2 Tervac c Review = ,, Wednesday, February 19,1992

Quotas set for —
French. Immersion

The board of School District

88 is preparing French Immer-
sion students and their. parents

for. the possibility that the pro--

gram may not -continue Into

- senior secondary school, .
com At’ the | “board’s "monthly

ineeting Feb. 11 trustees adopted
part: of.a-recommendation from

~ the ' Education/Personnel’ Com-"
mittee that directs | district ‘ad-

ministration to secure, a ‘commit: .
fro ior that. count: ‘will not be ‘Bo0d for:

"secondary ° French miunersion “the boards:

‘students that their children. Will.
* continue. with. the ‘program in’

high school. Otherwise, French...
_ numbers fall?. Do we tell the.

- Immersion won't: be’ extended

into the senior secondary level.
The committee suggested that if .
the program is offered at Cale-

donia there would have to be at

least eight students in it. for the
coming school year, nine the .;
year after, and 10 the year after

that.

dénts in the highest level - of
French Immersion, Grade 10 at

| Skeena. Assistant superintendent

Skip Bergsma says the original
French Immersion class 10 years
ago started out with 21 students.

vo) Federal. funding forthe lead -.
class — money. . to ‘provide’

materials for each. new. grade as
the ‘original ‘class _ progresses
through ‘ the grades = has

dropped ‘dramatically - since ‘the:

program began. ‘Bergsma “sald

the 1992-93 lead ” class * will”

receive only $2,500 in combined
federal and provincial, funding,

plus’ a $25-per-student ' grant.
"It’s. “not even enough | to: buy

textbooks,”. * he remarked.
Bergsma told the board Feb.

il. that. until this year: support
morey: for Primary and olemen-,

» ‘There, are e currently 10: -stue

“tary French Immersion had been

““gomewhat more than the lower

grades required, | enabling the
‘board. to: redirect the money to

support the “iinder-fanded“upper™
_-gtades, That. ended ‘this. year, he

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POLE SE: REPORT:

as

"Following ‘a_recent RCMP
mating”. operation. two" “Tertace
‘area residents have been charged
with illegally selling liquor from

their residences., According” to >

RCMP, charged separately under

Section 40(1) of - the. Liquor,
Controi TAct “are “Frank: David”
Miller; 63, ‘of the. 4718 Straume

‘said,. putting “the. funding in*, Aye, and Jean’ Gosselin, 62), of

balance. The. - mast
“between local boi

gtecment ’
and. the :

federal government” is’ algo” up *

for. 1 refiewal this year, and most —
authorities: believe the news on:

“In ‘the: discussion: ‘that’ fol:
“lowed Bergama’s: ‘report, trustee -
Wayne Braid asked, "What if the

parents, ’That’s it’? We've got a
commitment here." Superintend- .
ent Frank Hamilton responded,
"No, we don’t.” To which Braid
replied, "Well, J can tell you as
a parent: that we do. Are you
“prepared to say no to these
_parents?".

Board. . chairman ‘Edna
Cooper: said she was. prepared to
“do” that, and’ Stewart’ trustee

Kirsten Chapman argued that the
_schools’ had told parents "since
‘Primary and every. step ‘of: the
way” that there was no guaran-
tee the program would continue...
. Braid “Suggested.” that .the”
“ poatd should: communicate ‘that -
‘attitude to parents immediately.
“It’s the students I’m concerned.
about," he said.
‘Skip Bergsma said a ‘meeting
would” be. ‘arranged with ‘the.
parents of Grade 10 immersion

* students Feb. 18. if any prob-

lems with. numbers emerged at

the meeting, Bergsma. said, he .

would notify the board,
_ ‘That meeting was scheduled:
‘to take place last night. The
‘outcome -was- not available at
press time.

“TERRACE PUBLIC LIBRARY

i| The Annual General Meeting of the
‘Terrace Public Library Association will

fl be held on Thursday, February 20, 1992 ||
at 7:00 p.m. in the library meeting. Toom.

Elections to the Board of Trustees will
take place and nominations for these
positions will be accepted from the floor.
| Light refreshments will be served.

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rave Provincial ‘Court pet in March
27 to answer to ‘the charges. The

‘maximum’ penalty ‘for "bootleg-

ging" under ‘the. Liquor: Control
» Act. is a fine ranging. from |
$1,000 and ‘$2,000 for the first

‘offence and $2,000 to $10,000
for the second and subsequent
offenses. |

A 20- “year-old Terrace man has

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_ been. charged with, public - mis
“chigt: following: @ ‘complaint ‘0
| robbery with violence. ‘The ‘man
had.’ been.

told police he
assaulted, ‘robbed ‘and: restrained

in his. ‘own residence for a num- .
ber’ of hours on Feb, 9,- An
“RCMP investigation — revealed

‘that the complaint was false. °
Under ‘the ‘Criminal. ' Code,

; anyone. found guilty. ‘of. public.
fs mischief can be fined relative to...
the. seriousness of his crime. For.
the
offender: can. be. given. a jail
“sentence of up to’ five years.”

