Saturday, December 7, 1991 @

Selkirk students explore
hotel industry on the job

@ Resort and Hotel Administration
class gets trailored made experience

After three months of classes, students in
the Resort and Hotel Administration program
at the Nelson Campuses are engaged in a

“month-long practicum work experience, the

practicum work placements give students a
chance to exercise skills in real-life situations.
These are as varied as the backgrounds of
the students in the program. This fall, 15 stu-
dents were placed in work practicums begin-
ning Nov. 20. Of the 15 students placed, 10

went to work for local tourism businesses.
“All the local business I contacted about stu-
ing,”

first of two comprising part of the 10: th
program, at tourist hospitality operations in
B.C. and Alberta.

The program is designed for the practical
training of supervisory personnel within the
resort sector of the tourism industry. Employ-
ing seminars, workshops and field trips to en-
hance traditional classroom instruction, pro-
gram instructors introduce new ideas and de-
veloping trends in the field of tourism hospi-
tality management. Assignments are practi-
cal in nature, and are often designed around a
student’s individual workplace situation

“The curriculum is tailored for either the
full-time or part-timé learner,” says program
instructor Lorna Marshall.

This arr t allows to pur-
sue a provincially-recognized credential with-
out leaving their present job. It’s an arrange-
ment that works well for the owner-operator
who can’t take 10 months off work to complete
this certificate program.

Included in the program curriculum are the
seven core courses which comprise the tourism
supervisory devel program, developed
and endorsed by the Pacific Rim Institute of
Tourism. Students completing the Resort and
Hotel Administration program receive a cer-
tificate from PRIT acknowledging completing

of the tourism supervisory core.

“What brings all the training together is the

practicum placements,” Marshall says.

After acquiring theory and skills relative to

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dent pl ts were most

said Lorna Marshall, program instructor. “In
fact, I had more placements than I had stu-
dents.”

Nelson’s Heritage Inn took two Nelson stu-
dents, Sandi Arnold and Nicole Kamphuis.
Wayne Stupnikoff of Castlegar was placed at
the Fireside Inn, while Katie Kabatoff of
Thrums was placed in two jobs, one with the
Nelson and District Credit. Union and the oth-
er at the Kootenay Cattle Company in Nelson.

Castlegar’s Sandman Inn hired Deanna

- Dunphy of Nelson, while Brett DeWitt of Trail,

was placed at the Terra Nova.

The Savoy Inn in Nelson is providing a
placement for Tom Castonquay of Clearbrook,
B.C. and Irene Sarsons of Nelson is employed
at Bogart’s Restaurant. Michelle Roy of Nelson
landed a position at the Nelson Chamber of
Commerce.

Travelling further afield for their work
placements were Stacy Essery of Winlaw who
took a position at the McGregor Motor Inn in
Revelstoke, Bob Baird of Nelson who is work-
ing at Kimberley’s Inn of The Rockies, Shannon
Garvin is at Salty’s Beach House in Kelowna
and Andrea N. h and Michelle Ry all rd
are both employed at Edmonton’s Fantasyland
Hotel and Resort.

Marshall said the objective of the first
practicum p t is to expose students to
an area of the hospitality business in which
they have no previous experience and to pro-
vide an opportunity to put into practice some of

Canada cashing in
on savings bonds

Finance Mini Don M. Y ki today
that gross sales of the 1991 series of Canada Savings Bonds
have reached a total of $9,588 million.

After allowance for redemptions for past series since the
beginning of October, net purchases of the new bonds to Nov.
27 amounted to $4,733 million.

Included in the gross sales figure is $1.924 million of
bonds purchased through the Payroll Savings Plan.

“I want to thank employers and organizers across the
country for their co-operation in offering their employees
the opportunity to save through this convenient savings
plan,“ Mazankowski said.

Cash sales of this year's issue of Canada Savings Bonds
were discontinued on Nov. 1, 1991.

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New education group
brings environment to
province’s classrooms

Environment, Lands and _ in providing students with in-
Parks Minister John Cashore, formation and motivation to

and Anita Hagen, Minister of
Education and Minister Re-
sponsible for Multiculturalism
and Human Rights, recently
announced the creation of in-
terministry working group to
direct province-wide develop-
ment of environmental educa-
tion programs.

“During the next six
months the Working Group on
Environmental Education will
determine what avenues of ed-

be environmentally responsi-
ble citizens,” said Cashore.

“The group will work to-
wards ensuring that environ-
mental education becomes an
integral part of school curricu-
lum throughout British
Columbia,” Hagen said. “The
children who will become our
leaders must develop the
knowledge and background to
make wise environmental de-

@ Saturday;December 7, 199%

Winter weather care a must |

Lotusland is letting us
down.

Although weather experts
claim that B.C.’s average tem-
perature trends have shown
no real change, there’s some-
thing in the air. These days,
winter on the south coast of
B.C. is a mixture of wind and
snowstorms reminiscent of
those other colder Canadian
cities. And let’s face it, we’re
just not prepared.

_ Lack of preparation is be-
ginning to cost us. Last winter
Canadian Northern Shield
(CNS), B.C.’s largest general
insurance company, paid out
about $5.2 million in weather-
related claims. The total
claims paid out by the total
B.C. insurance industry for a
recent three-day windstorm in
the Lower Mainland are esti-
mated at close to $3.5 million.

Insurance buyers are losing
money, too. On every claim,
the insured pays a deductible,
and often loses irrepl bl

person to contact is your in-
surance broker. The broker, or
the insurance company which
holds your policy, will have a
24-hour emergency number
through which you can get
names of people in your area

roof, the better the run-off. If
possible, choose a roof with in-
ter-locking shingles to prevent
any water entry. A good roof
overhang will help to keep wa-
ter away from walls and open-

who deal with y re-.

ings which protects against rot
and

pairs, and provide advice on
temporary emergency repairs.
¢Windstorms

Homeowners should start
by inspecting the trunks and
branches of all trees for rot, es-
pecially varieties like maples
which are prone to this prob-
lem. Trees situated close to a
dwelling, tall, free-standing
trees, or those which consti-
tute a hazard for neighbours
should be topped.

If damage from a wind-
storm does occur to the roof or
other part of the dwelling, put
a tarpaulin over the area to
prevent rain and water com-
ing in, and, if it is safe to do so,
cut the tree up and remove it
from the d d area

items. When insurance com-
panies are faced with repeated
deterioration in claims expe-
rience, consumers can expect
increases in insurance rates.

What's a mere mortal to do?

Battling the elements in
our varied climate means be-
ing prepared for such winter
weather hazards like wind,
rain, ice, snow and extreme
cold. Here are some tips on
avoiding weather-related los-
es and, in the event of a prob-
lem, minimizing the extent of
damage.

In all cases of loss, the first

Windstorms play havoc
with anything that is not prop-
erly anchored such as
metal garden sheds, outdoor
radio or television antennae or
satellite receivers.

Rain

When choosing a home or
doing renovations pay atten-
tion to the roof.and gutters.
The best roof gutters are wide
and designed to sit on a proper
slope. Check that the run off
graded is properly sloped so
that the water runs away fon
the dwelling.

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