Trail Daily Times Thursday, March 29, 2012
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LOCAL GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM
Substitute expenditures continue to climb FROM PAGE 1
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The City of Trail contracted Marwest Industries to complete a sewer main repair on Riverside Avenue Wednesday. A video inspection revealed root infestation, which has led the contractors to replace a section of the pipe.
about the area’s 250 teachers. “We’re actually trending downward but our expenditures are going higher.â€? The current budget projected for 2012-13 is $1.22 million for substitute expenditures. Last year the school district budgeted $1.34 million but used $1.36 million, an increase of $477,057 over 200910. The trend shows that substitute expenditures are increasing, said SD20 secretary-treasurer Natalie Verigin, but they don’t know exactly where they will end up for this year. “Our budget for 11/12 is less than 10/11 actuals,â€? she said, which is around $362,000 less. “If we anticipate that the trend of 2009-2010 will continue ‌ even that ($1.2 million) budgeted may not be sufficient.â€? But “pennies will
Warfield hosts Easter Egg Hunt Saturday Theatre Music • The Trail Society for the Performing Arts presents Tiller’s Folly on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Charles Bailey Theatre. Hailed by critics, the Folly’s words and melodies are at once populist, minimally produced and poignant while at the same time singularly powerful and sincere. Tickets, $30, available at the box office. Film • Deadline for submissions to the U-19 Film Festival is Saturday. Submit your masterpiece for the Apr. 14 festival at the Royal Theatre. Join the filmmakers and paparazzi at the Big Red Carpet Event at the Royal from noon to 4:30 p.m. and enjoy door prizes, food, music and people’s choice awards as they reveal the festival winners, $5 admission. Gallery • The VISAC Gallery presents “A Way to See,â€? a photo exhibition by accomplished
photographer to its AGM Ursula Albresch, Gala, Friday at and what she the Riverbelle. best describes Enjoy dinner, as “photo- Events & Happenings in dancing, wineimpressioncellar draws and the Lower Columbia sim.â€? The show a frame-yourself runs Monday to fundraiser. $35 Wednesday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., or $60 per couple. Cocktails and Thursday-Friday, 2 p.m.- at 5 p.m. 6 p.m. until April 4. • Trail Middle School stuOther dents in the KCLC woodwork • The Warfield Recreation programs have fabricated Commission is hosting its a number of cedar garden Annual Easter Egg Hunt for boxes. The attractive boxes children 0-12 years old. Come along with sawhorses and join us Saturday for lots of Adirondack chairs are for sale Fun, games, and activities to the public. Help keep the while you wait your turn to go program going and add some out and hunt for those hidden charm to your garden or deck goodies. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at - call 231-6979 for more info. the community hall and park. • The Trail Middle School • The Trail Ambassador is looking for interested parCommittee presents its ties to help start and maintain Candidate Speech Contest a Community Garden at the Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Trail school. Residents will work Alliance Church. Admission: with the students in cultivat$5. ing a healthy, productive and • The Greater Trail fun project for the communChamber of Commerce invites ity, call 231-6979 for more members and non-members info.
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all with no initial budget amount. Teachers on call have used up 76 per cent of its $665,313 budget ($507,779), while subs for aides used up 94 per cent of its $94,679 budget ($88,933).
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