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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, November 9, 1994

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Continuing with the year's
theme of New Directions, the
November meeting | of the Trial

PUBLIC MEETING
NOISE BYLAW

that a Public Meeting will be held on Monday,
14, 1904 at 7:00 p.m., at the Ootischenia Community Hall,
Cotischenia, B.C. to receive iicerachael from all persons who deem
it In their interest to make rep 9 @n app made
by WEST ARM TRUCKING requesting an ‘exemption from certain
regulations under the Regional District of Central Kootenay Area J Noise
Control Bylaw No. 372, 1981. Written submissions for or against the
exemption can be read, or verbal submissions made, at the Public
Meeting. If you are unable to attend the Meeting, written submissions
must be to B. District of Central Kootenay,
601 Vernon Street, Nelson, B.C. V1L 4E9, prior to the Meeting

NOTICE is
November

is located in Ootischenia, Hwy 3,

Member Marg | Nickle who
has been appointed to the new
Regional Health Board, spoke
from her perspective as a nurs-
ing instructor at Selkirk Col-
lege on the proposed role of
the new boards.

The meeting took place on
Nov. 8 in the faculty lounge,
Selkirk College, Castlegar
campus. Refreshments were
served.

At the October meeting,
teacher Nancy Lemoine drew a
fascinating picture of current

in the
tary grades, stressing | that
have ved
since the Sullivan Report on
Education was released, and
have involved many workshops
for r upgrading.

‘bili lf-est

Family and friends of Gor-
don and Victoria Pettitt
ered to celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary at a din-
ner party Oct. 21.

Certificates of congratula-
tions were read from Prime
Minister of Canada Jean
Chretien, Kootenay West-
Revelstoke MP Jim Gouk, Lt.
Gov. Lam, Reform Party
Leader Preston Manning, Pre-
mier Mike Harcourt, Ross-
land-Trail MLA Ed Conroy,
and Castlegar Mayor Michael
O'Connor.

Gordon and Vicky moved
to Castlegar in 1946 after
Gordon was discharged from
the Navy.

They owned and operated
Pettitt Photos in downtown
Castlegar from 1954 to 1979.

They have two sons Craig
of New Denver, and Darryl of
Rossland.

Pettitts enjoy 50th anniversary

Gordon and Victoria Pettitt celebrate golden day.

College runners take title

Congratulations to Coach Derek
Peregrym and his Selkirk Saints
Cross-Country Running team for

thinking skills and problem-
solving were key skills being
promoted. Education strives to
be ingful and . hot

the P 1 Champi-
onships in collegiate cross-country
running Oct. 23 at the University
College of the Fraser Valley in

overlooking skills such as
spelling, language and especial-
ly reading. Children are now
encouraged to help each other
and come to understand, hope-
fully, that ‘learning® is a life
long skill.

Please phone 368-8363, 368-
9677 or 365-6187 for informa-
tion or carpool.

d. Thanks to a sterling
finish provincially, the Saints will
have seven runners competing at
the Interprovincial championships
in Kelowna on Nov. 14.

Cosmic ski movie

Selkirk College Athletics pre-
sents this season's hottest ski
movie “Cosmic Winter” tonight,
Nov. 9 at the Rossland High
School auditorium at 8 p.m. Tick-
éts are $4 and are available from
Mallards in Castlegar and Trail.

New program starts

Applications are invited for a
new that begins in Trail
Dec. 5 when Selkirk College, in
partnership with the Trail
Regional Hospital, offers the

nine-month Medical Transcrip-
tionist Advanced Training pro-
gram. Training takes place at the
Trail Regional Hospital where
students gain familiarity with
state-of-the-art di

details, contact the Trail Campus.

Try residence

With winter weather just
around the comer, why not duck
the to College this win-

and transcription systems.

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Admission is open to those
with prior certification in Office
Administration or equivalent
work experience, the capacity to
type 60 words per minute and
evidence of completion of cours-
es in advanced wordperfect and
basic medical terminology.
Prerequisite training is avail-
able at the Trail Campus prior to
the program start date. For

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best of our ability. In order to stay ahead of your
needs, we've developed a “Member Attitude Survey.”
This survey has been designed with you in mind.
The information will help us to deliver more
personalized service to you, our members. Next time
you visit one of our locations, take a minute and fill
out the survey. A completed survey form will enter
you into a draw to win one of three $100 gift
certificates to Gabe's Restaurant. At Castlegar
Savings Credit Union we're interested in you. So

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ter by residing on campus. Kekuli
House Student Residence at the
Castlegar Campus has space
available on a monthly or by the
semester basis. Residence appli-
cations may be obtained at any
Selkirk College centre. For
details and current rates, contact
the Residence Manager at the
Castlegar Campus.

