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Showdown Ski Area is an hour's drive 1700 Fox Farm Road, Great Falls, Montana 59404 Toll-free: 1-800-528-1234 or (406) 761-1900 @ FUJIFILM Only *4 5995 Castleaird Plaza to home or may offer dif- ferent programs is not only autocratic, but is likely un- constitutional as well. I do not foresee a mass exodus from any one school to another, but I certainly would insist on the parents’ right of access to the school of their choice. JOHNSON Concerned voice Being a school trustee today continues to be a frus- trating, challenging yet re- warding experience. How ever, it is vital that local citizens stand for office and be willing to strongly defend the importance of local school boards. Electing concerned individuals who thoroughly understand the entire picture guarantees a voice for stu dents, parents and other in volved groups. I am a 40-year-old retired registered nurse, married, with a child in Grade 5. I have served as trustee for two years, the second year as chairman. I have attended virtually every board meet- ing, my own parent group meetings and meetings of the District Parents’ Committee KAY JOHNSO! . .. school.board candidate for Castlegar and the “Adolescents in Need” committee. The board has made many changes in the last two years. Today, there are at least five board committees whose membership includes parents and/or teachers or Canadian Union of Public Employees members. We have a long range planning committee. We meet regularly with parents group representa tives. We advertise all reg ular board meetings and the now-public education com mittee meetings. We held public budget meetings this year. Board-employee group relationships have improved considerably. We now reg ularly evaluate ourselves and all senior staff. FUJSICOLOR DECISION ‘86 1 possess a good under- standing of the district's strengths and weaknesses, as well as a good working knowledge of the budget process, the collective agree- ment with CUPE and the policies and goals. Tam aware of the losses we have suffered and will work hard to bring about those programs that are essential. The board must have, as its members, trustees who can offer the consistency that will ensure a good recovery plan. And in the next two years? I will carefully and thought- fully work to bring our edu- cational standards to a pre- restraint level. I will strongly oppose any system of gov ernment which would elimi- nate local school boards. I will bring the concerns of rural school funding and second language funding to the Royal Commission on Education. I will give a long range educational plan a high priority. I will continue to support the view that I am your voice on the board and will listen to your opinions. My guiding principle hasn't changed: to work to guar antee all our children a sound, meaningful, dynamic and relevant education. Be fore decisions are made, I will still ask: “Is this the best we can do for our kids?” I ask for your support on Nov. 45. GORDON TURNER school boord candidate for Castlegor TURNER Children first As a trustee for the past two years, Gordon Turner has always put children’s needs first. He admits that during restraint doing so has often been an uphill battle. However, he believes the school board has made a number of decisions which have improved the education al situation in the district schools, and he believes he has been a key figure in those decisions. Before he came onto the FUJICOLOR FREE FILM PROCESSING (24 Exposure) With Purchase of any 35 mm Camera yowoorns BOWWDINA & woVOIINA yovomrnd 365-2211 A. The °Picture°Place lg @ Full Line Of Frames @ Giftware @ Passports Great Selection — @ One Hour Processing DECISION ‘86 board, the board's activities were often shrouded in secrecy. He has worked for a more open board and feels that in the past two years the board has moved a long way toward letting people know what is happening and in opening up board committees to employee and community involvement, Before he came onto the board, teachers, support staff, parents had no way to participate in board de cision-making. In the past two years, teachers and support staff have been added to board committees. As well, parent groups now regularly meet with the board, and the board has es- tablished a liaison committee with the teachers. Turner pushed for this important link between the board and its employees, and between the board and its community. He thinks these groups are quite satisfied with the cur. rent openness of the board. Before he came onto the board, he said he would argue strongly for board programs and directions that had merit. He believes he has delivered. The all-day kindergarten idea being pushed two years ago by the former board was shelved because of his per. sistence; schools wanting half-day kindergarten were able to retain them. As well, he believed in the value of the Russian bilingual were features he felt were needed — and now they're in place. Before he came onto the board, the board always mentioned “layoff as the first approach when financial pressures were put on be- cause of inadequate govern ment funding. Turner took the position that people were the key ingredients in the education system not buildings or machinery. He demanded that the board not mention the term “layoff”, and he always in sisted that other avenues for cuts be explored. No teachers or support staff were laid off during this two years on the board. Throughout his two years, Turner has asked the board to keep resisting government pressures to reduce or to do with less. He admits that the efforts to lobby the govern ment were not always suc cessful, but he was the first to say “Write that letter” or “Get the minister of edu cation out here.” Throughout his term, he supported the “needs budget” principle Despite a two-year period of continued restraint im posed by government, Turn: er feels he has helped change the style of the board. The board is now a group who can be approached, the board room is now a place where people are welcomed, and the attitudes of the district ad ministrators have altered to reflect a board that wishes to be open and responsive As a former elementary high school teacher and as a Selkirk College instructor (six years), Turner has a background in education which is essential to the board. This background allows him to understand the nitty gritty of teacher and-support staff concerns. Because of this awareness, he has been able to convince the board to accept and respect teacher and support staff needs. Turner is pro-education to the core. The current stability in the school district, the reason able level of happiness in the employee groups, the high level of involvement by par- ents, and the additional help available to children are all goals Turner has worked toward establishing and wishes to see continue. He believes he has earned the title of trustee because he has continuously worked to make the educational en vironment the best possible. As vice-chairman to the board, Turner has chaired the Education Committee and been a key member of the management Committee which sets the tone for the district. and its programs. Because he has four children in the school system, he wants another two-year term to enshrine and bolster the good things the board is now committed to. candidate for Area J ANDERSON Quality education Statistics Born in Prince Rupert, B.C. April 7, 1956 to Trig and Dolly Kaardal and came to Robson in 1960. Married to Richard Anderson, a car penter, and has two daugh ters, Jodie, 11, and Kerry, 7 All formal education received in School District No. 9. Work Force Rental agent in Edmonton for Midwest Property Man agement for three years. Presently working part-time at the Robson Post Office, as a postal clerk. Owns a video recording business run from her home. Activity in Community e Member of the Robson Parent Group, holding the responsibilities of chairper son for the group for three years © Member of the Robson River Otters Swim Club. ¢ Member of the Recrea tion Society Presently on the Rural School Committee. continued on poge C7 For Area J schoo LUStee TRUST rick PONZTACZ TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT AR Sound Realistic Based on Consultation Reflect the Needs of the Community PONGRACZ,;. For a Ride to the Polls Call 365-7834 Category 2: Two and Three Years Old by: Stephanie Martin (Castlegar) ‘ategory 4: Most Humorous by: B. Berisoff (Blueberry Cree! ry 3: Four to Six Years Old by: Caroline Davis (Castlegar) Category 1: Newborn and One Year Old by: Les & Leanne Koch (Castlegar) Grand Prize Winner — Drawn From All Entries — Margaret Anne Huestis (Castlegar) Honourable Mentions SORRY — There's not enough room for all the “honourable mentions”. All the entries received were of excellent quality and made the judging by the editorial staff of the Castlegar were judged on clarity, or decision in some categories, color, di pression also played a part in the selection. News a difficult task. The entries nality and creativeness, but for the final Hiculty, general interest and ex- The Castlegar News would like to thank all those who entered the con- test as well as the participating sponsors: The Picture Place (One Hour Photo) — for providing the Grand Prize, a Kodak Medallist 35mm Camera ($239 value). Carl's or — for providing a $50 Gift Certificate for Toys and a Super Size box of Pampers. Mother Goose — for providing a $50 Gift Certificate for Children's Clothing. Interior Awards — for providing a beautiful plaque for the winners of each category.