~.2 Terrace Review — Thursday, July 2, 1987

_ TERRACE BIDS FAREWELL TO GARY | BAKER —

TERRACE Gary
Baker, formerly responsi-
ble for Regional Educa-
tion and: Program Support
as an Executive Director
at Northwest Commmuni-
ty College in Terrace, is
now -beginning a position
with the Vancouver
School Board.

by Philip Musselman

During his eigtit year
stay in Terrace, Baker
realized. that the com-
munity. could be one of
B.C.’s best kept secrets,
because of its recreational
value, and the kindness of
the people. The job at
NWCC offered Baker the
chance to become familiar
with the whole Northwest;
-_ am opportunity which he
could not pass up. Al-
though: Baker has worked
in just. about every fair
sized community in the
province, except for
Cassiar, he found himself

always learning more
about the people.

Baker was partially
responsible for the diver-

sification of the courses

offered at the various
branches of Northwest
Community College. Now
approximately 48 percent

Of college courses are. .

available at other NWCC

facilities and the main

campus in Terrace.

Distance Education is
an example of services -

which are becoming more
advanced every year. A
popular outlook on tech-
niques such as audio
visual education centres is
now being taken by a ma-
jority of facilities, and will
encourage more potential:
students, as education
travels to them and cuts
down their costs for
various needs, Baker ex-
plained.

Before arriving in Ter-
race Baker worked for the
College of New Caledonia

LETTER

% CARRIERS
‘ ARR TIERS

ON

STRIKE

Tatrace reaident Mike Tugwood walked the picket line outside
the Terrace host office Friday. Tugwood is a member of the
Telecommunications .Workars’. Union who has been unem-
ployed since September. He had an application in with the post
office and was asked if he would work for Canada Post Corp.
during the current labor dispute. Tugwood sald he turned down
the offer “on principle”. Tugwood said, “I'm here to support the

letier carriers.” .

‘despite attempts

and was also employed | as
a water safety director for
the B.C. and Yukon Divi-
sion of the Red Cross.
‘His involvement in
community activities is ac-
companied by interest in

swimming, cross country.

skiing, cycling, and many
other outdoor activities,
Baker also played soccer
and baseball when he was

a Rotary Club member,
‘He received his under-

graduate degree in
maintains an active recrea-
tional lifestyle.
Although there are no
organized teams at the

Terrace college, Baker

- said that yarious. students

set up games or use the
weight room to work out
in. He feels that physical
activity is important in

education. Studies have -

Suggested that a sports
oriented individual is able
to exhibit better scholastic
ability,

‘Gary Baker’s job with
the Vancouver School
Board will place him as an

‘Administrator of Career

and Continuing Educa-
tion, I look forward to the

_ challenge, Baker said, and

I also anticipate learning
more as I go.

. Asa student, Baker was -
not very ‘focused, and -

switched faculties four

times before receiving his”.

Masters in Adult Educa-

_ tion. During university he
physical education, and -

briefly. dropped . out to

hhitchhike across Europe

and Turkey, . Pakistan,
Burma, the Orient, and
many other countries

learning: more about
various . cultures.

Baker
came to the conclusion
that Canadians were very
lucky and should work to
keep up high standards of
living within their coun-
try.

‘*] think that my travel- -
‘ling did a lot to help. me

. learn to become mature,

Picket line goes
up at Terrace —
post office —

TERRACE — Picket lines
went up at the Terrace
Post office June. 26, and
by
Canada Post to put re-
placement workers on the

job no mail was delivered.

Canada. Post spokes-
man Tim Rogers said in an
interview from Vancouver
that pickets in Terrace
outnumbered replacement
workers three or four to
one and Canada Post
decided not to cross the
lines in order to avoid
potential violence.

Striking members of the
Letter Carriers’ Union of
Canada were joined by
other Terrace union

locals, creating a substan- -

tial body of people in
front of the facility.
Rogers said Canada Post
considers the Terrace ac-
tion as obstruction and ‘an

New price structure set
for finfish aquaculture

Forests and Lands
Minister Dave Parker has
announced a new pricing

structure for the use of

Crown lands for finfish
aquaculture. It became ef-
fective July t.

