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15, the district’s operating budget
would be cut.
At that time “the ‘board was

advised that a‘shortfall of 50 stu-—.

dents could mean as much as
$250,000 would have to be cut
from the budget.

Bergsma said yesterday, how-
ever, that the dual entry primary

program is expected to make up

for the funding losses. “We're
expecting quite a number in Janu-
ary, and they were not. previously
funded," he said. Students entering
in January are rated by the minis-
try at about one-third of the fund-
ing provided for a student going
full time that enroled in Septem-

ber.
The estimates for students enter-

ing in January, he explained, are
based on the distribution of birth-
days in the calendar year. The
number of additional students
coming into the school system in
January is expecied to be about 60
percent of the number that entered
it for the first time in September.

Bergsma believes about a quarter
of the 60 students that were
expected to enrol but didn’t appear
this year have transferred to pri-
vate schools in the area. The rest,
he said, represents a net enrolment
logs in the district.

a.

FAST FOOD BOOM.This lot between the Mohawk Stop 'n Shop and McDonalds will soo
Chicken and three new retail spaces. The $820,000 developent will offer 23 parking
drive-through window and 4,700 square feet of retail space. Work is also underway on a new

the Greyhound bus depot which will offer 96 seats anda drive-through window.

n be the new home of Kentucky Fried
spaces, a 56-seat restaurant with a
$500,000-plus A&W restaurant beside

Nisga’ a people to celebrate tomorrow as
province enters land claim negotiations ~

GREENVILLE -— Tomorrow will
mark the emergence of a new era
in the negotiations on the land
question between natives and
Canadian governments. The
government of B.C. is going to be
an official participant in the talks,
and the Nisga’a Tribal Council is

sponsoring a celebration in this
community on the banks of the
lower Nass River. The Nisga’a

claim has been designated as the

first claim the province will deal
with.

The celebration will include a
talking stick ceremony to welcome

Why unions?

‘| The Kitimat-Terrace & District Labour Council is
‘| sponsoring a one-day seminar on unions - their
history and structure. Everyone wanting to know about
the role of unions in our society is invited to attend:

Date: Saturday, Oct.13
Time: 8:45 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Place: Northwest Community

College, Room 2001,
Terrace Campus
Registration fee: $5.00

For further information, —
phone 635-6410

native affairs minister Jack Weis-_

gerber, Skeena MLA Dave Parker
and other government dignitaries,
followed by speeches from Nisga’a
leaders. After a banquet at Lakal-
zap Community Hall, further
speeches are on the agenda.

The province’s newly-assumed
role in the negotiations is one of
several developments in the land
issue over the past week, but
Nisga’a Tribal Council executive
director Rod Robinson sees it as
ihe only one of real significance.
B.C. New Democrat opposition

‘Jeader Mike Harcourt said in’ a
‘press conference in Victoria last

week that an NDP government
would be willing to accept respon-
sibility for up to 25 percent of the

total cost of land claim settlement
in B.C. Premier Vander Zalm
countered with a statement that the
province would accept no responsi-
bility for the cost of settlement
under a Social Credit government,
but deputy minister of ative
affairs Eric Denhoff later said that
settlement of comprehensive
claims could end up costing the
province money. A day afterward
federal Indian affairs minister Tom
Siddon said the federal government
will expect the province to pick up
half the bill for claim settlement.

Robinson said, "We're approach-
ing this situation with optimism.
We heard these things {arguments
about cost sharing] before, but we

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don’t respond or negotiate through
the media." The important thing,
he said, is that negotiations can
now go ahead with the province as
a full partner in discussions and
decision making.

Robinson noted that the frame-
work agreement the Nisga’a signed
with the federal government last
year contained allowances for the
eventual entry of the province into
the negotiations. The question now
is what role the province will take,
"We're looking at everything," he
said, referring to a tribal council
meeting held in Greenville Tues-

day. "The negotiations will deter-

taine everything. This is the begin-
ning."

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