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TERRACE — With a week still

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have already beat the recreation department’; budget projec. tions, - :

Director Steve Scott; says... revenue has ‘‘met or excéeded'®: |

target in almost every area o the department's The only exception had been in

recreation programs but the drop off in Participation -there «

meant reduced costs, That shortfall had also been More than offset by the results

in other areas, As an‘example, he pointed to public swimming ~ Where the pool had “taken ‘in

more than $135,000 to date, more than $20,000 more than originally forecast, ae

Overali, Scott said revenues have now topped the half million dollar mark, well above

.year and council approves: fee _ increases’ of 3-5’ per cent effec. tive Sept.1, Scott said the provi- . Slonal.1992° budget projects...

‘Operations: * reventies will top $500,000 again

Terrace Standerd, Monday, December 23, 1901 —

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the $475,000 budget figure, In the expectation Usage of

recreational facilities continues

at close to the same rate ‘next

next year. That's up 6.2 per cent from the « original “1991 figure; but-

‘Scott said the extra money will

be needed to meet expected in-

_ creases in operational costs, |. . With the’ contract -for™ cily employees. up for, renewal this

year, he “said the ‘provisional budget assumed a five per cent wage hike... mo

- The remainder will be needed |

to take care of higher than ex.’ pected natural gas’ bills the department is already’ experien-

“Provisional capital expenditure

“budget for next year, He said

"two major items to be included °

will be $42,800 for construction ‘Of -new- tennis courts fear

subject to review, and Possibly

_ amendment by council before »

‘the city’s 1992 budget as g whole is-approved.

School head gives

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TERRACE — Edna Cooper wants to improve public understanding of changes in the school system.”

She made the comment for support of and not opposition to. Year 2000 educational reforms last week after being re- elected as chairman of the school board,

“We have a very, very urgent need to have the support of society. That support does not just mean money. It means awareness and positive support for what the schools are trying to do,” said Cooper,,

School trustees voted unanimously at the Dec. 10 board meeting to re-elect Cooper, who was the only nominee for the chairman’s seat. The vice-chairmanship Was contested with Wayne Braid getting the nod

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over Kris Chapman. of Stewart for that. post, - ee! - Trustees Stew Christensen

-and Mary Spooner were also

sworn in at the meeting after be- ing elected last month: to two- - year terms.:

Cooper said efforts to better communicate with parents will increase this year, adding the district will continue to send parents’ representatives to pro- vincial conferences on educa- tional reform, .

“We need to concentrate on some type of public awareness campaign to make the public realize what’s happening in our schools"? she said. “We as trustees have to go out and sell what we're doing,”'

Cooper said the successful negotiation of a new contract

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-with the teacher’s union was one of the year’s high points. And she said she's pleased the “district was finally able to pay local teachers $1.2 million in hegotiated pay hikes they had ‘been denied’ under ‘the former Socred government, .

She said the district has a small year-end ‘surplus — although it's-been: acquired ac- cidentally.. ... - ;

School District. $8 saved money with the demise of the dual-entry kindergarten system, and revenues were up because

_ More Alaskan students than an- ticipated attended’ ‘district schools. ;

But 4 changeover in computer Systems is also being blamed for Part of the surplus. More bank interest was received after

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