“+ S-Norbert ++ Director Les lorber! Hartig,”. director of ‘opening learning ‘managemen aes of ‘for Northwest Community. Col- _ lege, has announced. that new edticational. opportunities :. will - - soon be available to all residents _- of the Northwest. . According to Hartig, the Min- - - istry. of Advanced Education has “approved a NWCC proposal which will see satellite communi- ‘cations linking a consortium of B.C. colleges and something new — a made-in-Northern B.C. - curriculum for Northern B.C. students. And NWCC already has’ the equipment to produce their own custom made video presentations that will be as good or. better than anything available elsewhere. = ' . The system, . called Directed _ Independent Access to Learning - (DIAL), will consist of an open learning consortium. of North- _etn. colleges including NWCC,. the College of New Caledonia; Northern Lights College, North Island College . and, when it’s established, the Northern Uni- versity. Other B.C. colleges coming into the project, says Hartig, are East Kootenay Com- : munity College, Cariboo Col- lege and Arctic College. When the network is complete, Hartig says, eight regions in the. prov-. ~ Regional... district — ‘wants halt. -. to spraying - Kitimat-Stikine Regional Dis- _ trict director Gordon Sebastian " has received the support of the board in calling for a moratori- um on herbicide use for brush control within the regional: dis- trict boundaries until the. Pesti-. cide Appeal Board process has ‘been reviewed by the provincial government. - Sebastian says that under the ‘present system, there is a two- ‘month period after a herbicide licence has been granted in which it can be appealed, but if “gan appeal is filed, it’s up to the -Pesticide Control Branch to de- ‘cide if the application merits “another look. _”* He says he has concerns about — several current applications in a area north of Hazelton but any . appeal hearings, even if granted, are one-sided. “You have to show what harm is going to be ‘done and the government haz all “the money,”” says Sebastian. “The appeal process is not for -us.”? And he says with no way of stopping. the process, All we ‘can do is stop them... we have “-no other choice. Then the police will come.’ > Di Watmough agrees with Sebastian. He “described a case in which local trappers appealed a herbicide permit, but when they got to the ‘hearing the company holding the licence had four lawyers. ‘“They were beaten before they got ‘there,’’ says Watmough. 'That's the way they operate.”” _ The request for a moratorium ‘has been sent to the Ministry of Forests and the Minstry of Envi- } ronment. ince, riculum material. February with a. demonstration of the capabilities of a satellite downlink communication. sys- tem. “After that, things ex- ploded,” he says. “It’s a new — commitment towards edcuation in the province.” nce, excluding the Lower |. ‘Mainland,’ will each have their | own coverage as well asa pro-: |) .. vincial sharing network for cur- - fond - pamrace Review — Wednesday, May 17,1969 29 _ Hartig. says the concept was: le - first introduced in Terrace last Hartig explains how the sys) |. a ‘tem will work: Areas of study will be identified by the colleges, or requests from representatives of the Native community, pro- fessional people, or from busi- ness or industry. These will be sent to the Program Policy Committee, which consists of the chairman of each of the eight regions, to decide where the cur- ‘riculum can best be developed. -* Once that decision has been made; the curriculum will be developed at the appropriate fa- cility and released in printed form: computer assisted learn- ing, video presentations, tele- Succmee Loen Ave. pavement upgrade may get shuffled down the line ‘munication links. The final stage, says Hartig, is marketing. ‘The newly developed curriculum can be sold to other users help- ing to recover the cost. “He's high quality, it’s fast . and it’s economical,” says Har- _tig. And ideas for course materi- al can come from anywhere, Something as isolated as a local business needing upgrading for ‘their employees ina specialized field could be the subject for a major production. And most importantly, course material will be produced in, and relate to, the social and physically en- vironment for which it was in- tended. It won’t be a generic production made in the Lower Mainland, | Future possibilities for the ‘DIAL network