NEWS Sunday, November 4. 1990 - North Shore News - 5 College wants to capture residents’ hearts, minds COLLEGE institution of CAPILANO must trance scholarship the college of- first WEST VANCOUVER Teachers, board back to bargaining CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS between the North Vancouver District 44 School Board (NVSB) and the North Vancouver Teachers’ Association (NVTA) are on again after having collapsed earlier this year. The NVTA is negotiating for its second collective agreement. The union's first contract expired in June. NVTA president Linda Watson said that while the two sides are now back at the bargaining tabic, negotiations have been slow. “It’s like everywhere cise, it’s slow going,’’ said Watson. “We're still talking.’’ Other than wages, which Watson said is a **key factor in any negotiations,’’ the union is also negotiating on the issue of quality become the choice in the minds of not just North Shore citizens but people throughout the province. By Patrick Raynard Contributing Writer And the college is determined to provide the current programs, the top-notch faculty, and the strong support services needed to earn that distinction. This was the message Capilano College president Dr. Doug Jar- dine and academic studies dean Dr. Frank Gelin brought force- fully to last Monday's meeting of the West Vancouver District 45 School Board. Beginning the presentation on a SCHOOL BOARD per cent.”* in the 1984-85 academic year 60 per cent of focal high school graduates attending post -secon- dary education were registered at Capilano Coilege, Jardine said, an especially notable percentage given the wide choice of post-secondary institutions available in the Lower Mainland. Jardine said he personally does some recruiting of students in every secondary school, public and private, on the North Shore, and js especialiy proud of the en- fers one sudent in each secondary school in the college region. On a community level, the col- lege has played an instrumental role in creating both an economic development commission and an arts commission in concert with the three municipalities. Speaking on siudent admissions, Dr. Frank Gelin told trustees that the college has Iong ago done away with the policy of first come, first served. “Our assumption is that the better our students are, the better they will be as graduates. Heaith & Filnéss'Goed-Facilities. education. Energy Minister announcing the funding. plete. range of community initiatives. GO B.C. is a capital funding program that uses the proceeds from lotteries operated by the B.C. Lottery Corp. to assist a wide NVD gets wave pool funds NORTH VANCOUVER District $333,333 payment of a $1-million GO B.C. (Growth and Oppor- tunities) grant to help construct the new $5.1 million aquatic cen- tre at recCentre Karen Magnussen. Jack Davis, couver-Seymour, joined Provincial Secretary Howard Dirks in recently received the firsi MLA for North Van- The facility’s expansion will include a wave pool, toddler pool and whirlpool, a weight and fitness room, a multi-purpose room for seniors and teenagers and space for maintenance. The project, which will be built by North Vancouver-based Darwin Construction Ltd., is expected to take one year to com- Problems blamed on alcohol From page 3 divorce proceedings in a case he was handling in 1983. The client’s divorce proceeding took place in April of that year. Hundal advised the client that the divorce would be final three months from the filing date. In December the client became engaged. The client said her wed- ding was subsequently delayed because her divorce had not gone through as expected. She eventual- ly finalized the divorce herself and laid a complaint against Hundal. The Law Society also cited Hundal with a number of breaches of trust of accounting rules, including: ¢ failing to maintain requisite books and ledgers; * failing to make bank and trust reconciliations; *transferring funds from _ his trust account to his general ac- count without rendering bills; eand depositing directly to his general account without rendering bills. Other citations included: * failing to respond to cor- respondence from the Legal Ser- vices Society, which was seeking information on one of his former clients; e misleading a client and an opposing party in a civil action involving ICBC; © breaching numerous trust ac- count rules; * failing to comply with a hear- ing committee order; * practising law while suspend- ed in late 1984; *and failing to respond to the Law Society, which was seeking confirmation in 1984) as to whether he had provided an in- vestigating custodian of his prac- tice with all open files. But Hundal pins his problenis as a lawyer on an alcoholic past. Said Hundal, ‘‘What I was, was totally disorganized. If I was to sum up my sense of that time, | was an honest drunk and was un- able to manage my life. “After that I did obtain treat- ment for my alcoholism, and I have been in a program of recov- ery ever since -—— it’s a program that seeks to remain anonymous, so | cannot state the name of the program. | would say that it’s safe to say that | am a recovered alco- holic — its been six years since {’ve had a drink.”’ Hundal said he had been an al- coholic since his teen years. He said he was able to maintain a tenuous balance between his drinking life and his academic ambition to become a lawyer and eventually graduated from UBC Jaw school. He was called to the bar in January 1983. But he said, ‘‘Once I graduated and was called to the bar, my feeling then was, ‘Now the party begins.’ Because all that time | had been controlling my drinking. I went out on my own ... and things went from bad to worse.” Hundal intends to pursue an aldermanic seat on West Van- couver Council despite the con- troversy raised by the recent reve- lations of past misconduct while practising law. And he said he intends to prac- tice law again. **} know that there are other people who are also recovered al- coholics, presently in public office who are some of the finest people in B.C., if not Canada, and | look forward to working with them,” he said. Hundal, an environmental ac- tivist, is currently involved in a bid to preserve a stand of old- growth forest in an area pegged for a golf course at Cypress Ridge in West Vancouver. a GADSBY, Joan E. Experienced Accountable Leadership philosophical note, Jardine told -901-West.16th SL,.N. Vans... the trustees that ‘tto be an institu- don of first choice you have to be proud of the fact that you are the best. You have to declare it, dem- onstrate it, and make no apologies for it.*” One of the reasons for Capilano College’s ambition is that the North Shore is the most highly educated population in the pro- Vinee. OF those who are 15 years of age and older, SS per cent have graduated from high school. The provincial figure is 35 per cent. In the same age group ‘tonly five per cent have a Grade 8 or less educa- Hon. The provincial figure is 19 Ciyde’s background includes a Guinness world record for crossing Canada in 96 days and c 100 mile tun at Empire Stadium. As a ski rac- ff ing coach for Grouse Min., Clyde § developed a keen interest in get- § ting people fit for the stopes. NOW & is the time to call Ciyde and have him set up a Powercise program § featuring 8 personalized B : ; ; pumanoid goaches ols a soecitic a z : cardio and weig! raining pro- ff Clyde McRae cram designed just for you! 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