a Tcollsee. or, for that mat-)to ter, of if any. instltution of high- to ths area in which $ Make GSC ac 4 it is located y Quoting “UBC president Dr. John: ‘Macdonald’s Report en pee aa a year. uA oUatS a Yee ei cy president said this money “does ‘not! vanish into thin air. Capital expenditures mean jobs © for architects, engineers, workmen, ‘suppliers: builders and all those who erect and equip buildings.” » He said operating expenses, -which will be Jargely for -sal- -aries, means expenditures on: new houses, furniture, . food, cars, insurance and clothes. “And those expenditures ‘are largely local expenditures, vhe’ added, the money is spent Tight here.” : ORDER: IN. COUNCIL GIVES. OK TO WK COLLEGE VOTE ‘Feb.-11, 1965 - An order in’ ‘council was -passed by: the. provincial cabinet esdav “authorizing school put districts in the West Kootenays |: to present a money bylaw..for the proposed regional college. i ich ‘school: board’ ‘must. how, meet to ‘sat the: date, ex pected to'be in the last week ¥ February. AMPAIGN ACTIVITY. STEPS uP. FOR WK COLLEGE VOTE: “Feb. (11, 1965. West Kootenay school and . other ‘interested : people ‘are swinging into an in- ‘tensive information campaign in| preparation fora referendum ote on. a regional college: for VAS “meeting of the West Kooteriay Regional College coun- if oil here last week received re- of plans, meetings and en- thusiastic’ response from all localities: involved. It ‘was’ revealed that the ost of building and equipping a West Kootenay. Hececal Col- lege will be $2,601,000. Amounts be voted on‘ in cach’ school 4 : Grand Forks ae Arr 597. Slocan $77,288, Nelson $899,600. » The council agreed to’ ad- i] vise school boards to try to hold referendum ‘voting’ before’ the 3}end of February ‘to. authorize the raising of necessary funds| -| through ‘the sale of 20-year de- bentures, It was noted that re- payment, will ‘add’ only | about two-thirds of one mill to’ district taxes since. half the repayment cost will be met by the: pro- vincial, government: A significant portion of the share. of. districts: operating senior matriculation classes will be saved with ‘the’ transfer of: grade 13'to: the college. Council ‘chairman James A: | Gray. ‘said that ‘all the: evidence pointed to a need ‘for post high rchool education. “Tt! is a grow- ing need,” he said; “If we. don’t meet it head on with a logical, effective. solution, we shall waste time. and money with pet- ty ‘adjustments ‘to’ our high] \ school system’ and’ costly: ad- ditions to our buildings for no, ‘significant result Mr. Gray. said that he hop- ed: taxpayers won't “force us to tie up. their money in’) stop- gap efforts.” He ‘said that'-the council is convinced that, in the long« run, the regional "college is: the cheapest, most coeeae solution. All ‘members. were’ reap-: | pointed. by. the respective schooi boards to ‘serve for a further year commencing Feb.. 1. .Mr. Gray. was re-elected chairman o the council. a Beans READY FOR. VOTE: » ON WK? COLLEGE. Feb. 18, 1965. =" Many Castlegar and distric. people, along ' with: ‘those © in other. West’ :Kootenay schoo. districts, are busily working ‘t ensure the largest possible tur. out of voters for ‘the referenda’ um on the regional ‘colleg question next. Mhuraday. One of the major P of the proposed college ‘will eto ore provide two-year. courses in’ satal: professional and ‘technical sub- ‘jects at the nost secondary level: Baronca studente’ who* have” bay 3p ae SOeuss. & followed the university’ program. re make up over half of the: ber from-grade 12, ihe) ‘Regional ca ecial College’ council feels «a: sp Responsibility to pEvide | c in these ares, ° It vis’ J much of ‘the: wastage: ‘Of tite, talent and money which curs’ at -the universities ‘in: ine y ‘lack’ ‘of ether. dened tee “Pre-university, ‘courses: hav been’! ‘carefully. studied: so.:that as ‘many ‘students :‘as':: ible may. obtain ‘the! first tw: ars |: Standards of: the college: ‘will be: high. no difficulty. is anticipated in transfer. ‘of full’ credits: to-]; Also to be ‘offered. are ‘on portunities for > adults. whose |; studies ‘have’ been interruptec and a broad program of even- ing courses for adults, as well as seminars. and ‘short ‘courses.' ‘Behind. the)-effort to “esta- lish. a pmegional ollege. is the lig t and: major: spark ‘plug i in the}: ‘Kootenay. area promoting esta- blishment of thie: institution. poin ed of. Lineninanta realization, by. ovenay school boards that: t existing ‘un iversities. and