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10 Terrace Review - — - Wednesday, Octaber 5,.1988

~New vice- -principal settles. in at Caledonia -

Marc Frey: a see a ‘very ‘strong staff, a nicely equipped
school, and a gorgeous community.

Marc Frey, the new Caledonia
Senior Vice-Principal, brings a
wealth of teaching and adminis-
trative experience to the school.
With 11 years of teaching at the
Junior/Senior Secondary level
and three years of administrative
experience, Frey should prove to
be a.valuable asset to Caledonia.

Following high school gradua-
tion in 1968, Frey entered the
University of Alberta where he
earned a degree in geography. In
1973 Frey enrolled at the Univer-
sity of British Columbia and
spent one and a half years study-
ing architecture. He then return-
ed to the University of Alberta
in 1976, and one year later

received his diploma in educa-

tion.

His teaching career began that
same year in Wetaskiwin, Alber-
ta, where he taught Art and
Social Studies at the Secondary
level for the County of Wetaski-
win. Five years later he moved
into the field of Special Educa-
tion and three years later, in

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1984, moved to the County of

Wetaskiwin’s Central Office as
an Administrative Consultant to
the district’s 12 schools.

Frey spent three years in
Wetaskiwin administration
overseeing enrichment programs

‘for gifted and talented students,

doing teacher and school evalua-
tions, and as the district’s com-
puter consultant. In working
with programs for gifted and
talented students, Frey visited all
district schools to ensure that ef-
fective programs .were in place
and to help. principals and
teachers with student selection.

He worked closely with all
teachers and schools as far as
evaluations were concerned —
particularly with new teachers.
New teachers beginning their
careers in Wetaskiwin county
district had a great deal of sup-
port through a program called
‘Initiation to Teaching’? which
Frey administered for two years.
Through this program, begin-

ning teachers worked under .

supervision and entered the sys-
tem ‘‘very slowly and easily”,
Frey says.

AS a computer consultant,
Frey offered professional assist-

- ance to teachers and also intro-

duced new programs into the
Wetaskiwin educational system.
One of his favorites, ‘“Computer
Olympics’’, began in 1987. As
explained by Frey, as many com-
puters and printers as could be
found were “packed” into a
single gym and all junior high
students from Wetaskiwin
County collected for the event.

The morning session consisted
UBC for two years, this is his

of six competitive events:
BASIC programming, LOGO
graphics, word processing,
spreadsheets, data base and an
open category. In the afternoon,
three member teams were select-
ed randomly and five events

took place — two in programm-
ing and three in computer ap"

plications. Frey explains that in

addition to the spirit of competi-
tion and learning about com-
puters, the event forced students
to meet and learn from others as
well as show off their own per-.
sonal skills.

-In 1987 Frey left the district
office for. the position of Vice
Principal of Ma-Me-O Junior
Senior High School] 25. miles
west of Wetaskiwin. This was
his last position in Alberta

‘before moving to the Northwest.

Although Frey did attend

first full time: posting in B.C.
and his first time ever in the
Northwest — but it doesn’t ap-
pear he will have any difficulty
making the transition.

“Pm looking | ‘forward to

working here,” said Frey shortly
after moving to Terrace, “‘I'see a
very strong staff,'a nicely equip-

ped school, and a gorgeous com- —
munity.”’

He said that after only: a short.
time in Terrace he found the -
community to be friendly and ~
welcoming. ‘*I’m most impress: _
ed with the pride and strength.of
the community,’’ he explained.
“You get that in other com-

_ munities but I’m really impress-
ed — they’ Te so proud. of this
‘town,’ ;
Frey is joined in Terrace by
his wife, Linda, and ~ three
children: eight-year-old Sarah
who is in Grade three, twelve-
year-old Jesse, who is attending
Grade 8 at. Skeena Junior Secon-
dary, and 17-year-old Adrian-
who will be studying at North-
west Community College.

B.C. Tel seeking. revised rates,
structure for long distance ©

Proposals by B.C. Tel to
decrease long distance charges
and expand toll-free calling
areas are being presented to the ©
CRTC following a month of
public hearings. Interim approv-
al was given by the Canadian
Radio and Telecommunications
Commission to. lower long
distance rates within B.C. as of
March, and lower most long dis-

‘tance rates in June. But the pro- |

posal generating the most in-
terest is the Extended. Area Ser-_
vice plan.

_ Kathleen Meers, public affairs
manager for BC Tel in Prince
George, explains, ‘“The Extend-
ed Area Service plan provides a
flat-rate calling charge between
exchanges. For example, if Kiti-
mat applied for a one-way EAS
to Terrace, they could call with
no long distance charges, but
their monthly line rate would in-
crease. If a plebiscite in both

communities showed : interest,
they could get a two-way EAS.”’

The -rate increase on your
‘monthly phone bill is based on a
formula taking distance and
population into account. The
rate increase for a two-way EAS
between Peachland and West-
brook, for example, which are
about 30 miles apart, is a $5. 05
surcharge on top of the basic

- line charge.

Aiyansh, approximately - 90
kilometers northwest of Terrace,
has an exchange of about 125
phone lines. In early spring they
got a one-way EAS to Terrace. |
For a one-line residence, the
monthly rate went from $6.25 to
$9:75, giving them unlimited
free calls to Terrace. Under the
old system, a bill of $9.75 would
have meant about 10 minutes of
talking to Terrace. |

Jerry Bakker, network super-
visor at BC Tel in Terrace, said a

“request to the Vancouver office :
for EAS typically comes in from
the community’s -Chamber of
Commerce, Band Council, or an
individual. If the plan looks
feasible, a plebiscite is held, re-
quiring. a 50 percent plus one
majority. to go ahead. The com-
munity is then asked to demon-

. strate that they are dependent on
the, other center’s services, for
example the. hospital, | fire
department or merchants. | .

Then the job is engineered,
with facilities changed by adding
new circuits, putting in electron-
ic decoders, or other technical
work. Bakker ‘explained the
work takes about six months,
depending on existing facilities.
In the case of Aiyansh, the dial-
ing of 635, 638, and 798 ex-
changes had to be recognized by
the system as being local calls.:
The process is complicated by

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