# Big dig TROY DYCK was one of many city workers out doing street maintenance last week. Here he's fixing up a storm drain on Clinton Street UNBC grows UNBC STUDENTS in Ter- race have an expanded range of course offerings this year. There’s more choice in third and fourth year courses, and plans are underway to expand degree and masters programs, New courses available this fall include a fourth year English course in children’s literature, taught by Marian Sholimeijer. She had been teaching at Dalhousie Uni- versity in Halifax and moved here to join her bus- band Ted Altar, who’s teaching a third = year psychology course this fall. Altar was hired three years ago by the university, and has also done work for the college and the Nisga’a Val- ley Health Board. One name which will be familiar to many is Norma Kerby, She’s teaching hu- man ecology, a new third year course in enviroumen- lal studies. Kerby was seconded by UNBC from Northwest Community College. “This is the first time we've had faculty members from the college teach for us,’’ says Margaret Ander- son, regional director for UNBC. It’s one way the university can afford to hire a variety of faculty to teach face to face courses — as compared to courses taught through television hook ups. In Prince Rupert three col- lege teachers have been seconded by UNBC. “Tt gives us real flexibility,” explains Anderson, The university has alsa comunitted to a core degree program for its Terrace campus. Planning is un- derway right now for a unique degree in resource, recreation and tourism. The college already has courses established which — will ladder into this degree, so students can start the pro- gram right away, said Anderson. There’s also a number of Masters programs une derway, or being developed. One which continues this year is the new masters pro- gram in community health. And interest in the masters of education program in counselling, which began this summer, has prompted the creation of another edu- catlon masters program, this one in curriculum and In- striction. The counselling degree program will begin in January. Introducing The All-New TIBURON 2+2 Coupe. Admit it, your heart beats a little faster at the thought of driving asleek sporis coupe with an engine that's strong, a cockpit that's Nurses speak out The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 25, 1996 - AQ Mills revises renovation plan MILLS MEMORIAL Hos- pital is proposing a slimmed down version of a $1 million-plus renovations plan designed to make its operations more efficient. It wants to renovate its main medical floor and cen- tralize nursing services to cut the number of employ- ces and resulting costs, But that plan and request for money is held up in the provincial = povernment’s freeze on major capital projects, So now hospital officials are pursuing renovations to just the main nursing station and to the pediatrics section for now. “What we want to do is lifta picce out of the middle of the original project,’’ said Michael Leisinger, the chief executive officer of the Ter- race Regional Health Care Society which runs the hos- pital. He’s calling this project Phase J, adding that what's wanted now will fit in with the larger plan when more money becomes available, The decision to push ahead with Phase I was made after nurses made a Strong presentation to the health care society board Sept. 19. They said there was a shortage of critical care murses and a lack of a way to classify palients to balance the ~~ workload among nurses. They also said that a recent re-organizing of nurs- ing services would be frus- trated if there. weren’t renovations to make the new sysiem workable. Leisinger estimated the cost of the nursing station and pediatrics work at $515,800, a figure that in- cludes GST. The regional hospital dis- trict will be asked this weekend to cover 40 per cent of the cost and the provincial government will be asked for the remaining 60 per cent. ‘‘What may be more realistic and more likely is they will likely ask us to use our previous years’ sur- plus,”’ said Leisinger of that 60 per cent request, Yet he held out hope for government approval of the mmioney as the 60 per cent works out to $300,000 and that’s a figure close to what the province said in the spring il might be prepared to spend on renovations. Leisinger said nursing sta- tion renovations are crucial given that the hospital has mow changed the way its providing services as part of the plan to save money. 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