Vol, 2, Issue No. 8

TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1986

Legislative Library, _
Parliament Buildings,

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Victoria, B.C.

50 CENTS

Academic staff
serves strike notice

The Academic Work-
ers Union, CUPE 2409,
served 48-hour strike
notice late last week to
the administration of
Northwest Community
College.

Union _ president
George Stanley said on
Friday that due to lack
of progress in negotia-
tions, the union re-
quested that mediator
Jim Toogood remove

himself from the pro-
cess.

Stanley stated that the
primary issue in the
dispute involves possible
use of audiotelecon-
ferencing systems for the

delivery of academic-

courses on the Terrace
campus. ‘‘The college is
not willing to give
assurance that tradi-
tional classroom instruc-
tion will be maintained

on campus, Teleconfer-
encing does not allow
adequate quality of in-
struction’’, he said.
Stanley also noted that
in the recent Task Force
report adopted by the
college board, it was
recommended that on-
campus classroom in-
struction be maintained,
and that teleconferenc-
ing be used only for
distance education.

Insurance hike hits RDKS

The Regional District
of Kitimat-Stikine will
pay 196 percent more for
liability insurance in
1986 than it did in 1985,
while receiving only 30
percent. of last year's
coverage. Liability limits
went from $3,000,000 to

$1,000,000, while pre--

miums shot up from

Taxes to

The Kitimat-Stikine
Regional Hospital
District board voted at
the Feb. 15 meeting to
increase property (tax
levies within the district.
The 1986 rate will go up

The test

Sue Springer of Northern
Way Aerobic Fitness exer-
cises before having her
blood pressure tested at a
racent Heart Fund display
in the Skeena Mall. See
story page 10.

$7,600 to $22,500. The
board was informed by
Regional’ District ad-
ministration that only
one underwriter was
available, and board
members seemed to be
left with no choice but to
ratify the expenditure.
“At its
meeting the board also

increase

to ,1000 from the 1985
levy of .0576.

To property owners
the increase represents
added taxes of $3.50 per
year on a house valued at
$50,000, The additional
revenue will net the
hospital district just over
$65,000 for Section
20(2), funds which are
used for equipment ac-

quisition and replace-—

ment.

Director Mike Corbeil
was recorded as oppos-
ing the increased levy.

Outside
Date Hi L Prec.
Fab. 10 3-3 none
Feb. 11 1-4 none
Feb. 12 -1 -7 none
Feb. 13 2 7 none
Feb. 14 -1 -9 none
Feb. 15 -1-10 none
Feb.16 -11-14 none

Clear and cold, a bit of
warming by Friday. Contin-
uing afternoon high minus
11, overnight minus 20.

inside

Business Guide 14
Church Directory 18
Classified Ads 19
Coming Events 16

Comles 7
Crossword 17
Dining Directory 8
Entertainment 3
Horoscope 12
Letters 4
Opinions 4
Sports 6
Stork Book 18

Talk of the Town 20

February °

voted to boycott goods
and services from South
Africa and instructed ad-
ministration to send a
letter to External Affairs
Minister Joe Clark stat-
ing: the board's position
on the issue. .
Director Mike Corbeil
‘moved that the Regional
District avoid using
Pacific Western Airlines
while that company is
engaged in a lawful labor
dispute. The motion
passed by a 7-5 margin,
however the question of
whether or not the move

continued on page 15

Funds needed
Robin MacLeod, president of the Terrace Little Theatre
Soclety, stands in front of the theatre on Kalum St. The
building has not been used this winter and Is in need of
extensive repairs. The society is applying for grants from
the Expo Legacy Fund and the B.C. Lotteries Foundation
so repalrs can be made. See story page 2.

Criminal
records
may be

searched

Local teachers may
have their names check-
ed with the RCMP for
any past criminal records
if a motion passed by the
trustees of School Dis-
trict 88 at their last
meeting takes effect.

Trustee Ray Jones,
chairman of the board’s
education committee,
asked for a motion
allowing the board to in-
clude on future teacher
application forms the
question ‘thave you ever
been convicted of a
criminal offense.”’

Trustee Stu Christen-
sen asked that legal ad-
vice be received before
the question was actually —

’ included on any forms.

Trustee Kirsten Chap-
man wanted to make
clear to fellow board
members, public. and
media, the move stem-
med from a concern over
recent child abuse cases.

The motion to include
the question passed, now
the legality will be re-
searched.

The board has also
asked the B.C. School

continued on page 18

B.C. Winter Games Feb. 27 - March 2

Over 160 scarves knitted

Marylin Davies (left), protocol director for the B.C. Winter Games, and Marilyn Anderson,

presented the scarves to the ACWG represen

put on small stuffed Kermode bears.

hospitality chairman, raceive
182 knitted scarves made by students of Skeena Junior Secondary School. Grade 10 student Cynthia Stephens

tatlves on behalf of the Textile Arts and Crafts class. The scarves will be