a4 Wednesday, February 10, 1993 @ Selkirk makes pitch to Fulton Corinne Jackson NEWS REPORTER The Kootenay Post-Secondary Education and Training Review project may be under fire. However, Leo Perra says it may be the best thing that could have happened for the area. “I feel pretty positive about the whole process,” the poe, Ae president said. Perra said the college board has accepted Fulton as the review chair and is making the most of it by preparing a brief and asking for public response. Advanced Education Minister Tom Perry, Economic Development Minister David Zirn- helt and Tourism Minister Darlene Marzari came under fire in December when they ap- pointed Fulton to head up the review. Fulton was a consultant to Nelson University Centre in their bid for degree-granting status. Perra said Fulton’s appointment has “been i , but the board hasn't taken any posi- tion.” He said the college wants to put the ap- pointment behind them and concentrate on the school’s future. “It’s the best opportunity we’ve had... to meaningfully discuss the reinstatement of arts related pi ing in the interior (since the Provincial Access Committee for Post Sec- ondary Education in 1988),” Perra said. As with past reviews, Perra said the college is pushing for locally available degrees and is looking towards adopting a university-college status model. According to Perra, the model will allow the college better flexibility in devel- oping their own programs and making sure de- grees are locally-available. The college is also pushing for the reinstate- ment of visual and fine arts programs that were cut in 1984 with the closure of David Thompson University Centre in Nelson. Perra said the short-turnaround time for re- sponses to the brief is unfortunate, but he added that comments are welcomed and en- couraged. Ministry moves in for bridge work NEWS STAFF The Ministry of Transportation and High- ways is moving in. The province has plans to convert one of its acquired homes on Columbia Avenue into an office. The ministry will use the house — lo- cated at 118 Columbia Ave. — as an on-site of- fice during the construction of the Castlegar- Robson bridge. A news release from the ministry states that a community liaison committee will be struck to “define areas where co-ordination and co-operation between agencies is required to manage the sensitive interface between con- struction activities and the community.” Already, the contractors for the bridge are beginning to assemble its construction crews. SCI Engineers and Contractors are ex to begin clearing the site next week. 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OF THE CARIBOO BOX 3010, KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA V2C 5N3 @ Intervenors rall to avert proposed electricity rate as numbers game gets underway Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER A utilities hearing has begun listening. Submissions began Monday in Castlegar over a proposed water rate increase by B.C. Hydro upon West Kootenay Pow- er. Some 20 groups, ranging from political bodies to inde- pendent businesses have signed on to oppose the move before the B.C. Utilities Com- mission. Nelson-Creston MLA | Corky Evans stated he was appearing not as a represen- tative of the government but rather to speak for his con- stituents. i “The general public thinks that what you're doing here has a little to do with taxa- tion,” Evans told the BCUC. “And if B.C. Hydro doesn’t pay * taxes and (WKP) does, then WKP’s Mike Bradshaw Brian L. Brown. 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