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CANADA A11 The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, April 28, 1900 Artist learns the hard way what it's like to be robbed Neutrality no longer an issue if Quebec separates: Parizeau Canadian Press OTTAWA The artist got sprung, but his painting will remain behind bars, a judge ruled Friday. Federal Court Justice Marcel Joyal said a painting of a British Columbia mountain that hangs in a Kingston penitentiary's dining room belongs to the jail, not to the man who painted it while a prisoner. Though artist John Hawley estimated the picture's value at $12,000 to $15,000, Joyal said he'll have to be content with what he was paid as a prisoner: $6 a day. Hawley painted Mount Whymper, which is in Kootenay National Park, while serving a long sentence for armed robbery. He was released in 1987 and has since been running a commercial art and design studio in Toronto.

After his release, Haw ley sought compensation for his painting. But Joyal said he could not claim it belonged to him. The artist says he spent 500 hours painting it. His current rate is $60 an hour, so he estimates the painting's value at $30,000. But in his suit he gave it a street value of $12,000 to $15,000 and sought punitive damages as well.

The judge said there was no case for any damages. English on commercial signs. As the committee met, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was several blocks away, delivering a passionate appeal for Meech Lake. He told the Council for Canadian Unity that if the British North America Act had had to meet the same demands for perfection expected of Meech Lake, Canada would not exist. He called on.

Canadians to adopt the same spirit of compromise and fairness as their forbears. In other Meech Lake developments: Bourassa said in Montreal ratification of the accord could be the "detonator" to spur Canada on to bigger and better things, and that he is still confident the agreement will be accepted; Despite a telephone conference this week, the four western premiers are still divided on how to break the constitutional deadlock, Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon said Friday. The premiers couldn't reach a consensus during their hour-long call Monday and abandoned thoughts of holding a special Meech Lake meeting before their annual conference in Manitoba next month, Filmon said. By DOUG HAMILTON Canadian Press The United States won't intervene if Quebec becomes independent alter the Meech Lake constitutional accord collapses, says Parti Quebe-cois leader Jacques Parizeau. Parizeau told university students in Washington on Friday he expects the U.S.

government to remain neutral if Quebec chooses independence. He confessed that for 20 years he and other separatists have been "profoundly obsessed" with the sub-ject of U.S. neutrality on the sovereignty question, fearing American involvement could influence Quebecers' position on independence. But the United States has kept its distance and he sees no change in that policy. "The attitude that the U.S.

government has taken by its various representatives is that this is something that Canadians and Quebecers have to settle among themselves," he said. "No one can ask for more than that. "It is of major importance that U.S. authorities let us settle this question among ourselves." The Meech Lake accord, designed ffliaanEHtB to win Quebec's signature on Canada's Constitution, must be ratified by all provinces by June 23 or it expires. Among other things, it recognizes Quebec as a distinct society and boosts provincial powers in some areas.

Critics charge the pact threatens the rights of women, natives and linguistic minorities and would make it virtually impossible to amend some provisions of the Constitution. Manitoba and New Brunswick haven't approved the pact; Newfoundland has withdrawn its support. Meanwhile in St. John's, Liberal Premier Clyde Wells said he may change his mind and appear before a parliamentary committee studying proposals by New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna for a companion accord. The companion agreement, to be passed after Meech Lake is implemented, would address some of the concerns of Meech's critics.

Wells said he wants Newfound land's anti-accord position to be heard at the committee's public hearings in St. John's next week. He had said he would not appear, because such committees are supposed to hear from the public, not politicians. The decision to reconsider was made after two Liberal members of the legislature Roger Grimes and Walter Noel had their requests to appear rejected. Meeting in Ottawa Friday, the committee was told by Richard French, a former Quebec cabinet minister, that any attempt to give the federal government the constitutional right to "promote and protect" minority language rights in Quebec an element of McKenna's proposal would cause an explosion there.

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It will be destroyed after 10 days of observation to determine whether it had rabies, a spokesman for the Peel health unit said. The mauling is a classic case of animal jealousy, said Nancy Meisner, president of the Chow Chow Fanciers of Canada. TORONTO A family dog that killed a month-old infant will be destroyed, the baby's uncle says, Katherine Koltai was mauled to death in her home Thursday morning by the pet, a purebred Chinese Chow named Rufus. She was pronounced dead on arrival in a Toronto-area hospital where she had been flown by air ambulance. The family lives in Cale-don, just northwest of the city.

