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A2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 15, 1991

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RESURRECTED, AND MORE. The Back Eddy pub is open
— in the newly renovated Bavarian Inn. Bartender Donna Vieitius
welcomes customers, new and old to enjoy the efforts of Gus and
Heli Gerdei in this monumental endeavour. The Bavarian Inn
(upstairs) is scheduled to open next Monday, pending completion
of a few finishing touches. The landmark restaurant was severely
damaged by fire last year.

NOTICE
OF 5 YEAR
DEVELOPMENT

PLAN

The Bell Pole Co. Ltd. wishes to make avail-
able for public viewing the 5 Year Develop-
ment Plan No. 6 under Forest Licence A-16832
for proposed operations within the Kispiox
T.S.A. .
The plan may be viewed at the Bell Pole Co.
Office, 5630 Highway 16 West, Terrace, B.C.
until June 28, 1991, during regular working
hours.

Belk
POLES

SINCE (900

Kitwancool next on land list |

In recent months we have
watched as the Nisga’a Tribal
Council advanced from tripartite
discussions to determine a frame-
work agreement for land claims
negoliations to the actual negoti-
ation process itself. This was a
first in the province.

Now, according to Terrace mayor
Jack Talstra, the Kitwancool Band
Council is about to enter the same

process and will become the sec-

ond native group in the province to
enter into negotiations with the
province.

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Brown and Chapman both

; declared themselves satisfied with

ihe agreement. Both also empha-
sized the catalytic role that Ready
played in the concluding session
and the benefits of having a good
existing contract to build on.

The agreement, ratified Monday
aftemoon by the TDTA gencral
membership and last night by
trustees at a meeting in Stewart,
covers the two years from June
1990, when the negotiations
started, to June 1992. Negotiations
begin again for the next agreement
in the spring of next year.

Teachers will receive raises in
four steps, five percent and two
percent in the first year and six
percent and one percent in the
second.

There are no changes to the class
size provisions in the previous
collective agreement. Brown said

It’s Time fora Chang e|

During a late afternoon meeting

in Terrace Monday, Kitwancool —

representatives met with city alder-
men to discuss the issues and
invite them to attend a ‘special
ceremony at Kitwancool Village at
1 p.m. on Saturday, June 15. At
that time, says Talstra, the chiefs
of Gitanyow will officially present
ihe Gitanyow land claim to the
Province of B.C. Accepting the
document on behalf of the prov-
ince will be Minister of Native
Affairs John Savage and Skeena
MLA and Minister of Lands and

Parks Dave Parker.

The day’s agenda will include —

brief presentations by all Simgeg-
yet, including senior elected repre-
sentatives, a guided tour of Kit-
wancool totem poles, and at 3 p.m.
a feast. This latter event is one
where the City of Terrace may be
able to help. According to Taistra,
the Kitwancool Community Centre
may not be ready in time for the
feast, in which case the city's tent
will be offered... for the usual fee,
of course.

he feels that was a victory for the
teachers because the board had
been holding out for size increases.
Other prominent features of the
settlement are: |
*Preparation time for elementary
school teachers increased from 60
minutes to 90 minutes a:weck.
‘The board will put $40,000 into
the Professional Development
Fund in the first year and $45,000
in the second, up from $30,000 in
1989. ,
*The TDTA now has an Employee
Assistance Program funded by the
board, and another assistance and
counselling program for teachers
wrongly accused of sexual and
physical abuse of students.
*The school year is set in the
contract at 195 days, consisting of
190 days of instruction, five pro-
fessional development non-instruc-
tional days, plus three and a half
parent-teacher interview days and
a year-end administrative day.
There were already provisions for

# most of the calendar, but it was

not stated in the contract before.
*A provision will allow teachers to
be part of the process that ident-
ifies special needs children for
mainstreaming into regular classes.
A maximum of two "low incident"
children per class has been set.
Brown said the TDTA also: got

"good language" on a number of
other issues, including discipline
and dismissal procedures, School
Act appeals, evaluation of substi-
tute teachers and several other
issues. “We didn’t get everything,
but it’s still an excellent contract
by provincial standards," he said.

"It’s an agreement everyone is
happy with," Chapman said.

While in Terrace, the dynamic
Ready was also able to settle a
dispute between the operator of the
Hazelton school bus contract and
his newly-unionized drivers, who
had threatened to strike. After the
Terrace sessions, he flew off Mon-
day to mediate a dispute between
the Saksatchewan government and
its nurses.

Despite the approval from both
sides on this contract, however, the
agreement still has to be approved

‘by Compensation Fairness Com-
missioner Ed Lien. A call to the.

commissioner’s office yesterday
moming was not returned, and it is
not known at this point how long
Lien will take to review the con-
tract. In the mean time the raises
cannot be paid out.

Lien appears to be using the
private sector average settlement of
4.37 percent per year as a yard-
stick to gauge teachers’
settlements.

Bench residents
reject ball parks

Comments are invited and to ensure con-
sideration they should be in writing and
directed to ‘Forestry Supervisor’, Beli Pole
Co. Ltd. P.O. Box 280, Terrace, B.C. V8G 4A6.

Helmut Giesbrecht
S New Democrat for Skeena

4535 Greig Avenue, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1M7

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TERRACE — The. city’s park
development survey is complete.
There will be no ball diamonds
built on North Eby between Gair
and Eby. Affected residents,
according to the survey, are
opposed to the idea, at least for the
time being. According to alderman
Rick King, 29 of the 80 people
questioned actually responded to
the survey and although exact
numbers weren’t given, there were
few that wanted the Terrace Minor
Softball proposal for a baseball
complex approved.

"The feeling was quite wide-
spread,” King told council Monday
night. "People wanted the property
left in it’s natural state and would
like to see some development, but
more in the nature of what it
already is... trails, spots to sit..."
The Recreation Committee rec-

ommendation that was finally
adopted by cousgil calls for a
meeling between the city, Terrace
Minor Softball and School District
88. The idea is to discuss options

for increasing the number of base-
ball fields within the city, the
primary option, at least from the
city’s point of view, apparently
being a cost-sharing proposal in
which the city and schoo! district
would build ball diamonds on
school property.

King suggested Cassie Hall Ele-
mentary on South Eby was a good
candidate. This didn’t appease
alderman Darryl Laurent, who was
quick to point out that Cassie Hall
is "substantially removed from the
bench" and minor ball players
living on the bench, or even in the
horseshoe area, wouldn't be able
to play unless they were trans-
ported by parents.

King responded by saying Cassie
Hall was only a_ suggestion;
Uplands Elementary might also be
a possible site. There's one prob-
lem with both suggestions, how-
ever. School District 88 hasn’t yet

been asked what they think of the
idea.

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