Charlotte Diamond and her Hug Bugs N. Shore Now: 25 Display Advertising 980-0511 Classifieds $86-6222 Car wash wrangle escalates _ THE, OPERATOR of the Oasis Car Wash at Park -- Royal removed the equipment _-Monday.from the West Van- “gouver, car wash as a legal “wrangle developed between . him: and the new owners of the Park Royal . Shopping - Centre. . Elgin. Arnold, had | operated. the business. at the site since 1963, The car wash was operated “on land. leased to Arnold by Britisn = Pacific Properties Lid., the: former. owners of the Park Royal, Shopping Centre. ‘ Park ; Royal Larco : Investments | “1990. The ‘term of the: car wash lease expired in August, and “the ~ business’ continued to. Operate onsa month- to-" month basis. : ‘On Christmas Eve, Arnold. received a notice:;from: the : _ shopping “centre director ‘for “Maple Leaf Property "Management. . ‘The fetter’ atvised Arnold that his Park Royal: tenancy . ': was terminated effective Jan. was sold to Lid. in OASIS CAR Wash owner Elgin Arnold stands alongside a truck. loaded’ with equipment removed from his Park Royal location. Arnold has been told to vacate the West Vancouver. ‘Premises and leave all the car. ‘wash equipment behind, effective Jan. 31, THE WEST Vancouver District 45 School Board (WSR) told by Education Minister. Anita is facirg a..$1 million budget shortfall for the 1993-94. Hagen that funding for District school year, due to funding cutbacks announced last week ~45’s 198. “94 schoo! jear will be. by Premier Mike Harcourt, WVSB vice-chairman Jean nut Hagen said that a $602,000 Ferguson said Monday.’ special-purpose grant’ for District “AS a result, Ferguson said the : 45 will be eliminated. school board cannot afford salary - « She added that there will be no increases for its teachers and other funding to cover inflationary in- cost-sharing, contract demands creases in supply or operating | H such as a class-size clause without | | Contract talks | continue | with District 44 teachers VANCOUVER _ Teachers Association (NVTA) president Linda Watson. said this week that contract talks NORTH _ imum of $61,086 for a teacher with a master’s degree. District 44. teachers currently work .187 days per year; five of By Surj Rattan ‘News Reporter >: ms 1% wage ‘hike: retroactive to July costs. threatening programs for. students and jobs.“ _ Meanwhile, the West Vancouver Teachers’ has: voted 78%" in. favor of strike ‘action to back contract demands. “The union was in a legal strike position..on- Monday. Contract talks between the union and the. District 45 board have broken off. '- Ferguson said the funding.cut- . backs: announced last week after Harcourt’s televised financial ad- dress will make..the: WVSB’s 1993-94. budget $1° million: than: . She made the comment after the WVTA rejected the WVSB’s latest contract offer, which included a Association (WVTA): less it. would have been under: previous fi financing arrangements. .* The union received 7% wage increases. in .each year of its previous two-year contract. Ferguson said the WYSB was student programs*and jobs, ‘with a further $1 miition removed “Our progrant is to preserve and © See Labor relations page ‘WV TEACHERS’ SALARIES : @ The ‘average ‘annual West Vancouver’ texcher’s salary is $49, 757. Teachers in the district are also eligible for 38, 528 in benefits, which raises the average salary total to $58,285. @ A teacher with a master’s degree and 10%years’. experience is, paid $60,076 and is eligible for benefits of $10, 213, ‘for a total compensation. package of $70,289 annually... © District 45 teachers work 192 days” per year; five of those days are’ professional, or non-teaching, days. @ Teacher salaries: account for $17,879,010, ‘or about 56%, of District 45's total operating budget of $32, 083, 900. between the ‘union and. the ‘North Vancouver District 44 School Board (NVSB).are con- tinuing and that no strike vote is planned. District 44 teacher. ' salaries, ._ including benefits, account for “$51,494,405, or approximately -59%, of -the’ district's * $87,691,745 operating budget. “The average District 44 teacher salary .without benefits 4s $50,350.’ The average teacher “salary with benefits is $57,701. Salaries for North Vancouver teachers. currently range from $30,856 a. “year for a. teacher - with no experience to a max~ those days are professional, non-teaching, days. Education Minister . Anita Hagen has said . that her - ministry will increase the pro- vince’s ‘education, budget . by $100 million for the 1993- 94 school year. : ‘ She added that’ while the | $100 million increase, which amounts to an overall budget hike of 3%, is aimed at main- ‘taining a high level of educa- _ tion services and providing some new initiatives, individual school boards are Tesponsible: for. : setting their own’ budget priorities.