technical. institu-: tions cannot, keep’ up with the ever. rising enrolments. : The: in- creasing need for more:and'bet- ter. ‘skills and knowledge, and: the: fact’ that':there exists today. a umanpower : shortage ‘in’ profes- |’man sional, semi-professional: ‘and. hy technical; categories contrasted’ with’ unemployment ‘in the” ‘ane |" =|'skeilled categories, has © caused |‘cou the ‘school’ boards ‘to’ treat: the: astablishment of a ‘regional: . @fe ‘as'an urgent’ matter. Castlegar’s : share -of! the $2,- 00,000 building program will be tions. at Calgary. es of this year. Prior to that t he was supervisor of the: company’s matted study . department ‘at : Highly: active in community ‘affairs, "Mr. Gray hed long heen associated with school board:and other’ educational ‘work’ at ‘Trail and was .a prime’ mover in. gett- ‘ing -.the’ new College “establish- ied here. ¥ Mr. Gray was first elected as a trustee of School’ District No. “11 in 1958, then’ served’ as school ‘board. chairman for sev- eral’ years: He was president ‘of the’.B. °C. School ‘Trustees: As:: sociation in 1963 and chairman of the steering committee which organized ‘the: planning for the regional college. Later: he: was appointed: to the West Kootenay. Kegional College council and 4) elected chairman. ' a) -Born’in Scotland ‘and raised’: at Unity,” fin chemical engineering ‘at the Sask:, he graduated University ‘of ‘saskatchewan in 1344, He’ joined: Cominco :'the ng| same year as a junior engineer ‘an’ research work. He then serv- éed’in the personael ‘division as a job. analyst, became ‘supervis- ° or: of the’ staff’ department..1n 1951, and supervisor be method a son aad: is daughter, of 20-year: ‘debentures. will raise ‘the -mill'' rate: by, two-thirds ‘of a:mill, ‘or an average of less than’ #0 per. homeowner. | -Mrs; Walter. Jacobson, chair- man. of :.the Castlegar «school board-;and member of the ‘Re- gional iL Colleds council, said that 394,597-of which half the re- | by ‘ayable ; cost will be: met by, the : rovineial: government. The sale. ig schoui. Boars! ocation,”: Cee said,: but now itis a source otf: great pride aad satisfaction ‘to all of us that the : couege will be located hére.” “We are- coavuiced,”’ she said, “that in establishing a: ne- gional College here, tne ‘people of, West Kootenay: willbe pion- eering: one of tne most ‘sign- © je | ‘uficant ‘advances ever. made oa~ : | the- British comb education- at scene.” Py me MONEY, o Feb. ane M065 Some interesting and im-: portant views on the financing . the whole West Kostensy ‘and : ia wee extend heartiest : ogee Sete ee 2 8s: iStea im its aSv- an orice s a elopment - Conim: Isidore ‘Muzzin © Comm. R. F. Guillaume and helped | to Ene aoa Lauriente,¢ Chairman ‘Comm. ‘George Wheatley - Comm. E. C. Romano . of higher education ia this: pro- vince :were outlined: in. Castie- gar. last week by WK. Regional ; College special consultant, Gor- don Campbell. The ‘speaker. told the Cactle- ae chamber “of commerce that - ‘role of the state in high-. o Weducation is a role that must be: constantly safeguarded: ‘and. criticized.” Noting: that. educa- tional ‘spending: is ‘now: a bi government expenditure (in B.C. ‘more is spent on education :than is. spent on highways), : he said tion invites | a problem that must Ae ‘Studied: and: not: feared.” » Comm, A. 0: Dunn | Comm: R.-H. Aalten - _ CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS S Village of | Nakusp — J. A Parent, Chairman ' Comm. L W. Law ‘Comm. A: Gran ; need. and inust be kept inform- ed.” He said’ an ‘educational plant thus the, Regional College: —!' must: ‘be’: adequate from ‘the start: and: should® be economically: run “and, if. pos- , utilized: the year round. _ In ‘Ontario, continued: the consultant,’ higher educational institutions are handled ‘by: a‘de- partment: of: government with its own ‘deputy. minister. ‘it has: a budget of $90. million: fa aor institu; : Mr. Camptell said. oan ae for regional colleges should not: come at: the‘ expense’ of: any other. educational facilities such as either public: schools.o or adult reducation. » : Tha ‘ speaker called ‘for’: greater: federal ‘contributions: to |: provincial) educational: expend: | - itures uggesting at rs in the, ithe: eohaat i greater: pe’ Saee of: the :.e1 -rolment /-wil esless: ‘well: : teaching ‘field 8. “He ‘suggested the teachers at’ WK ‘Regional. ‘College: ‘must’ ib e! More ey. ar sorts”:and®: that: :h “character. counts and. a good. faculty. ‘member..must: be: