AZ - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 20, 1999 Muted trustee race THE ONLY school board race this year is in Terrace, since trustee seats elsewhere have been won by acclamation. The four Terrace residents entering the race are current trustee Mar} Brown, Diana Penner, Harold Stedham and Rain- er Giannelia. Winning by acclamation are Thornhill trustee Gary Turner, Hazelton trustee Charlie Willson, Stewart trustee Les Deacon Rogers, and Kitimat trustees Linda Campbell, Peter King, and Barry Pankhurst. Linda Campbell, who is also school board chair, said she’s surprised no-one else is willing to run for office, especially with all the outspoken people who have. been criticising the board’s decisions for the past three years, “What that tells me is that either people are so disillusioned by the educa- tion system [that they don’t want to run,] or they’re giving the school board a vote of confidence,” she said, Wayne Jones, a vocal school board critic who helped create MAGIC, a music advocacy group, said not many people are willing to put up with the pressure in- volved in being a trustee. “If you want to get beat up once a - month, join the school board,” he said. Terrace trustees Stewart Christensen and Roger Leclere aren’t running again and neither are Anthony Yao from Kiti- mat and Angela Brand from Stewart. Longtime trustee Leclerc, agreed it’s time to give someone else a try at run- ning the school district. “[t’s been ten years,” Leclere said , “and that’s long enough.” Newly elected trustees will havea number of issues to deal with over the next three years. Number one, and most importantly to deal with is the budget. The board has to balance the budget by the end June, 2000. But it will remain a strugele to keep the budget balanced, ‘said Campbell. : “I don’t believe we're finished [with cuts yet],” she said. Campbell said the board can’t get into a deficit position again, and the only. way to avoid that will be spending only as much money as what's generated. Another issue to deal with for new trustees. will be. hiring new administrators. Four key positions need to filled includ- ing superintendent, secretary treasurer, director of instruction, and maintenance and busing superintendent, Another challenge for trustees will be dealing with declining student enrolment numbers. An education ministry audit conducted last year concluded that in the next five years the district’s student en- rolment numbers are expected to de- crease by 250 to 300 students. That means under the district's current fiscal formula, it will lose $2.5 million in operating dollars, creating the need for eliminating staff and perhaps closing schoals, a Designing the new replacement for Skeena school will be another task for new trustees. The board will also will be deciding whether or net to expand Thorn- hill Junior Secondary to offer Grades 8 through £2. Veteran names return THORNHILL REGIONAL district director Les Watmough faces a challenge from two newcomers to district politics, Mi- chael Moore and Ted Wyatt. Mocre lives and works in Thornhill at Blue Ridge Ventures, a graphic design shop he co-owns, Moore, 27, says he feels dedicated to the growing community of Thornhill and its people and “would like the voices of Thornhill to be heard, not assumed.” The third contender up to the plate is Northwest Community College profes- sional driving instructor, Ted Wyatt. Wyatt, 46, is a longtime legion mem- ber and Terrace Little Theatre member. He Says he decided to run for director because it is an opportunity to see change in Thornhill. Area C - The seal left empty by retiring director |. Gordon Robinson leaves two veterans of = local politics vying to replace him in Ter-' race’s outlying areas. Pegey Julseth wants to return after a three-year absence. She represented Thornhill at the regional district board from 1993 to 1996, Julseth now works as the regional housing coordinator of Terrace Anti-pov- erty, sits on the multiplex committee, and is a Lakelse Lake property owner. She intends to focus on land use, zon- ing, and increasing utilities in unscrviced areas, Julseth’s opponent is fellow Lakelse Lake property owner Bob Cooper. Cooper’s experience in local politics ranges from city councillor to regional district chair in 1992, Since then, Cooper and his wife Edna (school district head in the early ‘90s) have been active in the Lakelse Lake re- sidents association. Cooper says that’s what pave him the motivation to run for local politics again. “I'd like to improve the roads, sewer and water supply,” Cooper said. He added as the representative for area C, he'd tike to put an end to’ bureaucratic ted tape around issues such as land use: issues, Beam Station Road, the place- ment of septic tanks in rural areas ,and preserving fish streams. && eu ROYAL BANK Customer Appreciation a Friday, Oct. 22/1999 llam- Royal Bank would like to thank their customers for their business. throughout ° ‘ 2pm the past year. 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