4 a a = THE VOICE Newsstand Price 50¢ December 18, 1983 Trustee Regan claims ‘victory’ SUPREME COURT Justice Patricia Proudfoot has ruled School District 44 actions irregular bul not unjust in throwing out trustee Ross Regan’s challenge of seniority provisions in the 1984 con- tract with teachers. The irregularity refered to notified of the special tin the decison, was Proud meeting under cither = the foots decision that Regan School Act or the board's had not been properly own provisions Newsroom 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 days PAGE A5 SUNDAY sunny MONDAY sunny Point Atkinson SUNDAY NEWS phojen;Terry Peters WHAT GOES up: eventually comes down. But sometimes you aced a little help. Meow the cat.spent three days'perched on a transformer at t top of a Mahon Avenue power pole before outraged citizens finally pressured someon, Into moving. Tharsday, Rick Austorm of Transpower Construction went up to cut the power, enabling him {o grab the cat.and return it to owners Tom Greenback and Lola Aguirre, pictured above with the SPCA’s Tom VanGilder. Everyoue wen Justice Proudfoot resected the stand of — the distract chat school the chairman is allowed to call special meetings without specifying what would be discussed By NEWS STAB Regan OPLEMastre despite the ruling. saying ina press release that the justice did not overthrow the board Motion approving the 1984 contract wtth teachers because she “probably was believed that to do sa would be futile since the Board would probably have passed the same resolution again" ‘Yo consider the moral «ase oa Regan said this ate the parents and children because the (scmiortty) clause is stillin the contract ve tory | Phe losers ca comtends that othe Regan SCHOOLS cbause negotiated between the board and its teachers mean thal compe lesser cn lard off tent teachers with perience oinay be when budgct Posted trons tighten in EYNS the judgement, delivered Wednesday, holds that there was an irregularity in the call ing of the Nov 13> special meeting that ratified the agreement. but that (no in justice was done The stand wrote Justice Proud foot ot tesolution well would be unwar ranted to quash this resolu thon Kegan had argucd that then school board Chaimman Cnet Philip Joc had tailed to hve up to provisions of the t home happy. UDGE BACKS NV School Act and of the district's operations polices by not providing written houice of the meeting not stating the purpose of the special mecting Bill Friesen. president of the North Vanvcourecs Peachers Association, had a harsh reaction to the suat “tt was a waste of time and moacy ‘Trustee Brsesen said Regan pul the school board to an expense of time and moncy that could have been used to improve educational services |)