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The school year at Selkirk
College got underway today,
with Jason Stevens serving his
first official day as president of
the Selkirk College Student As-
sociation.

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The Summer League slo-
pitch final took place Sunday at
Kinnaird Park, and the Bashers
avenged an earlier loss to Dex-

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Castlegar residents lined up to get their first taste of the new Subway sandwich shop in the Castleaird Plaza ee | evening,
as the store opened for a few hours for a sneak preview. Today marked its first official day of business.

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Osoyoos looks to be the
best place to get stuck in a traf-
fic jam over the long weekend,
as B.C.’s Bryan Adams head-
lines a concert expected to
draw close to 30,000 people.

Neil Rachynski

NEWS REPORTER
The City of Castlegar

if they are seen to

More coverage of the help a council mem-
Pric Wavernouse report | ber.”
was poorly managed, had a _ It recommended
weak legislative structure that council and se-

and suffered from a lack of nior management
planning, according to a re- Fiv Problem Areas — ~- Page 5 |“work as a team

Failing
grades

Ranking the city's per-

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Harrison
Letters

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port prepared in 1990.
The findings are part of

even priorize problems. ,

It said staff were sometimes hindered by
politics. “Some degree of political activity is in-
truding on City management and staff,” the

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the city’s two-year-old Price Waterhouse Re-
port on Organization and Management Re-
view, most of which was released Monday.
The report, which was hidden from public
inspection until its existence became known
earlier in the summer, identified problems
such as poor staff morale, a slow public com-
plaint process and a lack of plans to correct or

Our opinion — Page 6

without political po-
sitioning.”

“If you go. through the draft you'll see it’s
not hard to improve on,” Councillor Doreen
Smecher said Monday.

“The equipment and working conditions
were anything but the 1990s,”
“When you put (staff) in that kind of situation
you can’t expect good morale or performance.
They don’t perform. They can’t perform.”

she said.

On ascale from zero to 10, the city was giv-

right).

en a rating of four for pride, respect, team-
work and honesty (see Failing grades at

Referring to the page that rates the city on

“Management and staff feel they are at risk

Please see REPORT page 5

formance on a scale of zero
to 10, Price Waterhouse
gave a failing grade in al-
most every category.

The best score was in
service, which earned only
a five out of 10:

Factor

1. Honesty

2. Respect

3. Service

4. Pride

5. Excellence
6. Teamwork
7. Change

Grade

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