School notes

Pouseite to chair board

TERRACE TRUSTEE John Pousette is the new chairman of the
Terrace school board.

’ He was elected by acclamation at the school board’s Dec. 8 public
meeting.

Pousette replaces outgoing chairman Edna Cooper, who has
chaired the board for two years.

Cooper said her decision to give up the chairmanship was an
“absolutely personal one” adding she is very busy with personal
and family commitments.

She'll remain on the board as a trustee for Terrace.

~" Stew Christensen was elected as the board’s representative on the
B.C. School Trustees’ Association provincial council. The board’s
alternate is Laurie Mitchell.

Pousette ciles the Year 2000 program and working within the
limits of the provincial budget as the board’s greatest challenges for
the new year. ,

“I think the Year 2000 will hold a fot of challenges for us,’ he
said. “If 1 can keep up to Edna that would be great.’

UNBC’s Fish to speak here

THE UNIVERSITY of Northem B.C.’s dean of health and social
sciences will attend the school board’s Jan. 12 mecting.

Dr. David Fish will be giving a presentation on the new univer-
sity. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

Condom machines favoured

HIGH SCHOOL students here overwhelmingly favour the installa-
tion of condom machines in schools and are puzzled why the school
board shot down the idea in June 1990,

That’s what trustees were told when Hazciton trustee Gordon
Sebastian asked Caledonia counsellor Mags Gingles whether the
topic of condom machines came up in a recent talk about AIDS and
sexually transmitted diseases by Dr. Stephen Genuis,

Gingles said students indicate they’re too shy to buy contracep-
tives in local stores.

‘They just wouldn’t buy them in a store because many of their
peers work in those stores,’’ Gingles told the board.

She said she has asked all her family life class students for the
past two years and they overwhelmingly said the machines should
be installed. .

Gingles appeared before the board to tell trustees how successful
Genuis’ Nov. 17 visit to the district had been.

Parkside playground approved

SCHOOL TRUSTEES approved the installation of playground
equipment at Parkside Elementary School.

The school district contributed $10,000 toward the equipment,
while the rest was raised by the local parents advisory council.

Fewer dropouts here

THE DROPOUT RATE at district schools has declined for two
straight years, says school district director of instruction Harold
Cox.

Cox says the dropout rate was 7.7 per cent in 1989-90, The rate
fell to 6.62 per cent in 1990-91 and to 4,9 per cent last year.

- Abuse prevention approved
TRUSTEES APPROVED the Jy Life, Horizons Programme, =;,.8,86%.
‘education ‘and ‘sex abuse prevention program for mentally hand-
icapped teenagers — for use in local schools,

Victoria blocks daycare plan

EDUCATION MINISTER Anita Hagen gave a thumbs down to the
school board’s plan to build a daycare centre for its Young Mom’s
Program. ;

‘The board had proposed spending $575,000 to construct a build-
ing which would house classroom space for teen mothers and
daycare space far their children.

There are 29 pregnant or parenting students now enrolled in
PACES ~— the district’s program for teen moms started last year,
The response ta the program remains far higher than expected and
that has convinced trustees of its value.

But Hagen states in a letter to the board that because Victoria
doesn’t yel recognize such programs, it won’t authorize the spend-
ing of money for the construction.

Chairman-elect John Pousette suggested ihe board try to get the
education ministry and health ministry to work together, perhaps
using the Terrace proposal as a pilot project.

Special education director Andrew Scruton says the plan to use

school district money is now effectively dead.

GITWANGAK — Gitksan and
Wet’suwet’en are worried about a
projected $57,000 deficit from
their inland fishery program over
the summer.

The program came under fire at
the 15th Gitksan-Wet’suwet’en
atinual = convention held ~ in
Gitwangak fast month.

The pilot inland fishery opera-
ted within a larger entity called
the Skcena Fisheries Commission
— consisting of the Tsimshian,
Babine, and Gilksan-
Wet’suwet’en.

