NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

SEYMOUR ART Gallery volunteer Carmen Jones shows off a
work created by Capllano College student Marianne Garbsch.
The gallery is exhibiting work by first-and second-year
diploma students and by members of the Art Institute until

* July 4.

:  Bpsy boaters are
- dangerous to all

THE WEST | ‘Vancouver Police

Department has launched a Crime

Wave CounterAttack campaign.
“The ‘campaign will attempt to

educate boaters about the dangers

of boating while impaired.

Const. Jamie Gibson said. road
safety and water safety have a lot
in common: vehicles and vessels

‘require that someone be responsi-
‘ble for their operation.. ©

~ “Operating ‘a boat while im-
paired by alcohol or drugs.is not
just dangerous, it is a criminat of-
fence under the Criminal Code of
Canada,”’ said Gibson. ©

He said the penalties for im-

paired driving are:

@® a maximum five-year ‘jail term
for a first offence;

@ a maximum 10-year jail term if
someone is injured;

@ a maximum 14-year jail term if
someone is killed;

@ a minimum fine of $300.

In addition, an insurance com-
pany may not pay damages for
someone who causes an accident
while impaired. Also, an impaired
boater will be prohibited from
operating a vessel and could Jose
their driver’s licence for up to
three months. _

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Open Letter to Parents of Children
in North Vancouver Schools

Dear Parents,

The teachers of North Vancouver, after over one year of negotiating with
the School Board, now have only a few remaining unresolved issues, including
class size and support for students with special needs. To resolve these final
issues, we have asked the North Vancouver School Board to enter into volun-
tary binding arbitration. The School Board said ‘no’

FACT .
The Labour Relations Board mediator recommended to both parties that

the only way to achieve resolution cf these outstanding issues was through
binding arbitration. The teachers of North Vancouver said ‘yes’; the School
Board said “no”

FACT

North Vancouver is one of only two school districts in the Lower Mainland
which are not either in binding arbitration for contract resolution or have
achieved an agreement. The other district is Burnaby and those teachers also
are seeking to enter arbitration.

FACT

80% of all school districts in British Columbia have concluded negotiations.
North Vancouver school district is not funded differently from those, nor are
North Vancouver teachers asking for move funding. School Board budgets

are set by the provincial Ministry of Education. We are not asking that the. |

North Vancouver. school budget be increased. We do believe that Board
priorities need to be re-examined. For instance, the Board is planning to spend _.
$2 million less on classoom instruction in 1993-94 than is actually provided:
by the Ministry, while overspending on school administration by $ A mniition.

‘North Vancouver teachers have been in a legal strike position s since 2 April
however, we have only withdrawn services for a total of four hours. We told’
the Board we would cease all job actions if the Board would agree to volun-
tary binding arbitration. The Board said mo.

FACT

FACT

Our negotiators have agreed to work through the summer. to resolve’ the
outstanding issues. The Board has responded by giving teachers 2 a ‘final offer’
and saying they will not negotiate further.’:

FACT — oy

action by t teachers i in September Gal wvithdrawal of cenvices) wil Pin:
closure of schools in North Vancouver and teachers will be eaislated. into '
binding arbitration, the very. binding * arbitration: which: North Vaiicouver. .
teachers have voluntarily requested and to which: ihe Board has said, ol a

FACT Es
The teachers of. North Vancouver, and the many ‘parents who have | spo en .
to us during the past full year of negotiations, believe that < a ‘Board which says me

“No! to voluntary arbitration,

No! to summer school,

No! to reasonable class sizes,

No! to support for students with special needs,

is not acting in the best interests of our community nor in the best interest
of our children.

Please call your Board of. School Trustees today (987-8141) if”
-you, like many other parents, think ‘ ‘enough is enough’ acid it’s -
time to agree to binding arbitration. gone

Yours truly,

North Vancouver Teachers’ Association

: [reacrens ASSC CATION