@ Attention! : ~ LIEUTENANT Commander Gerald Pash scruti- nizes Royal Canadian Army Cadets from squad- : ron 1867 Kitselas and 3020 Houston. The annual cadet inspection took place at the Kitselas Com-

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GRADE .12 Bryce Voogd chats with "principal ‘Cur-

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Challenges not limited to | public schools

By DUSTIN QUEZADA “We’ve had more enqui- INDEPENDENT nies, but no more kids,” the SCHOOLS are no different principal said. “(Students) than public schools in the come here for a Christian challenges they face, saysthe education.” principal of such a school. - The kindergarten to

Centennial §_ Christian Grade 12 school teaches School has seen a drop in kids’ a-curriculum. in line

enrolment over the last five with provincial standards, as.

to six years since a high of Tuininga said, with a bibli-

260 students in 1999, said cal perspective.

Curtis Tuininga, the school’s.

principal. Notunlike public schools,

Centennial Christian’s oper-

ating budget depends on the

number of students attend-

ing in a given year.

‘Private and independent schools get half of the per student funding -— $3,700 this year— public schools get from the Ministry of Educa- tion.

The rest of their budget comes from the tuition they’

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charge students, a $4,300 —————

charge per family, regardless of the number of children: any given family enrols. “Costs rise, classes get smaller, but the number of teachers stays the same,”

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By MARGARET SPEIRS THE TERRACE RCMP’s new staff sergeant is in the house. Eric Stubs, former detachment com- mander of the Queen Charlotte City RCMP

‘detachment, began his job here this past

Monday. -

Stubs’s official job title is Operations NCO, or Staff Sergeant, same as his prede- cessor, Jas Basi, who transferred to Surrey to

_ head thé lower mainland detachment earlier

this year. His duties include overseeing all aspects of operations at the detachment.

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officers here, nearly a five fold increase from the six or seven officers at the Queen Char- TERRACE HOSPICE SOCIETY lotte detachment. . announces its . He is second in command to Inspector ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Degrand and will be acting officer in charge when Degrand is on vacation. Earlier this year, Inspector Degrand said Tuesday, May 31, 2005 Stubs came “highly recommended from the Registration 7:00 p.m. eee heard nothing but very. positive | Meeting 7:30 p.m. . things coming in. I’m certain he'll live up to at Mills Memorial Education Room - that,” Degrand said in January. Welcome members, volunteers and all interested community members.

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