‘more. “gerious “offenses,

Christopher Doeleman; 25, of
Terrace has been charged: with. .
driving with undue cafe and’

attention and failing to yield toa
pedestrian in a ‘crosswalk as a
result of Terrace’ 's only traffic

‘fatality, in,1991:-Doeleman, will
of” “appear in-court in‘early March.

“Comox resident - Tan. Patrick

‘Letoss, 20, died instantly after
; being struck by a. pickup truék in
a Greig Ave. crosswalk atabout'
4, Leroas:-was --
using the: crosswalk"on’ Greig
_ Ave, at the’-north end‘ of: the
Sande “Overpass. ‘when: @ north-
‘bound: vehicle driven:by Doele-
mai: turned. left: ‘onto: Greig” Ave. |
Terrace: RCMP ‘said at the time:
that it-was ‘raining: and‘dark and
: Leross: was wearing. dark-col- j
soured: “clothing: ‘that.
wniade Kim difficult fo's eo
Lerogs,‘a: former. Terrace resi-
dent, was’ “attehding- ‘Northwest
Cominunity College and staying
with relatives in. Terrace: at the. o

7:50/a.m.. Dec.”

time of the. accident... Ss a ~

College needs to look after

current demands, staff rep says”

: viest, whether through UNBC,< or eo
NWCC, or any combination,” said’.
-Klingner,

by. Nancy | Orr .

Northwest Community College
needs to fulfill its. own mandate
before a comprehensive plan for
post secondary education can be
resolved, in the opinion of. Andrew
Klingner, academic head at the
college.

Pians for the University of
Northern B:C: and Northwest
Community College need the
active participation of all members:
of the education community in the
delivery of degrees and services.
"We feel students in the northwest
ate being short-changed," said
Klingner.

munity. colleges provide second-
year as well as first-year universi-

‘ty courses,” he said. "Students at
NWCC are still, not able to take ©
‘second year in the basic arts.and

sciences here,
"We would like to have plans

_ in place right now so that we

could offer a full program for stu-
dents entering post secondary this

year. We need to be able to say-

‘that first and second year will be
offered here at NWCC, and third

“Throughout B.C. other com- ;

year will be in place i in association. :
with UNBC by their third year.

The calendar for NWCC will be

out in another month, and we need

the commitments now,"
The academic instructors’

union is preparing a position paper

'-now, said a spokesperson. The

union feels it has been "totally"
left out of discussions to date.
They did participate in the
province-wide meeting in: Prince

George in the fall,‘and.more _

recently with ministry officials

who were’ here. last. week, but the’

union wants more direct input into:
decision making.
"What we want is a plan for

degree completion in the-north-

Regional district — _—

At present there. are some. pro-
grams in place, as in nutsing and

education programs, through other

institutions in cooperation with.
NWCC that offer courses through

- to graduation, but they apply to

"only three ‘or. four students out of.

100". and need to be coordinated .
witha complete offering. ne
Jack Newberry and Duncan -

McRae; deputy mizisters in the

‘Ministry of Advanced Education, . :
“were in "Terrace last week as part —
ofa northwest tour to identify —
issues for the stake holders in post
—— in the area,

— Continued from page 1 —__

to. install a proper sewage sys-

tem.
- The debate continued. through
the 1980’s. And now, ‘it seems

.as though it might continue. .

through the 1990's. The only

difference being. that the Minis-.

try of Environment polluters list

now suggests that the. regional
_ district is responsible for creat-

ing the situation.
A. little over a year: ago. ‘it

looked like an end to the saga
was near, It was reported in the ©

Jan. 23, 1991, issue: of the Ter-

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- race Review that it appeared as.
though at least a part of Thorn- ©
hill will be getting sewers. -

The regional district

the Ministry of
Affairs was going to have to add
something to a previously
approved grant of $2.06 million

_ if the project was to go ahead.
"We still need more money for -

the. Queensway sewer and we

can only do it through further

negotiations," said = Thornhill

' director Les Watmough at the

‘time. Why? A sewage project for
the Queensway and lower Thorn-

hill area had. been valued at.

around $8 million. With the
offerings of. the provincial: gov-

: ernrient, therefore, it Taos coat. of
Thornhill taxpayers over $1,000
" a‘year for 20 years for the privi- 7

lege of a. sewer connection. .

Stanley. Associates Engincering .

came up- ‘with two scenarios a

“couple of years ago. The first; -
_ Service for the ‘Queensway and
‘lower bench areas. would cost
taxpayers $1,094 per year for 20 -
‘The -second, for the. -

years...
Queensway: area only, would

cost $1,382 a year for 20 ‘years.
Hither way, an unusual tax bur-  -
‘den to expect any j taxpayer fo

bear. -

a “Those : costs remain ‘almost
had»

‘accepted $216,250 grant from:
the Ministry of Environment, but
Municipal

identical at the present time. So

-do ths offerings of the ministries

of Municipal Affairs and Envi-
ronment. It appears. .to be a

‘stand-off, with the: Ministry of
Environment firing an occasional .

volley via the polluters list.

The regional district has writ-
ten a letter to environmeént min-'

ister John.Cashore to inform him
of the problem and - history...

And to.bring to his attention the

unfairness of the "hit list". In the
meantime, it would seem, Thorn-
hill taxpayers are’ being held at

ransom to correct the:problem...

without any additional provincial

funding.

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