Members of the B.C. Hydro team who gathere left to right), Doug Bryson, coast-area manage Don Swoboda, vice-president of B.C. Hydro from Vancouver, d in Terrace for the purpose of promoting better communications were, (from r from Terrace: Chester A. Johnson, Chairman of B.C. Hydro from Vancouver, and John R. Carmichael, divisional manger for the North, bas- ed in Prince George. Sherry Haltyard phato School Board applies for additional funds’ h continued from page 3 _ teachers in the detection the area of course revi- tion and modification for every elementary. and reporting of sexual sions and new programs. possibilities. school in the district. abuse incidents. Funding @ New _ library In view of these re- Full implementation would provide for video references: $100,000. quests for Excellence would result in aratio of materials, implementa- This funding would pro- funds, a letter from the one computer for every tion of the CARE kit in vide current and accurate B.C, School Trustees 33 pupils. @ Computer technology for secondary schools: $220,000. The computer hardware and software purchased in this project would be primarily directed toward use in senior business educa- tion classes. @ Computer technology in learning assistance and special education: $112,000. The request in- dicates that computers can be useful in some special education situa- tions. The items for pur- chase include a device for transcribing printed material into Braille and a voice-operated com- puter for use by physical- ly disabled students who are unable to use a keyboard. e Program for preven- tion of sexual abuse to children in schools: $10,500. This program would include instruc- tion to both students and schools and in-service in- struction to teachers by experts in the field of child sexual abuse prevention. e@ Laboratory and shop safety upgrading: $14,000. This funding would insure that science and home economics labs and industrial education shops in the school system meet Workers’ Compensation Board safety standards. @ Supplementary cur- riculum materials: $50,000. The materials would be used to expand the regular curricula and create provisions for students who are unable to use standard cur- riculum materials. @ Installation of com- puterized cataloguing and lending at school libraries: $50,000. eProfessional upgrading for teachers: $50,000. This request is directed toward keeping teachers up-to-date in sources of reference for school libraries. @ Equipment replace- ment: $250,000. The equipment listed includes industrial education tools, copiers, two mini- buses, office equipment and band instruments. @ Building evaluation: $30,000. This money would provide for an ar- chitectural review of the two oldest schools in the district, Hazelton Secon- dary and Skeena Junior Secondary. The objec- tives of the review would be to establish a background for renova- Association came as an ironic anticlimax to the April 8 agenda. In the letter, which was cir- culated to all school boards in B.C., trustees were urged to boycott the Excellence in Educa- tion fund until the Ministry of Education funding formula is ade- quate to support existing levels of service in schools. It was moved by trustee Ian Anderson and seconded: by trustee Danny Sheridan that the letter be received as cor- respondence. The mo- tion carried. We have it all! Everything you require for comfort & healthy living LY * Hair-care needs ‘ * Cosmetics ~ ‘% Dental needs Prince George, promotes communications TERRACE — Chester A. Johnson, the chair- man for B.C. Hydro Power and Authority, was in Terrace recently, as part of what Johnson called a province wide ‘communication pro- cess’’. by Sherry Halfyard Johnson, along with B.C. Hydro’s vice presi- dent Don Swoboda, both from the head office in Vancouver, were in town last week as part of a provincial campaign designed to promote B.C. Hydro. While in the communi- ty, Johnson and Swoboda met with Hydro’s divisional manager for the north, John Carmichael, from and Doug Bryson, the coastal manager from Terrace. The group met with Mayor Jack Talstra, members of the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club as well as local employees of B.C. Hydro. , This is the first time that we have conducted a provincial campaign of this nature, said Johnson. He went on to say that the company has gone through tough times in the past year and a half and we are looking to a successful future for B.C. Hydro. Fire report by Carrie Olson On Sunday, April 13, the Terrace Fire Depart- ment was called to a reported bush fire on the 2600 block of Skeena. The Fire Chief said the blaze turned out to be minor. xk © On Sunday, April 13, the Terrace Fire Depart- ment attended a fireina garbage can at the ‘Mountain View Apart- ments. ee h ‘ On Sunday, April 13, the Terrace Fire Depart- ment attended a fire in a garbage can behind Ken- tucky Fried Chicken. | Your message from the stars... af Your Week Ahead Horoscope ~ » =6ARIES a «~Mar. 2t-Apr. 19 * TAURUS * Apr. 20-May 20 * to act. 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