City/Province The Prince George Citizen - Friday, November 10,1995 - 15 Board keeps UNBC programs linked to real world by KEN BERNSOHN Citizen Staff Alan Ewert has lined up an advisory board to make sure resource recreation and tourism programs at UNBC are relevant in the real world. The members have already changed what’s being taught. Ewert, UNBC chair of resource recreation and tourism programs, was hired years ago by the U.S. Forest Service to study cultural and ethnic influences in recreation close to cities. He established an advisory board with people from different agencies and special interest groups. “I felt setting up a new program at UNBC could benefit from this approach as well,” Ewert said Wednesday. The idea is to help assure that the programs at the university meet real needs of students, the community and prospective employers, because each group may see things differently. Members of the advisory board include Jack Hays of Northwood Pulp and Timber, Hans von Bloedau from the Coast Inn of the North, Tom Madden — Leisure Services director for the City of Prince George, and Terry Hood of the Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism. When they get together with Laura Chanin of the Ministry of Skills Training and Labor, Paul Galbraith of Parks Canada and the other members of the board the conversations are lively. They view both resource-based tourism (outdoors and native heritage mainly) and resource recreation differently from each other. After the first meeting of the group, which also includes Ron Rutledge and John McClary of the B.C. Forest Service, Rick Heathman from B.C. Parks, and Marilyn Quilley of the North by Northwest Tourism Association, there were several suggestions.These included: ■ More project management training in both the tourism and recreation programs; ■ More training for students in conflict resolution and negotiation skills; ■ Having students put together a portfolio of the projects they’re involved in during their stay at UNBC. All these have been adopted. In addition, Ewert is looking at additional ways for students to get real world experience before they graduate. Resource-based tourism, especially firms promoting our natural environment and our native heritage are rapidly expanding in B.C., so Ewert feels students have excellent job prospects. And resource-based recreation is changing along with government restructuring and changes in society. Today, a lot of people move to B.C. because of the quality of life which includes easy access to recreation. 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Ruth is enrolled in the 2nd year University Transfer program and Ben is pursuing a career in Forestry Resource Technology Northwood takes this opportunity to congratulate Ruth and Ben and wish them continued success in their studies. ,A. northuiood ••rh*' pulp and timber limited 148472 Convicted RCMP officers still drawing paycheques KILLER LOOSE IN ABBOTSFORD JUIILLIO by Canadian Press KELOWNA — The RCMP has been paying the wages of two suspended Kelowna detachment members for up to 2 1/2 years, even though both have been convicted of Criminal Code offences. RCMP Insp. Dick Smith has confirmed that wages paid to the two officers — one who has been under suspension with pay for 2 1/2 years and the other for two years — equates in dollars to the annual funding for 4.5 new Kelowna-based officers. This information came to light following recommendations from private consultant Arie Oosthoek, who called for the immediate hiring of 26 new officers, including 16 in Kelowna. Smith declined Wednesday to discuss any specifics of the internal RCMP disciplinary actions against the two officers. The Kelowna Courier says John Bar-riault, an RCMP constable, was found guilty in provincial court in 1992 on a charge of threatening to cause death or serious bodily harm. He was fined $350. Barriault continued on intermittent active duty until he lost an appeal of the conviction in 1993. He was then suspended with pay and continues to collect his salary. Alan Conkin, an RCMP constable, was charged in 1993 with three counts of sexual assault involving one person and one count of assault causing bodily harm involving a second woman. The charges were either dismissed or stayed. Conkin was convicted of a breach of undertaking not to have contact with the female involved in the charge of assault causing bodily harm. He received a suspended sentence on that breach of undertaking. His conviction is under appeal. In the meantime, Conkin continues to receive full pay while under suspension. When asked why the officers haven’t been fired because of the criminal convictions, Smith referred to the force’s internal disciplinary proceedings as laid out by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act. “Criminal proceedings have nothing to do with the internal process,” said Smith. “All I can tell you is that we have two members who are suspended with pay and have been for quite a while.” A town lives in fear SouthamStar Network ABBOTSFORD — It is a curfew imposed by a killer. Girls and women are afraid to violate it because the penalty could be death. The fear is everywhere. Once-thriving bars are almost devoid of young women and popular pool halls are almost empty. This city of about 100,000 is under siege. It is crawling with cops but the killer is still king. It was almost a month ago that Tanya Smith was abducted, sexually attacked and murdered. Townsfolk are losing patience with police, who seem to be spinning their wheels. Women are angry and frustrated that a killer should dictate their lifestyle. Some have armed themselves with Mace and pepper sprays. Others carry more lethal weapons. Teens set out in their cars to catch the killer. Some swear they’ll kill him if they find him. There is a sense of helplessness. Abbotsford has lost its innocence. “I can remember a time when you could walk down the street and nobody would even look at you — now you can’t do that without someone turning around for a second look,” says gas-station clerk Darrell Voth. “My experience working the graveyard shift is that every woman who comes in here is carrying some sort of a weapon — they are scared out of their mind. I have had a couple of women sitting here for an hour, scared even to walk home. “Since this has happened, I’d say on the graveyard shift things have slowed down 30 to 50 per.” It is 7:45 p.m. At McDonald’s, across from G.G.’s Sports-bar, from where the killer made a taunting phone call to police, 17-year-old Chad Garet talks about how he loaded four friends into a car to go hunting for the killer. “Last night there was nothing to do, so we figured we’d go looking for that killer guy,” he says. “We were cruising around on the back streets. “My sister is 18 and my parents won’t let her go out after 7 p.m. He has imposed a curfew on females; the males just want to find him — it is not about the reward money (now totalling $40,000), but they want him to stop the hurting.” Toni Newberry was working at G.G.’s on Halloween when the killer phoned police from an outside booth. He had come in and asked to use the phone, then didn’t when he was offered it. “Everyone is pretty much scared,” says Newberry. “It feels pretty bad. I wish the cops would catch him.” Says bartender Michael Tracy: “None of the staff leaves without either myself or the other male bartender and the bouncer on the weekends — we walk them to their cars, make sure the door is locked and they are pretty much driving away before we even leave them.” Says a part-owner of G.G.’s who would not be identified: “Abbotsford is being held at ransom. And people are really scared to come out at night.” At 10:30 p.m. a handful of teenage boys and one girl are at the Shamrock pool hall on South Fraser Way. The boys are all friends of Misty Cockerill, the 16-year-old who was beaten with a baseball bat by Tanya’s killer. “We don’t go out on our own. We are always with our friends,” says Erin Coates, the lone girl. She believes the killer spared Misty because he wanted everyone to know he did it. “The town is terrified, and I think he gets off on that.” Joe Campbell, one of the teens who was at a memorial of flowers near Bevan and Ware streets where the girls were attacked, says: “If he can call the cops and they still haven’t found him, then he’s very smart — very cunning.” At midnight, a U.S. Customs officer at the Huntington-Sumas crossing — three minutes from G.G.’s Sportsbar — pulls out a composite drawing of the suspect. The fear has spread. And the suspect’s picture is everywhere. — Vancouver Province 4 I