Fastest on the slopes AND AWAY he goes! Never before has a Canadian male skier won a World Cup downhill in his home country. Twenty-three-year-old Rob Boyd’s stunning wim in Satur- day’s Molson World Downhill at Whistler has earned him the title of hero. The victory came after Boyd had two consecutive World Cup wins in Val Gardena, Italy, before finishing third there in December. The home-town favorite beat Daniel Mabrer, who finished .17 se- conds behind Boyd, Franz Heinzer and Peter Mueller. 3 - Wednesday, March f, 1989 - North Shore News ‘ + aashn haat a deal idiltentetee tee aaratan ee Te . YAROS WU) Perea eae HN AB PaO hE ier a < wv NEWS photo Cindy Bellemy THE ST. Alice wails come tumbling dewn. Photographed Mouday, this Bobcat mini-excavator is used to collapse the upper portions of the building. Although the hotel had been listed in the North Vancouver City heritage inventory as a primary historic building, it is making way for a new high-rise development. The hotel was once used as a point of navigation by early sailors. Increased benefits called for From page 1 instructors at the top of the college scale teaching a full-duty 8.5 sec- tions (or courses) are currently paid $46,539 annually. The CCFA‘s proposed 10-step pay schedule would range from $34,000 up to $53,000. Salaries are based on 10-month years. The college and the CCFA agreed in January to acctpt media- tor Donald Munroe’s instructor workload recommendations that had the overall effect of reducing the college’s definition of a full- duty instructor load from the cur- rent nine to 8.5 sections. Instruc- tors working a full-duty load will Business ............ Classified Ads.......... 38 Comics................ 36 Or. Ruth........ seeeeee 34 North Shore Now....... Sports ..........-.06- TY Listings......... hee What's Going 0 therefore be required to work a half section less to earn the. same salary they made for working nine sections, which is now considered overtime. The new workload definition will officially be adopted Aug. I, but payments for instructors cur- rently working nine sections will be retroactive to Jan. 1 because the new definition is a term of the cur- rent collective agreement between the college ai.J the faculty. Though faculty representatives argue that the new workload agreement is a return to a more equitable full-duty workload definition, not a wage increase, Holter said the college will still have to pay someone to teach the current number of college courses if it is to maintain its current ser- vice level. In additicy to the wage increase demand, the CCFA wants faculty allotted an annua! leave every sixth year to allow for ‘‘professional renewal’'; and increased job secu- rity, better access te >enefits and access to the government’s college pension plan for part-time and temporary college employees. The CCFA represents approxi- mately 145 full-time and 190 part- time college instructors, counsellors, librarians and other professional employees at the col- lege. WEATHER Wednesday, cloudy with flurries. Thursday, mostly cloudy. Highs near 2°C, iow 6. NEWS photo Terry Peters SCRAPS gets federal funds A NORTH Shore group working to improve the process of determining adequate maintenance payments for children of broken families has received federal funding to launch a four-month support program for custodial parents attempt- ing to secure child support. The Society for Children’s Rights 10 Adequate Parental Sup- port (SCRAPS) initiated the SCRAPS Model Legal Project Feb. |. The project has been designed to provide applicants with informa- tion 2bout legal rights and the court process; assistance in prepar- ing a realistic budget for child support needs; assessment of fi- nancial statements supplied by the respondent; comparative personal financial statements and a report outlining the tax effects of support payments; case history and reie- vant documentation for a legal aid lawyer; liaison with the lawyer, family court counsellors and court staff to ensure coordination of services. The program is funded with money from the Secretary of State, a federal body responsible for the government’s domestic human rights interests. The government has provided just over $10,000 towards funding SCRAPS pro- grams. Several focal lawyers have vol- unteered to help implement the project. The project is being con- ducted in family courts throughout the Lower Mainland. Said SCRAPS executive director Susan Milliken: ‘tA lot of people go to court unrepresented, are not eligible for legal aid, or can’t af- ford it. Often good decisions aren’t meade because there hasn’t been an adequate discussion of fi- nancial information. With the new provincial maintenance enforce- ment program, it’s become more important to get a good amount with the first order.”’ According to Milliken, once the original child support amount has been decided in court, any subse- quent attempt to alter the amount is difficult. “If you can’t demonstrate a change in financial circumstances, it's difficult to change it. Some- times people consent to amounts that are not adequate,”’ she said. A child support order may often seem reasonable, but once the tax implications are considered the net amount received is less than ade- By MICHAEL SECKER News Reporter ; ’ a FY Ho SCRAPS executive divcctor Susan Milliken ...‘‘A lot of people go to court unrepresented, are not eligi- ble for legal aid, or can’t afford it.”" quate to cover the cost of raising a child. For example, if a single parent with two children and an annual salary of $16,573 a year receives the national average support pay- ment of $342 per month, she will net after tax, $241 per month. Milliken, who is providing accoun- ting services for the legal project, estimates the custodial parent would need $488 to actually take home $342. The average support order covers less than half the minimal cost of raising a child. SCRAPS estirnates the cost of raising a child in a lower middle class household was $600 per month last year. One in five B.C. families are headed by single parents. Said SCRAPS volunteer board chairperson Pear! McKenzie: ‘‘The SCRAPS intention is that children should suffer as little as possible in a@ marriage breakdown. We'd like to promote a more equitable shar- ing of the responsibility for sup- ort."” Said Milliken: ‘‘We want a refocus on the needs of the children, rather than the lifestyles or expenses of the purents.”’ For more information about the SCRAPS model legal project con- tact Pearl McKenzie at 985-7138.