president of the Castlear District Teachers’ Associ: ation, said the board was “counting” on carrying over the 1984 surplus, and that Heinrich’s announcement “wasn't any surprise.”

He said the carry-over of a 1984 school board budget surplus wouldn't provide any benefits for teachers in the district.

Science fair held by school was a success

Blueberry Creek Elemen tary School held its first science fair Thursday in the school gym.

Almost all of the children in the school entered exhibits which were judged by Sally Williams and Jerry Booth (primary division) and Linda Krull and Grant Lenarduzzi (intermediate division).

A wide range of ‘interests were indicated by the varied exhibits. Ants, bees, skele tons, rocks, minerals and simple machines, to mention only a few, items were dis- played.

The children showed a keen interest in taking part and were awarded certifi cates of participation

Prizes in the form of sci ence medallions were pur. chased with funds donated by the following businesses and groups: Blueberry Creek Parent Group, Blueberry Creek Recreation Commis. sion, Castlegar Savings Cred it Union, Kootenay Savings

Credit Union and the Cana- dian Imperial Bank of Com merce.

Primary prize winners were: Clarice DallaLana — plants; Wendy Hall — com puters; Kenny Skibinsky honey bees; Brad Moorison — electro-magnets.

Intermediate prize win ners were: individual biolo- gical, Danny Stelck — human skeleton; individual physical, Douglas Chernoff — coal, group biological, Jason Bat. chelor, Corey Ross and Chris Postnikoff — bees; group physical, Susan Gorrill, Ker ry Allen and Laura Menard — planets.

The prizes were presented by Vicki Matthews, the staff member who undertook a major part of the details for arranging the first science fair.

Principal Dave Mason said the fair to his knowledge is the first in the district's elementary schools.

increased by only $7,000.

Moore also said the city now pays 20 cents of every dollar spent at the re gional district.

“You represent a big value,” told council

Commented Ald. Albert Calder. bank? “I think if we pay 20 cents of the dollar, we should have a bigger vote.”

Moore

Members on the regional district board hold votes according to popu- lation not property assessment. Castlegar has one of the largest num ber of votes on the 20-member board — three

Nelson has the most votes — fout — while Area J has two votes, as does Creston

Grace had shady past?

LONDON (AP) — Grace Kelly, the American movie star who became Princess Grace of Monaco, led a secret sex life behind the ice queen image by which the public knew her, says a biography published this week.

Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper con- cluded that Kelly the actress was a nymphomaniac after a series of hushed-up scandals including an affair with Clark Gable on an African film location and the near-breakup of Ray Milland’s marriage over her, writes author Sarah Bradford.

Bradford's previous work includes a biography of Benjamin Disraeli, the 19th century British prime minister.

In Princess Grace, published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson, Bradford writes that Grace had normal sexual appetites and she was liberated enough in the context of her time to defy her middle-class Catholic Philadelphia upbringing to satisfy them if she felt the romantic urge to ‘do’ so.

The episodes described relate to Grace Kelly the movie star, before her generally happy 26-year marriage to Prince Rainer of Monaco which lasted until 4er 1962 death in a car accident.

New president for trustees

VANCOUVER (CP) — A 37-year-old charter-boat op- erator from Queen Charlotte Islands — who is also a mem ber of the New Democratic Party — was acclaimed Sat- urday as president of the British Columbia School Trustees Association.

Bill Lefeaux-Valentine told a news conference after being declared president at the association’s convention in Vancouver that he doesn’t think his NDP membership will affect the association's relationship with the Social Credit government.

once a decision is made. The first commitment I have this year is to represent the con- sensus that is established by the membership of this asso- ciation, not my political ori- entation.” Lefeaux-Valentine also said he believes trustees must consult with rather than confront the present government. The confronta- tion last year — particularly between teachers and the government over education cutbacks — yielded little, the

trast, used a consultative ap- proach last year and got a

major concession from the government last year. That was a promise to end cen- tralized control of education by 1986.

“My approach is that I come from a school board where we have a great span of political viewpoint,” he said. “The task of a trustee is to represent that consensus

Castlegar gets $58,698 in funding

By CasNews Staff

Seven community projects in the Castlegar area will receive $58,698 in funding under the federal Summer Canada Program, according to Koot enay West MP Lyle Kristiansen.

A total of 40 applications for $440,700 worth of community projects to be carried out by students in Kootenay West have been approved, and “extra money” may make possible the ap proval of eight to 10 more projects before next month, said Kristiansen in

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No. 6, $8216 for playground acti al age group three through 13.

No. 5 (Nelson), $10, a for youth

nee camp and overnight camping. Ce No. 6

(Slocan Lake area), $5,537 to provide

(Nakusp), $5,734 to provide summer recreation for all ages.

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e Village of Montrose, $8,380 for summer recreation programs and tennis court completion.

e 1 District Kootenay Boun dary, $8,230 for park and picnic site

Bluebell Recreation Club (Riondel), $6,469 for drop-in centre and recreation programs.

« Crawford Bay Recreation Commaie- sion, $5,687 for summer

Kootenay Society for the Handicap- ped Trail, $9,102 for handicapped adult and learning Village of Slocan, $8,380 to further apres the Silvery Slocan Hall.

programs.

Slocan Community Hospital and Health Care Society at New Denver, $6,440 to landscape new hospital grounds.

No. 8 (Slo- can Park), ra to improve several Valley recreation sites.

Salmo Lions Club, $6,480 for local parks, cemetary and street improve-

a news release. Approved community projects for the Castlegar area are:

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rural areas consider these applications before the government its approvals, and it is these local people's involvement that ensure we receive value from our tax dollars,” he added.

Other approved community projects for Kootenay West, detailing sponsor

ground programs.

e@ Nelson Family Dayeare Society, made $17,096 for children's summer pro- gram.

e Nelson District Community Re- sources Society, $10,516 for substance abuse education for seniors.

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Nakusp and District Homemakers, $12,807 to complete a living history of the town with seniors.

Village of Kaslo, ($5,819 for water front park development.

e Recreation Commission No. 8 (Slocan Park), $7,102 for summer park recreation.

© Capitol Theatre Restoration (Nelson), $9,044 to complete elec-

Kootenay Lake Historical Society (Kaslo), $5,831 to prepare upper floor of historic village hall to accept museum to be relocated from the 8.8. Moyie.

e Canadian Mental Health Associ- ation, Trail Branch, $13,060 for recre- ation and integration programs for the handicapped.

e Kootenay Society for the Handi- capped, Trail, $9,102 for children’s

ing programs.

@Family-to-Family Resource Centre Society, $10,170 for summer counsell- ing program.

e@ Kootenay Nordic Ski Society, Nelson $10,961 to develop local cross- country ski trail system.

e Nelson District Community Re- source Society, $8,724 for Nelson Family Place programs for families, in particular single-parent.