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$75 12 Hours (nfroducfion to PageMaker Desktop Publishing (100746) Learn fundamental PageMaker skills for setting-up a document, typesetting and editing. You will develop skills in using PageMaker's tools, working with text blocks, saving and filing publications, setting-up master pages for multi-page publications, creating a two-fold two-colour brochure, adapting designs at the production stage, adjusting and editing text, and production of corporate stationery from your design. $150 9 Hours Intermediate PageMaker Desktop Publishing (100766) Designed for successful students from the introductory course. Students will learn the following: setting-up a four-page two-colour catalog using master pages, creating spot colour separations, setting-up a style sheet, creating graphic structures in drawpaint programs, entering text via word processing programs, advanced page editing techniques, and producing a two-page brochure. $1509 Hours Desktop Publishing Workshop with PageMaker (100791) A four-day workshop in which you will learn to produce your design and carry it to the camera-ready stage.

You will spend two days learning graphic desgign (ThFr. at Langara, and two days learning PageMaker (SaSu. at the Oakridge Computer Lab, Graphic Design topics include: the basics of design, typography, page layout and balance (two assignments). Desktop Publishing topics include: introduction to PageMaker, setting up a publication using the grid structure, setting up a style sheet, colour separating and type setting. This course is limited to twelve participants.

Students will require the following supplies at the first class: Beinfang Graphics 360 design layout pad 11" type scale ruler (6 12 pt. increments) and felt tip pens. J375 24 Houn (nfroducfion fo Venfuro Desktop Publisher (J 00739) This course covers essential desktop publishing skills including: basic concepts, how desktop publishing differs from word processing, text formatting, tabs and indents, introducing graphics into documents and special file management techniques. Experience with Multimate, WordPerfect or Microsoft Word is required. $1507 Hour 3.

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING Programming in dBASE (100825) This course is for individuals who are familiar with dBase but would like to increase their ability to design systems using programming commands. You will learn how to write subroutines and use control structures to generate your own reports and construct a library of useful program modules Programming in dBase 1 00825) This course is for individuals who are familiar with dBase but would like to increase their ability to design systems using programming commands. You will learn how to write subroutines and use control structures to generate your own reports and construct a library of useful program modules. Some knowledge of programming would be helpful. $1507 Hours nfroducf'on to MS-Works 2.0 1 00790) Microsoft Works is an integrated collection of four software tools.

Learn the basics of WORDPROCESSING (including creating, editing, formatting, printing and saving documents); SPREADSHEETS and GRAPHING (entering numbers, labels and formulas; relative, absolute and mixed references; printing worksheets; and building and printing graphs and charts). Also covered are fundamentals of DATABASE creation, maintenance and information enquiries. Sharing information between environments and concepts of communications functions are also discussed. $1507 Hours SPREADSHEETS GRAPHS Introduction to Lotus 1-2-3 (100711) This course covers the fundamentals of Lotus 1-2-3 including spreadsheet creation and editing; entering labels, numbers and formulas; relative and absolute addressing; menu navigation; ranges, copying, saving, retrieving and printing worksheets; formatting, column widths, label alignments, and more. Suitable for all versions of Lotus 1-2-3.

$J50 7 Hours Intermediate Lotus 1-2-3, Version 2 (100712) Intermediate Lotus 1-2-3 topics include database functions (sorting, finding and extracting records) and creating and printing graphs. Other skills such as windowing, locking titles, recalculation, combining and extracting worksheets are also covered. A basic working knowledge of Lotus is required. $150 7 Houn Intermediate Lotus 1-2-3, Version 3.0 (100789) Intermediate Lotus 1-2-3 topics include using a 3-dimen-sional spreadsheet, database functions (sorting, finding and extracting records), and creating and printing graphs. Other skills such as windowing, locking titles, and linking spreadsheets are also covered.

A working knowledge of Lotus 1-2-3 is required. $1 so 7 Houn Lotus Macro Pprogrammingfl 007 1 6) Advanced Lotus 1-2-3 has been designed for individuals who want to put the full power of 1-2-3 to work. This course covers the development of detailed macros including the creation of menu systems. A good working knowledge of Lotus 1-2-3 is a prerequisite. $1507 Hours Accounting with Lotus 7-2-3 (100777) This course builds on concepts learned in the introduction to Lotus.

