Page 8B The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, February 22, 1995 SUPPORTS COMMUNITY COLLEGES Gouk blasts new university SUN STAFF Kootenay West-Revelstoke MP Jim Gouk has blasted the provin- cial government's proposal for a third university to be built in the Lower Mainland. “Any needed growth in post- secondary space should first be accomplished by raising colleges like Selkirk to full degree-grant- ing status, which have been seek ing this power for some time,” Gouk said in a prepared release “It's far more cost-effective to build onto existing education infrastructure than adding a brand new one.” Gouk said that full status for Selkirk College would allow local students to remain at home, reducing the costs to students and parents alike. He said it would also allow an alternative to stu- dents from other areas to attend university in a less expensive area than the relatively crowded, high rent Loyver Mainland Gouk recently addressed a rally of Selkirk College students concerned about reduced funding and skyrocketing tuition costs. He has also recently spent two weeks holding social policy town hall meetings throughout the riding, which included discussion of post-secondary education. “We're passing on our incredi- biAdebt load to the next genera- tion, atong with huge interest payments - the first time in the his- tory of Canada that citizens have turned this country over to the next ‘generation in worse shape than they got it,” said Gouk. “So the least we can do for today's youth is ensure that our increasingly scarce education money is spent wisely.” Jim Gouk ... it's not cost effective During the town hall meet- ings, Gouk pointed out that fed- eral transfers to B.C. for post-secondary education do not restrict how the province spends this money. Instead, Gouk supports a Reform Party proposal to make federal transfer funds available directly to registered students in the form of non-repayable vouch- ers, which they would then turn in to the institution of their choice. “This would not reduce tuition costs, but would ensure that the money was spent on education as well as ensuring that universities spent it in the best interests of the student,” said Gouk. “As far as the latest proposal by the provincial government is concerned, I believe it’s nothing more than a cheap attempt by an old-style political party-to buy votes. That's how we got into’ the financial mess this country is in today. We need to expect better than this from our politicians, who are supposed to represent students’ and parents’ needs—not their own.” USCC women donate to many causes Submitted The USCC. Kootenay. Ladies’ annual general meeting was held at the Brilliant Cultural Center Jan. 16. 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Improvements will include fresh stucco and paint, along with the new facade. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Ron Norman College undertakes review Selkirk College is undertaking a review of how effectively it delivers its programs and services. The college-wide operational review is guided by educational consultant Keith Saddlemyer, who began organizing commit- tees and subcommittees before Christmas to examine all aspects of Selkirk CoHege’s operation The review is expected to take up to five months to complete. “The effectiveness of this review relies on open input from all aspects of the college,” observed Saddlemyer, in a’ pre- pared release: “I've tried to make this as open and inclusive a pro- cess as possible.” Since December, when Saddle- myer began the daunting task of categorizing programs and ser- vices for thorough examination, college administrators and staff have volunteered to sit on seven “round tables” that have been established to evaluate the opera- tion of academic programs, career technology programs, developmental/ESL programs, vocational programs, extension centre operations, learner/instruc- tional support and general sup- port services. 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Facilitated by ANKORS members, this is an evening for anyone affected by AIDS to come together and share stories in a safe supportive atmosphere. -All_participants will be requested to maintain strict confidentiality. elected chair, and that person, together witli an alternate, par- ticipates on a steering commit- tee that also includes senior administrators which guides the entire process. Saddlemyer has outlined five phases for the round tables and steering committee. The process began with an organization and planning phase in which round tables decide how much repre- sentation is necessary. Plans were then formulated as to what information fo gather and from which constituent groups to seek feedback. The research and data collec- tion phase requires the round tables to gather statistical informa- tion contained in college and min- istry reports, as well as to collect anecdotal feedback from various client groups who utilize college services. To aid in this phase, the operational review office has accumulated documents from