Selkirk agrees to
deal with faculty

NEWS STAFF

The Selkirk College Board has approved a negotiated deal be-
tween the institution and its faculty association.

The final details were hammered out Thursday and the
Selkirk College Faculty Association’s 117 members are expect-
ed to vote on the new agreement Jan. 21.

The SCFA had worked without a contract since March 31.

SCFA spokesperson Jim Howard would not reveal the details
of the agreement, but it is believed to be similar to one reached
by Vancouver Community College’s Langara campus in De-

cember.

Langara professors agreed to a two-year package that would
see top salaries increased to $60,000 the first year and frozen in
the second. As well, Langara’s faculty received increased ben-
efits and a professional development fund.

Fulton begins review process

Corinne Jackson
NEWS REPORTER

Mickey Kinakin got what
he expected when he met with
Dr. Margaret Fulton Monday.

“As for meeting with her, it
was done very professional-
ly.... She’s obviously done
some reading,” School District
No.9’s representative to the
West Kootenay Teacher Edu-
cation Program said.

Fulton’s appointment to
chair the Post-Secondary Ed-
ucation and Training Review
Project has come under fire by
Kinakin and others, but not
because of her qualifications.
Instead, some people — in-
cluding Kinakin — question
the possibility of a bias review
because of Fulton’s past affili-
ation as Nelson University
Centre’s consultant.

Kinakin is concerned that if
Fulton recommends giving
NUC degree-granting status
it may hurt future funding to
the WKTEP.

“She’s very professional,”

Kinakin said,“(But it would
make) much more sense to
have a provincial plan of
where you're going and then
fund it.

“(This review) is taking one
part of the province and
putting a flashlight on it....
Whatever you do here will
have an effect elsewhere.”

Ron Welwood also met with
Fulton Monday. The past
chair of Selkirk College’s Com-
prehensive Planning Commit-
tee said he, too, was impressed
with Fulton’s up-front ap-
proach regarding the conflict
of interest charges.

“She said it was going to be
a real challenge,” he said,
adding that he was able to
open up and feel comfortable
talking with her.

“J just have a problem with
this fourth study of the Koote-
nay.

“We're still asking the same
old questions and so in that re-
spect I’m wondering when it
will ever end.”

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EDITOR

It’s that time of the year again, Castlegar...
Budget Time.

Castlegar will hold a public meeting Mon-
day, hoping to receive input on how city council
intends to spend its growing tax base.

“J think we'll be more than able to meet the
no of the public,” Coun. Lawrence Chernoff
said.

According to Castlegar’s provisional budget
released on Jan. 5, the city will generate total
revenues of $10,547,789 in 1993. The distrib-
lution of this money will be the focus of the 7
p.m. Community Complex gathering.

“If anyone has a question about anything we
are planning, this is the time to ask it,” Cher-
noff said. “It’s important to ask the questions,
even if (people) think they are trivial. We want
to give the citizens the answers that they are
looking for.”

The provisional budget outlines total capital
expenditures in 1993 of $5,420,750 — up from
the $1.98 million Castlegar spent in 1992.
The key expenditure will be downtown re-
vitalization, taking some $2 million of the cap-
ital project pie. The new RCMP headquarters,
which received public approval in an October
referendum, will cost $1.7 million.

Castlegar intends to pump another
$600,000 into a central fire hall project, while
paving will cost $188,000 and city hall renova-
tions will total $155,000.

The $343,000 the city will spend for paving
and city hall renovations are first-year costs on-
ly.

According to the city’s five-year plan, $4.01
million will be spent through 1996 on paving —

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Gas sales climbing as

Lawrence Chernoff

row Lakes Drive. The five-year plan also states
that the city will spend $903,000 on city hall
renovations over a three-year period.

Another 1993-capital pro-
ject is a further $121,000 to
1992’s $875,000 public works)
building. The money will be’
used for land ($50,000),
paving (36,000), office equip-
ment ($15,000), door openers
($10,000) and ventilation
($10,000).

Castlegar intends to spend
$60,000 on streetlights in
1993, while $20,000 will go to sidewalks and|
$16,000 will be used for storm sewers for the’
Southcentre Shopping Centre. In addition, the
city wants to spend $24,000 for a new pick-up,
$20,000 on the cemetery and $15,000 on parks!
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Chernoff said major expenditures will be put!
to the public before they are ratified by council.

“Those projects will be continually evaluat-
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process for each (major capital project).”

Chernoff repeated council’s desire to cut
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winter cold hits home

Neil Rachynski
NEWS REPORTER
Castlegar has gas.

B.C. Gas reports sales of natural gas in the West Kootenay

are up considerably.

District manager Ken Zimmerman said the first week of Jan-
uary saw gas sales increase 40 per cent compared to the same

period last year.

He said people with an average monthly heating bill of $50

have seen it rise to $70.

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Provincially, the corporation is setting records. It sent over

one billion cubic feet of natural gas to Interior and Lower Main-

land customers on Monday.

With all this increased revenue, the Crown corporation states
the money “will be set aside to stabilize natural rates for B.C.

Gas customers.”

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