Typical accounting applications are used as the basis for exercises. Topics include: Spreadsheet manipulations, use of macros, database functions, table lookup, and use of financial functions. Prerequisites are a basic knowledge of Lotus 1-2-3 and of accounting principles. $1507 Hours (nfroducfion fo MS-Works 2.0 (100790) Microsoft Works is an integrated collection of four software tools. Learn the basics of WORDPROCESSING (including creating, editing, formatting, printing and saving documents); SPREADSHEETS and GRAPHING (entering numbers, labels and formulas; relative, absolute and mixed references; printing worksheets; and building and printing graphs and charts).

Also covered are fundamentals of DATABASE creation, maintenance and information enquiries. Sharing information between environments and concepts of communications functions are also discussed. $1507 Hours MICROCOMPUTER ACCOUNTING Introduction to Bedford (100702) Learn how to set up a chart of accounts, as well as customer, vendor and payroll files. Students will also learn how to integrate each of the modules (Receivables, Payables and Payroll), and how to properly process data and correct errors. Structuring a chart of accounts and closing the books at the end of the month, calendar year and fiscal year are also covered.

$150 7 Hours Advanced Bedford 1 00765) Learn how to operate the Inventory and Job Cost modules of the Bedford system; and how to export to Lotus and process data prepared with Bedford. $1507 Hours Accounting with ACCPAC-GL (100701) You will learn how to use ACCPAC-GL system. Specifically, you will learn to convert your existing manual data to ACC-PAC, add transactions in batches, edit transaction batches, post batches to the ledger and print out the various financial reports. The financial statement report writer will also be explored. A basic understanding of accounting principles is assumed $1507 Hours Accounting with ACCPAC-AR and AP (100749) Students will learn how to set up customers'vendors' files and process charges and payments through their accounts, as well as how to prepare the files for integrating with the Ledger package $1507 Hour inserting cross-references; converting documents and graphics with supplied programs; using the equation editor (5.1 and more.

This course is suitable for those who have extensive WordPerfect experience. $1507 Hours Introduction to MS-WORD (100778) Learn fundamental MS-WORD commands for creating and editing documents including; selecting commands from the command bar, deleting, inserting, moving and copying text, formatting, setting tabs and margins, searchingreplacing text, printing, file management and using windows. Suitable for students with all versions of MS-WORD. $1507 Hours Introduction MS-WORD (100779) Intermediate MS-WORD topics include: using the thesaurus and spell checker, creating and using glossaries, style sheets and running heads, as well as creating and reorganizing tables, handling newspaper columns and side-by-side paragraphs, and basic merges. Suitable for students with all versions of MS-WORD.

$1507 Hours Advanced MS-WORD (100780) This course covers tables of contents, indexes, creating and running macros, inserting graphics into documents and adding paragraph borders (including shading boxes). Also included is: sorting paragraphs, lists, tables and data documents, as well as learning advanced merging commands. Experience with WORD is essential. Suitable for students with all versions of MS-WORD. $150 7 Hours Introduction to MS-Works 2.0 (100790) Microsoft Works is an integrated collection of four software tools.

Learn the basics of WORDPROCESSING (Including creating, editing, formatting, printing and saving documents); SPREADSHEETS and GRAPHING (entering numbers, labels and formulas, relative, absolute and mixed references; printing worksheets; and building and printing graphs and charts). Also covered are fundamentals of DATABASE creation, maintenance and information enquiries. Sharing information between environments and concepts of communications functions are also discussed. $150 7 Hours DATABASE MANAGEMENT Introduction to dBase III Plus (100705) Learn fundamental dBase commands to create, use and maintain a database. This course covers creating and changing a database structure, search conditions to select and display records, adding, changing and deleting records, indexing and basic reports.

Commands are explored through ASSIST, as well as the dot prompt. $150 7 Hours Intermediate dBase III Plus (100775) This course builds on the knowledge gained in Introduction to dBase III Plus. Topics include: commands from the dol prompt, creating input screens, data validation, and reports and mailing labels. Also covered are creating complex index keys, searching with filters and multiple search conditions, and relating two databases. Suitable for persons with dBase compatible programs.

$150 7 Hours Introduction to dBase IV 1 0077 1 Learn fundamental dBase commands to create, use and maintain a database. This course covers catalogs; creating and changing a database structure; displaying, adding, changing and deleting records, indexing; queries to select records, and basic reports. All commands are given through the Control Centre. $150 7 Houn Intermediate dBase IV (100781) This course builds on the knowledge gained in Introduction to dBase IV. dBase IV screen design tools are used to construct input screens.

