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District enlists students to help reduce vandalism BY JENN M C GARRIGLE THE NEWS BULLETIN
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Drive derailed Firefighters survey the remains of a 2008 Honda Fit that tangled with two southbound Southern Railway of Vancouver Island locomotives at the Waddington Road railway crossing Tuesday. The accident happened just after 4:30 p.m. when the car turned off Terminal Avenue and failed to stop at the crossing, police said. The 47-year-old woman driving the car suffered extensive upper body bruising as the vehicle was battered and dragged about 20 metres down the track. Police issued the driver a ticket for failing to yield at the crossing, which had working warning lights.
Land trust asks for restoration of grant
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GROUP APPEARS at Regional District of Nanaimo meeting. BY NIOMI PEARSON THE NEWS BULLETIN
The Nanaimo and Area Land
Trust hopes to restore crucial funding provided by the Regional District of Nanaimo this year. The land conservancy organization, represented by Fraser Wilson, appeared before the RDN Committee of the Whole Tuesday evening to advocate for full restoration of a $30,000 grant previously provided to
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NALT by the RDN, which has been reduced to $20,000 in the last few years. “The investment of the regional district funds in NALT is a good investment which does pay itself back many times in benefit to the region,” Wilson said, in his presentation. “The grant provided by the
regional district is money well spent.” Made up of a board of directors, staff, members and volunteers, the land trust was established in 1995 to protect property through conservation covenants, and to designate and monitor land use agreements. ◆ See ‘COMMITTEE’ /4
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Nanaimo school district’s antivandalism committee hopes to enlist the help of students to smash vandalism costs. The committee is asking for $4,000 to spend on student-driven anti-vandalism initiatives in each of the district’s secondary schools. The request has yet to go to the school board for final approval. “It’s just that whole awareness piece, it’s important to do that at the student level,” said trustee Sharon Welch, committee chairwoman. “The idea is to get them enthusiastic about the idea that taking pride in their school is worthwhile.” The anti-vandalism committee formed in 2010 to help combat the rising costs of vandalism in the district and members credit the efforts of the committee for the nearly 50 per cent reduction in repair costs seen between the 2009-10 school year and the 201011 school year, when costs went from about $150,000 to about $75,000. Welch said vandalism costs were a bit higher last year, at about $87,400, but the numbers up to December indicate a downward trend again. “We’re really happy to see we’re now under $100,000, but we believe we can still do better,” she said. ◆ See ‘BOARD’ ‘ /4
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