col- lege, provincial and other sources. This document library will be cat- alogued and copied and reposito- ries established on each main college campus. An index of publications and the CoSy on-line conferencing system that has been established for the operational review. Each of the round tables will have their area of focus listed as a topic within the CoSy confer- ence. That way, anyone with access to the college's main- frame computer can log onto the operational review conference and comment about any aspect of the study and also establish com- puter dialogue with other confer- ence participants. The third phase of the study deals with interpretation and analysis of the data collected. Each round table will be attempt- ing fo draw conclusions from the data they collect and recommen- dati@fis developing from these conclusions will be brought for- ward to the steering committee With round tables now geared up for action, the most important task before the review commit- tees is to make the process open and inclusive. Not only to college staff, but to community con- stituents as well. Anyone interested is invited to add his/her comments to the operational review process now Depression is healing process As strange as it sounds, depres- sion is a healing process that our bodies need. It is a response to specific life circumstances. Who gets depressed? Every body. But some people are more prone to it then others. Why? Let's look at some of the reasons and some of the per- sonality types that predispose people to be depressed. There is early sadness in child- hood. I am talking about sadness that doesn’t go away. Some of the more obvious reasons are lack of love, displacement by a newborn sibling and abandonment by a parent through illness or death. We may not_know why we are sad, we just know that we are. Often children compensate by overeating, or acting out, or being sickly with no apparent cause. The sad part is that in repeated For all the action all the time, read the Sun Sports | LVE COUNTRY CRAFTS MOVING FEB. 28 Gigantic Clearance to Feb. 25 DON'T MISS THE GREAT BARGAINS! #5 - 292 Columbia Ave. 365-07 © All Makes - Models © Complete Radiator Work ¢ Custom Work ALL GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR Mon. - Fei. © 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sat. ¢ 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. MUFFLER LTD. 1335 Columbia Ave., 365-0100 sadness our thought systems are taught to be negative and pes simistic, We have a negative mind set. This is a learned response to life and it has to be unleamed. . Early loss sensitizes the child to the general pain of loss so that in later. life little losses create more depression than would normally be appropriate We are programmed ‘to feel loss more! For instance, if children. have been constantly criticized all their lives they will be highly sensitive to the slightest hint of not meet- ing the standards of someone else and it can bring on depression. Similar losses in their adult life will reactivate those feelings. Early anxieties from childhood can be a source of depression GAETZ later in life. New and threatening situations, such as a new home, new school, or new parents, can open the door to anxiety for some children, Abandonment is the universal fear of all of us, but much more s0 for little children. What about the depression- prone personality? This person is very rigid and inflexible. Inflexible people do not have good coping skills. 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You are invited to attend our next meeting Tuesday, February 28, 7:00 pm in the Kootenay Room at the Castlegar Community Complex For more information phone Susan at documents, as well as round table minutes and agenda, is carried on underway. Comments may be relayed by email, phone or fax. CITY OF CASTLEGAR PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on: DATE: Tuesday, March 7, 1995 TIME: 6:30P.M. PLACE: CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS Fireside Motor Inn (Banquet Room) 1810 - 8th Avenue Castlegar, B.C. in order to afford all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the following amendment to Zoning Bylaw 553 an opportunity to be heard or to present written matters in this di BYLAW 721 (Amends Zoning Bylaw $53) ‘The intent of this bylaw is to amend Schedule “A”, the Zoning Map, to Zoning Bylaw 553 by changing the zoning designations of Lot 1, District Lot 7174, Kootenay District, Plan 4435 from MT (Light Industrialy 10 C6 (Service Commercial) and Lot 2, District Lot 7174, Kootenay District, Plan 4435 from RI (Single Family Residential) to C6 (Service Commercial) as the City wishes to consolidate these two lots; and further, have the property conform to the Official C Plan land use A copy of the above bylaw and relevant background documents are available for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from February 22nd to March 7th, 1995 inclusive, at City Hall, 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar. 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