“The pricing structure
ensures a balance between
a fair return to the user
and revenues needed to
provide an environment to
foster this new industry's
growth in our province,’’
Parker said. .

It involves the establish-
ment of five aquaculture
pricing zones in the pro-
vince. A flat rate per hec-
tare, based on the zone
value for. the land, deter-
mines the rent.

It also calls for:

@a $500-per-year
‘minimum ‘rent. for ail
forms, of tenure;

@ a'60 percent discount
on rents for new farms.

each of the tenure’s first
three years, in recognition
of the lag time before full
production is reached;

@ a $500 charge for a
one-year investigative per-

mit, which does not allow

development or produc-
tion;
@a $1,000 minimum
clean-up bond; and,
@ a 60 percent discount
on rents for all tenures —
now renewed, or under re-
view — for three years be-
ginning in 1987, ;
Parker said the struc-
ture is one of the steps in
the action plan to imple-
ment the recommenda-
tions of the B.C, Finfish
Aquaculture Inquiry
charged by David Gilles-

pie.

‘*There was consider-

-able industry involvement

in the pricing review. This
co-operation made it
much easier for us to de-
velop a system which re-
flects the realities of start-
ing up a fish-farming busi-
ness, The final result dem-
onstrates the ministry’s
strong commitment to a
client-oriented ap-
proach’,
said,
Parker said the ministry
will review the pricing
structure in three years.

the minister

‘illegal picket line and in-

tends to review its legal
position, Terrace was one
of 16 locations in B:C., in-

‘cluding Prince Rupert,
‘Kitimat, Vancouver and

Victoria, to be struck on
the same day. Rogers said
letter carriers in several
areas were joined on the
picket lines by members of
other unions.

and my perspectives. have
definitely changed,”’ he
commented. According to
his -philosophy, . Baker
theorizes Canadians have
received high levels. of
prosperity and freedom
because of a fortunate
biological ‘accident. He
feels that an effort by all
Canadians is manditory to
keep the country united, .

Graduates today should
be sent away to countries
around the world:so that
they can learn how for-
tunate they. are, “Baker
said. Travelling gives peo-
ple the opportunity. to
understand and respect
those who live differently
from ourselves, he con-
cluded.

‘Baker would like. to
continue -his education,
and possibly work up to
his doctorate, ‘“‘just for
myself’. People should
always strive for their
goals, he added, and so
should Terrace as a. com-

munity. Baker feels that.

pride is a basis for success,

because it contributes to a.
further yearn for

complishment,:
Baker’s experience with
the B.C. Winter Games

will always. be one of his

most fond memories of
Terrace because he
remembers 2300 volun-
teers working towards a
single goal, and then feel-
ing proud after achieving
it. I felt so good after the
games, Baker said, every-
thing went together nicely
and people just seemed to

pull together. I was tied up-
in a community spirit that -

felt better all the time I
was there, he added.

As a member and a past
president of the Rotary
Club, Baker has seen how
much the. organization ac-

tually helps Terrace

behind. the scenes, The

structure of today’s socie- .
ty should be focused on.

the family and the com-
munity, he said. Accord-
ing to Baker, voluntary ef-

ac-

Gary Baker

forts by local residents is °
astounding in Terrace
when it is needed. :

“Ht is. important that
everyone does his or her
part; and that local leaders
encourage the involve-

-ment of all residents so

that common goals can be
met,’’ he continued.

Baker perceives himself
as upbeat, optimistic, and —
community oriented. He
feels that if you haven’t.
failed, then you haven't
moved forward. You must -
stick your neck out in
order to see ahead. Baker
finds himself very com-
petitive and: has high ex-

- pectations of himself and

others.

Baker expects his new
job to give him an addi-
tional range of skills and
to challenge his abilities.
My job in Terrace was still
enjoyable, but I feel I
should move. on ‘in order
to improve myself and be
nearer to my family, he
explained.

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