R) oar "Ou, ve ” STEWART . “the Hazeltons. A10 - The Terrace Standard, | THAT GAVEL held by new school board chair Craig Caruso is the symbol of office, His appointment became official Dec. 6. . New sc 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 Ny “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. 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