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| THAT GAVEL held by new school board chair Craig Caruso is the symbol of office,

His appointment became official Dec. 6. .

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By DUSTIN QUEZADA

TRUSTEE
_ Craig. Caruso is the ‘new
chair of the Coast Mountains |
school board.

_He replaces two-term
chair ‘Lorrie Gowen, who
. was acclaimed as vice-chair
at the board’s monthly n meet-

- ing Dec. 6. «

Caruso, 36, says. "the
school district has‘ the right
“people to do the job.

“I’m very excited about
the board and the staff,” said
Caruso, naming a handful of
the district’s senior admin-
_istrators. “We can: really ac-
“complish great things over
the next two years.”

.' Those items will come. in‘
“time; he added, as the board
must first determine its goals

and objectives.

Caruso did say he'll work
_ toward getting a board con-
" sensus on the divisive four-
day week schedule the dis-
. trict. is now operating for the -
fourth straight year. '

-The. board. “earlier split:
6-3 on the i issue and Caruso

“One of: the problems.
is that, the four-day week
werks in the outlying areas,”
said Caruso of Stewart and

“For what-
ever reason, it’s not working
_as well i in Terrace and Kiti-
mat.”

The father of five’ iS ; the ,

first school board chair to
hail from Stewart, which has
one kindergarten to Grade
12 school:

-.He says the geographical

_ separation won t be a prob- -

‘lem.

“(The distance] is not a
problem, not*with the level
of technology,” said Caruso,
adding 90 per cent. of the
_board’s business is handled
by e-mail.

In theory, Caruso says the
only problem.he envisions is
‘if the education minister de-
cides to visit the district at
the last minute.

Caruso says such a sce-
nario will not be a problem
with the experienced Gow-
_en, the trustee for Thornhill,
as vice-chair.

Caruso is just one year

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“into his first stint as a trustee

- but is ‘no stranger to public
service and is already ac-
~ customed to making the trip

. south to Terrace an. average

of three times a week as a

second-time director with
the Regional District of Kiti-
“Mmat-Stikine. . a

Cause
‘known.

A HAZELTON man who
died while out mushroom
picking north of. Terrace
died of natural causes ac-
cording to the B.C. Coroner.

Martin Brock, 71, was

‘found dead by search and
“rescue crews Nov. 3 after.
failing to return from mush-
.room picking in the Cran-

berry Junction area Oct. 31.
He was found after a for-

mal ground search involving

his family, Stewart RCMP

-and search and rescue volun-

teers from Terrace, Smithers,
Kitimat and Prince Rupert
and Canadian Rangers from
Hazelton and Stewart.

_ For four years now, he's
not only been a director with
the regional district. but he’s

been a municipal councillor
in Stewart and on the board .
of the North Central Munic-:

ipal. Association (NCMA).

-where he is now president.
He also has a seat as a direc-
tor with the Union of B.C.:
»Municipalities (UBCM).

This background in gov-

. emmance is something Caruso
“says will: help him and the

board.
“When my mom was ‘a

trustee (Donna Caruso was:
_ twice elected,to the school
board), I felt the board need- .
‘ed work on governance and
board etiquette.”

_ Caruso, ‘a ..Stewart resi-
dent for 10 years, concen-

‘trates his winters on public.

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chair from Stewa

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