A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 17, 1995 Schools worried | about holdback STOP Press College hikes tuition fees Northwest Community College is jacking tuition fees nearly 10 per cent for the third straight year. The 9.75 per cent hikes kick in this fall and will bring the cost of attending college full-time to $1,188 a year. That’s up from about $900 three years ago, NWCC bursar Patrick Rife notes tuition here is still about 40 per cent of the cost of going to university, where - students typically pay at least $2,600 a year, He said the new fees are consistent with tuition increases at other colleges, adding NWCC has the second-lowest tuition fees in the province. The college board approved a $15.2 million oper- ating budget — up $825,000 from last year — at its weekend board meeting, Rife said. The college is continuing plans to introduce a natural resources diploma program here, he said. The fee hikes bring in only $175,000 in increased revenue, Rife said. He said the college trying to prepare for next year, when cuts to federal twansfer pay- ments will hit NWCC.- Boy rescued from river A 14-YEAR-OLD | boy stranded ona smal! island in the Skeena River Sunday was rescued safely. Police and Terrace Water Rescue “team -members were’ [> }called to the section of the Skeena adjacent to Lowrie Ave, where the boy had been tubing with friends, He was separated from them after capsizing and became stranded on the small chunk of land in a backeddy section of the river. The youth was suffering from mild hypothermia. “Two Terrace youths were first on the scene and preatly assisted efforts in rescuing the boy by fording a portion of the river and maintaining voice contact with him while help was on route, as well as during the rescue effort,” RCMP Cpl. Bob Minhinnick said. Police remind boaters and recreationists that the local riv- ers ate extremely unpredicat- able and that personal floatation devices should be worn at all times in any water adventure. “Flaherty i in sharks’ net TERRACE’S own Wade Flaherty was called into playoff action for the San Jose Sharks Thursday night after the Calgary Flames chased goalie Axturs Irbe. The Sharks yanked Irbe out of the scorched San Jose net just seven minutes into the first period after four Calgary goals. Flaherty skated into place with the Sharks down 4-1 and played the remaining 52 minutes and 45 seconds, Although the pace eased, the scoreboard didn’t improve. Flaherty faced 26 shots and let in five goals, with the Sharks dropping Game 3 by 9-2, Irbe was back in the Shark net for Game 4 on Saturday and stayed for the duration of the Sharks’ 6-4 loss. Flaherty got another two- minute shift Monday night at the end of San Jose’s 5-0 loss to Calgary in Game 5 after Irbe received a match penalty fol- lowing a collision with a Flame. _ They’re down 3-2 in the series and facing elimination as they go into tonight’s yarne. A DECISION by the provincial government to hold back monies targeted for native students hag prompted a visit to Victoria by lo- cal teachers and school board members. The provincial decision to hold back 20 per cent of the money targeted for native students is in response to a change by the feder- al government in the way it pro- vides money for certain native students, Historically the federal govern- ment has provided money for on- reserve natives in public schools. But the federal government has always passed this money along to the province, Starting in September, the fed- eral government will be providing all money for on-reserve students directly to bands which request it. Then those bands will provide this money to local school boards. But the province is concerned that the bands may not pass all the money to the school boards, particularly in time to meet budget deadlines. In a letter to school boards District wants to run SCHOOL DISTRICT 88 is as- king the education ministry for permission to run up a $278,040 deficit. But district secretary-treasurer Barry Piersdorff says that'll be covered by the budget for the new school year. And he’s also projecting that the proposed 1995-96 budget of $39.8 million will be balanced, dated April 28, education minis- ter Art Charbonneau said the pro- vince will hold back ‘twenty per- cent of all aboriginal language and culture funds for 1995/96 ...to support districts if bands fail to pass on all of the federal educa- tion funding.” But Cathy Lambright, head of ‘ the Terrace teacher's union, and part of the delegation to Victoria, thinks this holdback will “have a very negative impact on the stu- dents and the community.”’ If 20 per cent of the aboriginal targeted funding is held back from school boards, than they will have a difficult time making budgeting decisions, Lambright says, “This will affect staffing for Programs as well,”’ she says, “The school boards can’t afford to take the significant risk of hiring people, when they don’t know if they’ll receive money for their salaries,”’ says Lambright. The holdback to the district here amounts to approximately $200,000, School board chair John Word of the deficit is the latest in a series of events tied to the school district not being able to reach au agreement with local na- tive people on how to spend money that’s been targeted for native students. The majority of the deficit is tied to that lack of agreement, said Plersdorff. Agreements also have not yet Pousette, and the superintendent and assistant superintendent of schools — Frank Hamilton and Skip Bergsma — will also be part of the delegation. “Part of our presentation will be what a negative impact this is having,’’ says Lambright. “This decision puts no trust in the na- tive community”? As for the school board’s motivation, officials would only comment that they hope to resolve the 20 per cent holdback issue. Although the issue involves money for native students, local native education advisory board representative Terry Brown was not invited on the trip. “We don’t even have any funds to travel like that,’’ he says. The board had only recently heard of the federal decision and provincial response, and hadn’t yet had time to meet with its members on the issue, A representative from the native educational community in Hazelton will be joining the delegation. deficit been reached on all of the aboriginal targeted monies for the new budget. ; Piersdorff says that didn’t inter- fere with the budgeting process. “It’s block funding. We have to spend it on the agreed things or return it to Victoria,”’ he said, There will be cutbacks in the budget but the impact won't be known until this week, {GRIVE STOPPERS ROBBERY -- B & B Market Prince Rupert, July 14, 1994 PRINCE RUPERT Crime Stoppers are asking for your assistance in salving a robbery that occurred July 14, 1994 at 7:30 a.m. at B&B Market at 601 6th Avenue West in Prince Rupert. Prince Rupert RCMP responded to a 911 call from the cashier at B&B Market, telling them she had been robbed. Two people ane male and one female entered the store at approximately 7:30 a.m., walked to the back of the store and began putting frozen pizzas and other frozen food items inside their jackets. The cashier walked to the back of the store to see what was happening. Seeing the cashier, the male bolted out of the store with the frozen items, The female, realizing she was about to be apprehended, attacked the cashier, punching her in the head several times and pulling her hair. The cashier's glasses were broken and she received several cuts to the head. The two culprits escaped and fled east on Fulton Street. Police apprehended the male suspect later that day, He was charged and found guilty. RCMP are still looking for the female and are asking for public assistance in finding her. She is described as native, 17 to 18 years old, 5-foot-4, 180 Ibs, with long black hair ina pany tail, wearing a ball cap‘and winter bomber jacket. lf you know the identity of the female responsible for this robbery, cal! 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