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UBID drops legal action against School District 71 Scott Stanfield Record Staff
A legal claim filed by the Union Bay Improvement District against School District 71 has been dropped, as agreed by the two sides. “We have worked out a solution to allow them to discontinue their action against us,” SD71
Sides come to an agreement; SD to buy back building and property secretary-treasurer Russell Horswill said. At issue was land the UBID had purchased from SD71. The property contains a Crown grant restriction preventing it from
being bought or sold because its use is limited for educational purposes. The UBID purchased the land for $675,000 in 2007. It was assessed at about $1.3 million.
“We had initially intended it to be an administration building and eventually the site of a new firehall,” UBID chair Carol Molstad said. “We tried for five years to have that (limited use) notation removed. That seriously affected our investment, and the value of the property was compromised. “We initiated the legal action
when it became apparent that it was not possible to have that notation removed,” she added. The property is an amalgamation of three parcels. The school district acquired about an acre along with a building through a Crown grant in 1949, and an adjacent one-acre lot from Canadian Collieries.
... see LAND ■ 3
NIDES graduate has scholarship revoked
AND THE LEADER IS...
explained Alannah’s mother Colleen Clark. “With NIDES being always open, it’s normal to work through the summer into July and August and the teachers being there to support the students.” When Clark heard about potential impacts of the labour Erin Haluschak dispute on the school, she began investigating other options for Record Staff her daughter for her to complete Alannah Clark knows how far the course. $1,000 can go towards the cost “We went online to register of post-secondary tuition, but for distributed learning through now her potential program at an independent school and Capilano University might end (Alannah) made an attempt up costing her that much more. to register, but it didn’t work,” That’s because Clark was a added Clark, who suspects there recipient of a $1,000 Dogwood may have been a glitch in the District/Authorsystem due to an ity Awards overwhelming when she gradI honestly thought amount of stuuated from dents attempting North Island it was a joke. to register. Distance EduAs a result, Colleen Clark cation School Alannah did not (NIDES) in complete the June, but it depended on one course, and not long ago, received biology course which needed a call from a school counsellor at to be completed by the end of NIDES telling her the scholarAugust. ship was being revoked. “It was part of her grad plan,” ... see REVOKED■ 3
Student pulled from system in June due to impending strike; did not complete summer course
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PHOTO BY SCOTT STANFIELD
Town employee Suzanne Casanova draws a name Friday to determine the order of Comox council candidates on the ballot for the Nov. 15 election. A total of 10 candidates are running for six seats on Comox council. Paul Ives and Tom Grant are the mayoral candidates. There are also five candidates on the ballot for the one school trustee position to be determined. For the record, Russ Arnott won the draw.
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