Last date Nov. 19

The next and last sitting of the
Language Proficiency Index test
for this calendar year is November
19 at the Castlegar Campus. This
test is a measure of English com-
petency and is a prerequisite for
admission to many post-
courses. In order to write the LPI
registration with UBC is necessary.
Registration forms are available
from Selkirk College Counselling
offices in Nelson and Castlegar.

Quebec author here

The Department of Languages
and Literature invites anyone
interested to attend a reading by
Quebec writer Jean-Paul Daoust
on Thursday, Nov.10 at 12:15pm
in SEN-113. Mr. Daoust’s
appearance is co-sponsored by
the Canada Council.

Kids course tonight

A “Kids are Non-Divorce-
able” workshop will be held at
the Castlegar Campus tonight,
Nov. 9 and again at Brent
Kennedy School in South Slocan
on Nov. 14.

A series of Christmas Floral
Design courses begins Nov. 8 and
meets Nov. 15, 23 to create a dif-
ferent project each time. A Cana-
dian Red Cross Standard First
Aid course begins Nov. 16. To
register for any of the courses
mentioned, contact Conti

Sandra Anderson:
a success story

“Submited

Sandra Anderson was identi-
fied as dyslexic while she was in

school.
You wouldn't think so to see

couldn't meet the demands in the
jobs she found. Her disability dis-
torted her depth perception. It
was ible for her to give a
good haircut - “things kind of

Her third employer soon real-
ized that Anderson would never
make a hairdresser, but was

conference in Vancouver slong
with her tutor, Margaret R
son, and Learning pemppaid
instructor, Catherine Schnare, to
share her own educational history
as an example of what's attain-
able when alternatives and sup-
port are available.

For her appearance at the Adult
Special Education conference in
February,

coping strategies - what worked,
what didn’t - and involved Ander-
son’s tutor, Margaret Robertson in
the presentation.

After months of practice,
Anderson's presentation in Van-
couver was a conference high-
light. Schnare reported that
nearly all of the 60 registered

d by her
knowledge of theory and her

good nature, reliability, punctual-

” and she was impressed
with my abilities as an

dence of her progress and deter-
mination and agreed to allow her
to take the program on a4 part-
time basis.

Meanwhile, over the summer,
she enrolled in a distance on
chology course through the
Learning Agency. “lt was on i
remembers Anderson, who relied
on the help of a friend and taped
texts to complete the reading and
prepare assignments. With these
and some of the specialized
learning resources available at
the College, she managed to pass
the course.

The Special Needs prog

but she concluded that with my
difficulties the furthest I could go
would be as an assistant.”

In order to be eligible for
admission to the Special Needs
Careers program in Castlegar,
Anderson needed to complete the
English 12 requirement. To do
this, she enrolled in the Adult
Basic Education (ABE) Bilao
at the Nelson Campus. This time,
when again assessed by Schnare,

instructors recommended she
limit herself to one or two cours-
es per semester. Using equipment
such as the Kurzweil Reader, a
tape recorder and a word proces-
sor, and with extra time to write
tests and the continuing help of

In her second semester she
enrolled in two courses, and sees
herself the p in

she was placed at the
ate level for English and math.
Even with the help of learning
aids such as readers, tutors, extra

and

participants attended Ander-
son's presentation and found
her to be exceptional.

“Most students who have a
learning disability are unaware of
the degree of on

time to comp
exams, it took her ay year-and-a-
half to complete English 12.

Her application to the Special

three years. This spring, a as part

of the program, Anderson partici-

pated in a job shadowing exercise

that took her into the classroom

to acquire first-hand experience

in working with children with
ial needs.

“Sandra has succeeded beyond
our i ” observed Jan

possible within the College, ” said

the instructors saw evi-
program

Lindsay, head of the Human Ser-
vices Department.

“We agly
self disclosure so we can imple-
ment possible remedies early in
their learning experience.”

She maintains that image by
continuing to self-advocate as a
member of the Disability Aware-
ness Committee at the Castlegar
Campus. She is the first to exer-
cise the provisions of the “Stu-
dents with Disabilities”

idelii and to take
of the accommodations permitted
to allow her participation in regu-
lar college’classes.

* A student at Selkirk College
for the last four-and-a-half years,
Anderson, now 25, has complet-
ed one vocational program and
returned to college to pursue a
career as a teacher's aide working
with children with special needs.

