Vol. 3, Issue No. 36

With the help of a mobile crane and several tons of concrete, Manuel Da Silva's building on Lazelle Ave. is grow:
ing by ‘an extra two stories. The additional space will house the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine ad-
ministrative officas when they move out of their present location at the beginning of October. Remaining space
in’ the development will be occupied by other local agencies and businesses. ;

_Instruction-only may —
_ be over within month —

TERRACE — Athletic coach-

ing, drama production, music
groups and other extra-
curricular activities may soon.

return to their usual levels in.
local schools for the first time in.

two'years.

. “There's a good chance things
will be back to normal soon,’’
Terrace District Teachers’
Association. (TDTA) president
Helmut Giesbrecht said Sept, 4.

- Giesbrecht noted that with-
drawal of. the instruction-only
campaign will have to be ratified
by a vote at the general member-
ship meeting scheduled for Sept.
23.

The long-term job action was
undertaken by teachers in Jan-
uary 1986 to protest what the
TDTA considered substandard
working and learning condi-
tions, and specifically excessive
class sizes, in School District 88
classrooms, The action consisted
of restricting teacher participa-
tion to the 25 hours weekly spec-
ified in their contractual obliga-
tions,

The. instruction-only regime
continued throughout the
1986-87 school year, and the
theme spread through every dis-

trict in the province. when the.
Federation |

B.C.. .Teachers’
(BCTF) reacted to new legisla-

tion contained in .Bill 20, the’
controversial ‘Teaching : Profes-.

sion Act which is now law. _
Giesbrecht said that at. a

-BCTF meeting Aug: 24 the or-
_ganization’s president, Elsie Mc-

Murphy, put forward a recom-

mendation to withdraw. -the
. instruction-only action. At a
‘subsequent representative as-
sembly meeting, however, a rec-
ommendation was ratified that
will continue the campaign until:
letters of reprimand placed in
teachers’ files after the April 28.
- and June 1 province-wide walk-

outs are withdrawn by five B. Cc.
school districts.

As of Sept. 4 two of those
districts have complied, Gies-
brecht said.

_ The TDTA is facing a difficult
year, and Giesbrecht indicated

one reason for returning instruc-
tion to normal is the need for the
local association to make an un-
distracted effort in adapting to

the terms of the Teaching Pro-
The association’s.
primary thrust this fall, he said,

fession Act.

will be a certification drive aim-
ed at converting the association

into. a bargaining unit.. During
the drive, he said, ‘“We: don’t

‘want any encumbrances.”

Giesbrecht. stated he- has

received. assurances. from the

local school board that they will
‘‘make things as easy as possi-

‘ble’ during: the transition from
the old teaching act to the new

regulations, ‘‘After talking to

individual trustees, I’ve taken -

that to mean all will remain in
place regarding our present con-

tracts with the board.’ he said.

‘The current contracts cover-
ing salaries and. personnel prac-

tices are effective until June 30,

1988. After that, Giesbrecht
said, ‘‘It’s a blank page; every-
thing’s gone, We want to know
what position we're going to
start from.”’

Giesbrecht said the TDTA:

recently completed an orienta-
tion workshop in conjunction
with the school board and
district. administration for

.dozens of new teachers entering

service in District 88 this year.
‘School returned. to session

‘yesterday with 310. full-time

equivalent teachers and 5,200

students .enrolled in. School,
District 88.

50 CENTS |

] Terrace to get.
‘one-stop. etl ek

The B.C.
Ministry of the. Provincial .
Secretary and Government Ser-

“vices announced this week that

Terrace will be one of three com-
munities in B.C.,to get a newly
consolidated Government Agent
operation.

‘Director of Government

Agents Bill Mitchell said in an

interview from Victoria that by -
March 1988 the more frequently
used provincial government ser-
vices in Terrace will be. housed
under one roof. The operations
being considered in the move
will be Government Agent, Safe-
ty Engineering, Apprenticeship -
Training, Motor License Office,
Conservation. Officer, Portable
Weigh Scale, Highways En-
gineering, : Liquor Inspection, |
Consumer . Taxation, .the Motor

_ Carrier Branch and the B.C.

government”
branch. SC

The ‘stated ‘intent of. the
change is to:make the operations

internal ‘postal

more convenient for the public

Government Agent _

TERRACE — to use and-to increase cost".

effectiveness of government ser- oe ee

vices.
Mitchell was

consolidated services and. said

the project willbe undertakenby:
the B.C, Buildings ‘Corporation matte
‘They’ re | searching a

right now, but you can imagine |

(BCBC).

the difficulty in. finding a
suitable facility for such a diver:
sity of services,”’ ‘he said;”

Darryl Hansen, manager of
the B.C. Buildings Corpora-

tion’s Terrace office, said: the:

search will be ‘handled by
BCBC’s .leasing. department.
Hansen said-his office will be in-
volved in_ filling

ment’ is’ established, .and- -he
‘didn’t rule out the "possibility
that a developer may “be. con-

tracted to build a new structure .
..if none. of the existing buildings’ -

in the area are satisfactory.

Terrace government agent”
continued on page 2°

| ‘unable. to!
speculate on the location for the”

he available
space after the lease arrange-

Terrace resident Karen Karu’s ‘first trip outside Canada is going to be a big:

one - Karen recently {eft for Australla as an exchange student sponsored.

by the Terrace Rotary Club. She'll spend a year in Victoria, Australia, near’

Melbourne, staying with.a total of six differant families. Karen applied for
the exchange program through Caledonia Senlor Secondary School, and
she sald she’s looking forward to travelilng.and meating people in an un-
familiar country. After her return, she will consider going to the University

of Victoria to study teaching.

Outside
Date Prec.
Aug. 31 6.4 mm rain
Sept. 3 13.0 mm rain
Sept. 2 nil
Sept.3 trace
Sept. 4 nil
Sept. § ; ni}
Sept. 6 nl

Forecast: A few sunny periods
‘during mid-week with isolated
showers, highs near 21, lows
near 10. Mainly cloudy with a
few showers and coojer
‘temperatures, highs near 19 and
lowa near 8 for the remainder of
. the week. - :

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