A2- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 5, 2003 - From front More compassion urged about the case from Ter- race RCMP in the inter- vening months. She says she went to the detachment twice in August and asked com- manding officers for an up- date. She says she never got a call back. “When you have offi- cial people with official positions of knowledge who don’t return your phone calls, what are you supposed to do?” she asks. “{ don’t understand why they can’t do those simple things.” That’s just one example of a justice system she thinks needs to be more compassionate with fami- lies who have lost loved ones suddenly, particularly when there is an ensuing police investigation and the possibility of charges. a lot better,” she says. “It’s important for them to understand how incredibly important it is to keep communicating,” On July 18, 2002 - five months after Kantola's death - police finished the investigation and recom- mended Terrace prosecu- tors lay charges. But because a death was involved, the case was then forwarded for re- view to regional Crown counsel in Prince George — a practice prosecutors here say is routine in such a case. The charge against the young driver was approved Dec. 11, 2002, though it took more than a month for Ryan to learn of it. That’s because Crown Victim/Witness Services, a program that would usu- charge is being laid, was axed by the province last . year, Ryan says having a ser- vice like that in place would have helped her un- derstand the process better. She maintains the length of the investigation and the amount of agen- cies the case went through is unreasonable. “By the time it went through Terrace, Smithers and Prince George nobody is personally attached or locally attached to it,” she says. “It’s only a file.” She says she won’t pur- sue any sort of civil action against the tecnager. “Oh, never. It is a place to put pain but it’s not where I need to put mine,” she says, _ “I need to forgive (the | Annual General Meeting in the Willy Schnelder Meeting Room Elections to the Board of Trustees will take place and nominations for these positions will be accepted from the floor. of the WRITE NOW Terrace Public Library Association y, will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 20, 2003 ‘CODE HELPING THE WORLD Self-sufficiency through Iteracy in the developing warld For information, call 1-800-661-2633 “I think we can do this ally inform victims a accused} so I can get past the accident.” Grad rate behind the average ABOUT 70 per cent of students in the Coast Mountains School District comple- ted high school last year. That’s less than the provincial average of 77 per cent, ac- cording to new figures released by the education ministry. The number of aboriginal students who finished high school in the district is 39 per cent, un improvement over previous years. But it’s still lower than the provin- cial average. Forty-three per cent of B.C.’s aboriginal students completed high school last year. It is an improvement of nine per cent from 1996-97, but it still represents less than half of all aboriginal students. @ About 71 per cent of girls in the Coast Mountains district finished high school, which is about 10 percentage points lower than the B.C. average. B Sixty-eight per cent of boys here are graduating, compared to the B.C. average of 73 per cent. 4 The percentage of non-aboriginai students completing high school in this . district is 82 per cent. @ About 39 per cent of aboriginal stu- dents completed high school last year. A tecord number of students earned their high school diploma last year, the education ministry says. Nearly 700 more B.C. students finished high school last year than ever before. The number of high school graduates in B.C. has climbed over the past 40 years. In the mid-1960s, just 47 per cent of students in B.C. finished high school. The ministry’s 2001 Dogwood comple- tion rate summary is based on the propor- tion of students who obtain a Dogwood Certificate within six years of entering Grade 8 for the first time. Kitsumkalum chief won't run again KITSUMKALUM chief councillor Diane Collins will not ran again in a band elec- tion set for March 4. She was nominated for both chief councillor and for band council but des,. clined both nominations..." ttt Her husband, Art Collins, is one. of five. candidates running for chief councillor. The other four are Vera Dudoward, Ja- nice Robinson, Susan Spalding and Steve Roberts — who is a former Kitsumkalum chief councillor and present band man- ager at Kitselas. ‘Spalding is also running for one of the band council positions. I’s possible to be elected as a coun- cillor and as a chief councillor, says Kit- sumkalum electoral officer Geraldine Ro- binson, but in practice it’s never hap- pened. She also notes candidates can drop out up to the end of election day. Their names aren’t removed from the bal- lot and any votes they get are void. There’s no requirement that a chief councillor be a band member either, says Robinson. Dudoward, for instance, isn’t a band member, but is Tsimshian. Other band council candidates include Stewart Bolton and John David Christian- HAWKAIR Sweetheart Seat Sale BUY ONE LEG AT REGULAR FARE GET THE RETURN FOR ONLY ON SELECTED FLIGHTS New bookings only, 3 day advance required, limited seating, restrictions apply - Book February 5 through February 16 for travel between February 12 and March 12, 2003. Sorry, $99 fares not available on-line, Your Hawkair fares include taxes and fees. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL YOUR TRAVEL AGENT OR HAWKAIR 635-4295 1-866-HAWKAIR (425-5247) sen — both incumbents — plus Russell Bolton, W. Edward Brown, Donald -Ri- chard Cooley, George Cooley,. Ernest. Gerow, Charlotte Gung and. 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