Other than providing Anderson
with a reader to help her under-
stand questions on her tests, her
local high school made little
effort to accommodate her dis-
ability. She was passed along
from teacher to teacher, through
grade after grade, right through
graduation with a basic grade 12
diploma. She sensed an attitude
on the part of her teachers that,
“it doesn’t make any difference—

* you'll Probably end up getting
married anyway,’ as if ‘my educa-
tion wasn’t important.”

As Anderson recollects,”...

after high school, romance led in
a different direction and I
became a single parent.” With
only a high school diploma and
no formal training, job opportu-
nities were minimal. Back to
home with her mother, she found
herself living with her infant
daughter on social assistance.

Determined to live independent-
ly and establish her career, Ander-
son elected to train as a hairdresser.
It was in 1989 that assessment tests
for

Education in Castlegar.

Nelson
learner with serious reading and
mi
The assessment results were
nothing new to Anderson. Her
attitude was one of denial. She'd

We're Over The Limit On Speeding.

Please, Slow Down.

FRASER RIVER SOCKEYE
PUBLIC REVIEW BOARD

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Public Review Board has been appointed to examine
management of the Fraser River sockeye. The Board’s main objec-

tives are:
* to identify the

for the discr ies in the

expected and actual number of sockeye salmon arriv-
ing on the spawning grounds
*to evaluate the accuracy of the Pacific Salmon

Cc rene

for run sizes and

sockeye escapement in the Fraser River

+ to make

on how any can

be corrected, beginning in 1995.

Sandra Anderson uses the Kurzweil si! Reader to help overcome her learning disabill-
ties and succeed in meeting prerequisite admission requirements to the Special

Needs Careers program.

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What are land c
we negotiating t!
Land claims are formal reque:

issues about land and resourc
for more than 100 years.

Backgrounder No.1

RESOLVING
LAND CLAIMS IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA

asking the federal and provincial governments to negotiate

Unlike most of Canada, the first European settlers in
B.C. negotiated very few treaties with First Nations regarding
the use of land and resources.

Treaties are being negotiated now to end land-use
uncertainty in B.C., and because the courts have said that
treaty negotiations — not costly court battles — are the best way
to reach fair and lasting solutions.

laims, and why are
hem now?

sts made by Aboriginal people,

es that have remained unresolved

A report must be presented to the Minister of Fisheries and
Oceans by February 28, 1995.

The Board will be holding its first public meetings at
the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, between 9:00 am —
12:00 noon and 1:30 pm — 4:30 pm on

Wednesday, November 23, 1994
Friday, November 25, 1994
Tuesday, November 29, 1994

Interested persons or groups are invited to make presenta-
tions to the Board with respect to any of the matters within its
mandate. Written briefs are preferred but oral presentations may
be accepted.

Please advise the Board as soon as possible of your intent to
appear. Written briefs will be welcomed immediately and must
be received no later than November 18, 1994. Your briefs should
be addressed to the Executive Director at the address below and
should be limited to 20 pages

Further public meetings will be held from time to time and
in various places as the Board’s work proceeds and these meet-
ings will be advertised. To find out more about participating in
the Board’s review, call our toll-free information line:

1-800-591-9299

Sheila-Marie Cook, Executive Director

Fraser River Sockeye Public Review Board

650 - 580 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3B6
Phone: (604) 666-4665 Fax (604) 666-4666

or write:

It is the job of your provincial government to make sure your
interests are both represented and protected through open and
inclusive treaty negotiations.

The B.C. government has asked the federal government
and First Nations to join us in opening negotiations to the pub-
lic and ensuring that information is shared as widely as possible.

When land claims negotiations are about to begin in
your area, we will organize community meetings where you'll
have the chance to speak directly with negotiators. At the same
time, we will establish regional committees — with representa-
tives from business, environmental, fish and wildlife, labour and
social welfare groups — to directly advise negotiators.

And following the provincial government's recent agree-
ment with municipalities, local governments will be appointing
an individual from each region to work with negotiators to
ensure that community interests are fully represented.

@
Who's representing my interests?

Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs
908 Pandora Ave.
Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4

Government of British Columbia

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d coping to get
herself through high school. She
thought she would do the same
in college.

“| was firmly in denial thinking
that my learning disability would
not interfere with my plans to

the Hairdressing program war-
ranted the upgrading indicated by
my basic skills assessment.’

With the verbal teaching style
utilized in the program and the
repetition of tasks to facilitate her
leaming, Anderson completed the
Hairdressing program in 1990.
From there she found work as @
hairdresser, but discovered she

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