It was the first-ever legal com-
mercial fishery of mature salmon
above the lide line.

The Skeena Fisheries Commis-
sion started this year with a
budget of $2.1 million, according
to Robb Wilson, district super-
visor for the Depariment of
Fisheries and Oceans.

“The Skeena Fisheries Com-
mission took some off the top for
administration,’” Wilson said.
“Then they decided among them-
selves to allocate $600,000 to
each of the tribal groups.

DFO issued a licence to the
commission to harvest surplus
salmon stock this summer and il
was the merils of that fishery thal
came under fire at the convention,

Under the terms of the agree-
ment with DFO, the Gilksan-
Wet’suwet’en used passive fish-
ing gear to selectively harvest
their quota of 50,000 sockeye and
100,000 pinks (at Moricetown).

The harvest, escapement and
budget of that program was ques-
tioned from the floor of the con-
vention.

The provisional budget for the »
Gitksan-Wel'suwet’en — sclective
inland fishery totalled
$930,922.64, according to docu-
ments circulated at the conven-
tion.

Income included $656,000 from
DFO, $13,350.37 in sales, and a

rate

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Native fishery’s budget
deficit causes questions

$58,363.49 loan from the minis-
iry of economic development.

Expenses included wages tolall-
ing $298,754.67, capital expenses
for an ice machine, reefers and
equipment totalling
$129,629.45, and contracted ser-
vices for $111,150.41.

When everything was tallied the
provisional budget showed a
$57,460.97 deficit.

Ralph Michell
represented
Wel’suwel’en
commission.

“The fishery initiative is pro-
ceeding according to schedule,”
Michell said. ‘‘Last year it was

(Wii Secks)
Gitksan-
interests on the

simply at an experimental stage.

“We learned quite a bil from
it””

Asked why the inland fishery
did not make money for the
Gitksan and Wet’suwet'en this
year, Micheil noted two main fac-
tors,

‘“Because of the experimental
nature of the passive gear, we
didn’t catch our quota this year
and we got a late start,’’ Michell
said, “‘so we didn’t come out on
top this year.”’

Michell did not have ready fig-
ures available to pinpoint the ex-
lent of the deficit.

“Tm confident the best effort

was made,’ he said. ““We have
the whole winter to make our
plans for next year."’

The technical committee of the
Skeena Fishery . Commission,
which includes representatives
fron DFO, is conducting a
teview of the surplus - fishery,
Wilson said,

Tsimshian Tribal Council presi-
dent Art Sterritt said the
Tsimshian-operated injand
fishery pitot project also lost
money.

The Tsimshian ran beach seines.
io trap fish in the lower Skeena
and operated a fish wheel at Kit-
selas Canyon.

City of Terrace
roadways light up with
energy efficiency

The City of Terrace has
completed the conversion
of its roadway lighting to
new, more-efficient high-
pressure sodium lamps
and B.C.Hydro helped out
with a Power Smart
incentive io complete the
job. :

The changeover of the
City's 97 streetlights to the

new system will currently

ciecirieee” GEMACCTE[A) saiees
~hours ydro customers

of electricity SIME. in the residential,

annually—imore than
enough power to supply
the needs of five new
Terrace homes fora full -
year. The total annual -
savings lo Terrace
taxpayers will be in excess
of $2,600.

“We are happy to have
been partners with Power
Smart on this project,”

Far mare information please contact your local Hydre office.
f d A )

said Terrace Director of
Operations John
Colonguard. “The long
term benefits in energy
savings and quality
lighting make this a real
win-win situation for the
city.”

Efficient Roadway
Lighting is just one of the
Power Smart programs

commercial and industrial
sectors.

Power Smart is Hydro’s
ambitious initiative to
motivate customers to be
more energy efficient.

It will play an iniportant
and continuing role in
meeting B.C.’s growing

demand for electricity.

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