Data validation techniques are explored. Using QBE (Query by Example) tools, complex data queries are constructed. Techniques include relating two databases, ordering and filtering and searching for inexact matches. Mailing labels and reports are produced in a variety of formats. Suitable for persons with dBase compatible programs.

$150 7 Hours Update to dBase IV for dBase III Users (100782) This overview is designed for students who have used dBase III and are either upgrading or considering a change to dBase IV. The student should be familiar with design ol input screens, filters and queries, and reports and mailing labels. A summary of new dBase IV features will be presented, including the Control Centre. QBE (Query by Example), Report and Label tools, and new index file types. $75 4 Houn 1.

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS Orientation to Microcomputers Please join us for a two-hour orientation to microcomputers and application software. You will learn about microcomputer terminology, DOS, what the computer can do and about the most common application packages in word processing, spreadsheets and databases, or accounting. Sessions will be limited to twelve participants and each participant will have a separate microcomputer. The instructor can also answer questions on individual learning requirements. 10 2 Hours Word Processing (100611) Spreadsheets and Databases (100612) Fundamentals of Microcomputers and Word Processing 1006)4) This course is an introductory course for individuals with no previous microcomputer experience.

Topics include: Descriptions of hardware and applications programs, basic DOS commands required for successful operation of a micro, how to install software on a hard disk system, and the basics of operating a word processing program. Also covered are the importance of and methods for backing up data $1509 Hours MS-DOSPC-DOS (nfroducfion (100903) Learn how to operate any model of the IBM PC or compatible computer. Exercises will show you the purpose of DOS, how to use the keyboard, load DOS, format diskettes and manage files. Hard disk management concepts include creating and using sub-directories efficiently and backing-up data. Setting your computer environment automatically is introduced.

No previous experience with computers is necessary. $150 7 Hours MS-DOS PC-DOS Intermediate (100912) A further course for DOS users which explores the full powers of DOS. Topics include: Redirection of input and output, finding data in files, sorting files, advanced use of the config.sys and autoexec.bat files, effective use of directories and disk drives, and partitioning and assigning drives. Building a complete menu system and setting up a RAM disk will be covered. Advanced file management is also covered, including changing file attributes to protect data, recovering lost data, and more.

$150 7 Hours 2. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS WORD PROCESSING Introduction to WordPerfect (100710) Learn fundamental WordPerfect commands for creating and editing documents; moving around, saving, retrieving and printing documents; blocks formatting and movingcopying text. Emphasis is placed on WordPerfect's use of codes. This course is suitable for students with all versions. $1507 Hours (nfroducfion to WordPerfect Fast Track(l 00784) This course is designed for students who are already very familiar word processing systems on microcomputers, but who have not previously used WordPerfect.

The course will be faster paced than the regular course Topics covered are the same as in Introduction to WordPerfect. In addition, some topics will be covered in greater depth and extra techniques will be mentioned. $1507 Hours Intermediate WordPerfect (100735) Now that you have mastered the WordPerfect basics, learn how to do text and math columns, assorted merges and sorts, transfer text between documents, use the spell checker and thesaurus, and more. Experience with WordPerfect is essential. This course is suitable for students with all versions.

$1507 Hours Advanced WordPerfect 1 00747) This course covers the creation ot tables of contents, indexes, macros and style sheets. Also discussed is the use of WordPerfect 5 0 as a desktop puplisher including lines and boxes, and incorporating graphic images within a document. Experience with WordPerfect is essential. Suitable for students with versions 5.0 and 5.1. $1507 Hours WordPerfect for Power Users (100788) Beyond advanced, this course focuses on the in-depth aspects ot macro ptogiamnnng.

including the creation of menu-driven applications using WordPerfect 5.0 and 5.1. Other topics include creating Alternate keyboard layouts; expanding, managing and condensing master documents: Some knowledge of programming would be helpful (50 VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE Hours Lotus Macro Programming (100716) Advanced Lotus 1-2-3 has been designed for individuals who want to put full the power of 1-2-3 to work. This course covers the development of detailed macros including the creation of menu systems. A good working knowledge of Lotus 1-2-3 is a prerequisite $1507 Hows 3 ft 3 CONTINUING EDUCATION.