are limitless, says Hartig. Satellite communication links offer national and interna- tional possibilities. in anything from lectures from Cambridge University to bringing the Bos- ton Pops to R.E.M, Lee Thea- tre. “The imagination is the A Terrace-based video production studi propriate for Northern students. Above, engineer Nolan Beaudry demonstrate the system for + 4t Cee sett ee re oa re rT a baaan o Is one of the keys to producing material ap- . media specialist Wayne Sheridan and electronic NWCC Opening Learning managing eo director Norbert Hartig (right). The studio is presently based at NWCC, but will soon be moved to space downtown. TERRACE — A proposed LIP (Local Improvement Project) for laying pavement in the 4700 block Loen Ave. was rejected by - horneowners last April, but not because the residents. didn’t want it. Wendy Berg of 4712 Loen told city council last week that the majority of affected property owners were in favor of new pavement, but not if they had to pay for it. According to Berg, they had already paid for the original pavement, and it is the city’s responsibility to maintain it. In addition, she said, Loen Ave. is a feeder street serving several schools, convenience stores and government buildings. According to council, how- ever, the feeder street argument could be used for many city "only limit,” he says. streets, and Public Works Direc- tor of Engineering Stew on Christensen says Loen Ave. CANCER CAN BE BEATEN residents didn’t pay for the faa | ttt original pavement. {! He says the original pavement was paid for by the city as a a 5 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION Latge — === AND HIGHWAYS faz ==> Skeena Highways District ae nr VE GE ez - Honourable Neil Vant, Minister The Ministry of Transportation and Highways will be holding a public meeting on Monday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m. regarding the new Hired Equipment Policy. This will be held at-the Inn of the West meeting room, Terrace. All interested parties are urged to attend. ce .. District Highways Manager J.R. Newhouse Skeena District oo 7 for: ge Honourable Neil, Vant, | Minister of Transportation & Highways | capital expenditure in the late 1960's. Therefore, he says, resi- dents located in the 4700 block Loen would have to pay $33.62 . per frontage: foot -to chave the street widened, curbed and paved. - He adds that the situation on Hamer and Tuck last year was different. Those residents, he says, paid for the original 20- foot strip of pavement, cough- ing up about $9 per foot for widening the street by 12 -feet, curbing and paving. The bal- ance, about $15 per foot, was paid for by the city as regular maintenance, The Hall St. pro- ject, to be done later this year, will be similar to the Hamer and Tuck projects. oo Christensen says the LIP peti- tion for the Loen upgrade ‘ doesn’t expire until this Friday, and residents still have time to change their mind. Council has asked the Public Works Com- mittee to meet with the residents this week to discuss the matter. But if the’ petition fails, and Loen Ave, residents then decide they want to try another, it could be too late, city ad- minstrator Bob Hallsor told Berg last week. He explained that there are other paving jobs to be done-and due to seasonal time constraints, the Loen Ave. upgrade could have to wait another year. ; ON i- Xe Call Lefla 635-3045. 2. FLAGGING COURSE Flagging Course. 3. LIVESTOCK NURICIAN owners. FRE: $175.00. Northwest Community College, Terrace Campus siili has openings in the FES following "SPECIAL INTEREST WORKSHOPS" which are coming up during the months of MAY, JUNE & JULY. 1. INTRODUCTORY THERAPEUTIC TOUCH WORKSHOP a. May 27th. 9:00 a.m. - 4:60 p.m., NWCC Rm. 213. b. June 17th. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., NWCC Rm. 213. Therapeutic touch Is a natural healing technique using the hands to balance the individuals energy field. Fee for this worthwile workshop is only $30.00 each. June 3rd, 9:00 a.m. . 4:00 p.m., nwecc Ren. 2001. Experienced Highway Instructor will contuct this.8 hour Fea: $40.00 Call Joe 635-4010. dune Ist to June 20th, NWCC oo These informative six lectures will benefit all animal.” Fee Is only $15.00. Call Anne 635-5062. 4. MOTORCYCLE COURSES. as ~ BEGINNER CLASS — July 14th to 23rd, NWCC, ADVANCED CLASS - July 21st & 22nd, NWCC Call 695-651 1, Local 325 for further registration intotmétion: ;