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South Cariboo Rhythmic Gymnastics Club members Emily Glen, front, Asia Hindmarsh and Lyda Crossem took part in a group routine at a year-end gala in 100 Mile House on May 22. A large audience was in attendance for the spirited gymnastics performances at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre. “The girls had so much fun,” says coach Sang-Hee Robinson. “It was absolutely perfect. I couldn't ask for anything more.”
Society balks at arena use answers On April 28, a response from the 100 Mile Agriplex Society was sent to the individual equestrians and some members of the 100 Mile & District Outriders Club who had insisted they need answers to questions that surfaced during a heated March 4 meeting. The horse owners want more information about gaining access to the old Stan Halcro Arena for equestrian use. Jenny Bakken, who speaks as an individual equestrian (who is an Outriders member) and was at the March 4 meeting, says the society’s reply is inadequate.
Details have been out- fee “as low as $25 [an] hour standing since that meeting depending on memberon membership costs, hour- ship fee and volunteer hours ly usage rates, and an arena worked,” and noted other schedule, she says, groups are paying adding she was dis$1,500 a year plus appointed with the $20 per hour. “u n p r o f e s s i o n a l ” “This is not a response. price list, this has no The April 28 structure at all,” says e-mail to 10 attendBakken. “There is no ees, signed by five application form; it’s Agriplex board memcompletely unorgaJENNY bers, briefly states all nized.” BAKKEN the required inforShe explains the mation was “laid out Agriplex Society had in the handout” at the meet- agreed to provide the equine ing, including “the plan, cost enthusiasts with answers to and conditions” for equine six questions narrowed down use. at the meeting, as noted by its That handout refers to a then-director, meeting chair
John McCarvill. These included a clarification of the terms, establishing the costs, determining a drop-in fee, and other answers still outstanding, Bakken adds. “If it was already handed out ... at that meeting, why would [McCarvill] say ‘I would get back to you with all this information’?” Society chair Peter Reid notes he pointed out at the meeting that these issues are moot, as the society recently had the lease agreement changed to exclude “individuals” from arena use. Continued on A3
The British Columbia School Trustees Association (BCSTA) held its 111th annual general meeting in Vancouver, April 16-19. This year’s conference theme was Relationships and Governance: Common ground, common purpose. Trustees from school boards around the province met and debated a number of submitted motions toward the BCSTA’s advocacy efforts in the coming year, and participated in some professional development activities. School District #27 (SD27) board’s BCSTA Provincial Council representative, Trustee Sheila Boehm (Zone 5-Williams Lake Fringe), attended the AGM. “It’s always good to get together with the whole province and see what [other boards] are talking about and what the issues are for all of us,” says Boehm. “Some of the most common ones [included] our frustration over the administration savings ... mostly that the government had to take some of our savings in administration.” She notes the Ministry of Education made a blanket decision to find $29 million in savings from public school administration, with no allowance for districts to decide where cost reductions might best be made. SD27 has already made administrative Continued on A6