Shoolboa 0rd, raises'. tees for facil"ities By Mark Reesor Non-profit groups will pay 10 per cent more this year ta rent space in Durham Board of Edu- cation schoôls but only in facili- ties in which ?e caver less than. 70percentofopratingucosts. Commercial ueers will also pa more;! fees are being increased where necessary, to ensure the board makes a minimum 100 per cent profit. Commercial' fees are higher because the board didn't want owners of private halls feeling the board was competing with them using their taxi dollars, says board superintendent Bilan Cain, who notes "ini many ini- stance? the board fee is stili below comparable private rates. Trustees were told the ini- creases will mean fees will rise ALEX KISH (Ieft) and teacher Robert Harkes in the sheet metal competîtiori there fo r the recently retumed from thie U.S. SkiIIs OIym- second year in a row. pics in Kansas City, Missouri. Kish competed Photo by Peter Nilas, Whltby Free Press Kish shows off skiIIs attracted* 8,000 competitors, almost aIl from; the U.S. Last year, Kish won the sheet metal competition -- althougli Canadian entrants are not recog- nized in the awards ceremonies restricted ta, U.S. competitors. "The competitors were mucli better this year,» he says. Entrants have a written test and then perform a skill demonstration, an air-handling itting invol vingsquare ta round and arpcheebow. "I thouglit le did a lot better than what lie placed,» says Robert Harkes, who teaches com- munication . technologies and multi-media at Anderson CVI where Kish is a student. Harkes attended the U.S. event as the Durhanm Board of Education representative and as an advisor ta KNish and a few other students from the board who competed as a result of Winnig bath the Durhamn and Ontari skills competitions. Harkes directs a alilis club at Anderson and lias worked with Kish by giving him sheet metal projects which Kish worked at during school lunch periods, spare periods and after school. Harkes says Kish's skills came partly as a resuit of bis strong work ethic and partly because of bis expeiece working in bis father's window replacement business. He says Kish, if evaîuated an an apprentioeship level, would already place him at an inter- mediate level. «Hes very meticulous and very thorouglh," says'Rager Julian, head ofI the tecli department at Andersan CVI, about Kish. Harkes says Kish's perfor- mance last year at the U.S event was particularly satisf g -- even thouih, as a Canada, lie was wonsîdered an honourary winner only -- since lie beat the best from the U.S. Last year, Kish was one of 200 students from Canada at the U.S. event. There were 70 this year, three of them winning gold. Kish is taking computer engineering technology at Cen- tennial Coilege this faîl, as well as pursuing a sheet metal Bu htden mean a Kish will be unable to compete in next year's skills events, incudng a Canadian skills event in Mon- treal. His brother, Edward, 18, also possesses the abilities that may take him ta the top in the same field. He wasn't in the medals this time around, but Alex Kish was .ust pîeased toagain be part of a huge U.S. camnpetition that fea- tures the best and the brightest students in variaus technologies. The Anderson CVI student fin- ished in the «miiddle of the pack" out of 21 competitors in the sheet metal division of the U.S. Skills Olympics in Kansas City, Mis- sourijune 25 to July 1. «It was a rush,»" says Kish, 19, of this year's Olympics that College captu res gold at- conference Member of the media services department at Durham College was recently awarded with four gold and onesilver award at the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technolagy Committee on Leanung Resources annual conference and media festival in Kompenfelt. Gold awards were won in the Wcategories of best promotional video, best instructional video, photography and instructional graphics print. A silver award was won in the catg~r ofvideo computer Spics The' team involved in the projecta conisisted of Terry Capar, Warren Bekker, Jim Davis, Stuart Ellis and Ray Gubala. The media festival in an annual event held at the ACAATO conferonce. The festival presents the best of the college's in-bouse production of education and promotional materials for that year- from $10 to $11 per night for an' elementary schoal gmad from $20to $22forla high chool gym (not including the goods d services tai). Weekexnd rates are higlier because custodians have to be plaid overtime; the basic rate is 8à an hour Saturdays and $50 an hour Sundays just %t open the door.» During the winter, a $6.75 an hour energy surcharge is char- ged. Staff estimate the board is making between live per cent and. 289 per cent profit on com- mercial rentais this year. It's recoverig 56 per cent ofecosts for elementary school rentaIs by non-profit o s.ecveig 85 per cent of costs for auditorium rentaIs a.nd making a 5.5 percent profit on weekend rentais. Durham and'Trent sign agreemnent.. Durham College and Trent University signed an agreement July 6 te provide high-standing graduates from the three-year environmental .technolagy. diploma program- at Durham College with- advanced standing at Trent University to complete a bachelor of science in environmental and resources studies. Students will be credited, with minimal duplication of- course work, and will complets their degree in mnimmal time. Partnerships with universities have been an ongoing initiative for Durham College through the Durham Alliance for- Training and Education agreement with Charitable students ST. MARK'S CatholijoSohool students present a cheque for $750 to a representa- tive from the Children's Wish Founclation. Ryerson, Trent and - York Durham alo bas partnered with Guelphi University for food and drug graduates and Northwaod University ini Michigan for business administration ,-,,gr-. duates. In last week's edition, a head- line for an article about the Durham separate school board rejecting a ventilation asystem for tsheadquarters building gave an incorrect figure for the cost of the proposedsystem.-, As was indicated in the article, the cost was estimated at about $1 million. The money was raised through a fun fair St. Mak's heldin June. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Press