Wrong

side mate

THE FOUR NEW
vans at the Terrace
Post office have a
unique feature —- the
Steering wheel's on
the wrong side. It's ac-
tually a safety feature,
explain staff members,
letting ihe letter car-
riers get out on the
sidewalk, instead of in
traffic, So if you hap-
pen lo pass one on
the road, don't worry,
there is a driver, The
post office expects to
soon get three more of
the vans, replacing Its
entire fleet, save for
the diesel trucks.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 3, 1996 - Aa

Punjabi classes ‘stalled’

THE PUNJABI community is angry
about the Terrace school board’s lack
of action on ils request that Punjabi
language classes be offered this fall,

Representative of the Punjabi com-
munity met with the board’s education
peronnel committee on June 18, There
they repeated their request — which
was first put forward at the beginning
of the year — that language classes
start this fall, ‘

But that committee has to report to
the school board, which doesn’t meet
again until September, explains school
trustee Stew Christensen. And that
means there's no chance classes could
begin then.

“They have just been using stalling
tactics,’ says Ravi Gill, Punjabi rep-
resentative and head of an internation-
al association of Punjabi authors.

The local Punjabi community is cur-

rently in the process of pulling togeth- a
Ora ‘petition ‘hich it plans to give’ i Lae is ‘cur

‘ board, | the “education ministry. and ‘the «
premier. ;

Gill is angry about the lack of prog-
ress in talks about the language pro-
grim. He says the education ministry

already has guidelines and money
available for school districts to offer
Punjabi as a second language.

The education ministry is supporting
this iniliative province-wide, provid-
ing three conditions are met: com-
munity demand, number of students
and availability of resources.

Those condilions have been met,
said Gill,

“We're not talking about a com-
munity request lo be entertained,”

“As taxpayers we
deserve a fair treatment. |
think there is a reluctance
on the part of the board to
accept a new reality.”

says Gill. “T want la emphasize that

piinentéd ii''95, They are not giving

ae this as serious altention as it should

have,
“T don’t think they are giving the
Punjabi community fair and equal

Store

Peter Bruce of
Terrace

‘ri¢tilum ‘is supposed to'be im-—

treatment,’’

He says there are approximately 122
Punjabi families living in Terrace, and
there are enough students to justify
classes. He also hopes that students
from other cultures will ake an inter-
est in the Janguage, which is spoken
throughout the world.

“As taxpayers we deserve a fair
treatment,” says Gill. *I think there is
a reluctance on the part of the board to
accept a new reality,’”

The school district did bring up the
possibility of holding Punjabi classes
after school or on Saturdays, but Gill
Says that would seem like a punish-
ment to students.

Gill was hoping the school district
would list the Punjabi language in the
course selection sheets handed out to
Students near the end of the school
year. But that didn’t happen.

He says the school district claimed
to be worriéd about funding the
classes, but adds that the education
ministry has already agreed to pay for
them. And Punjabi community leaders
have agreed to contribute money as
well.

Ravi Gill

News in Brief

Victim’s rights
rally planned

ON JULY 23, Ric White, convicted of sexual assault
this January, is cligible to apply for day parole. White
broke into Tammy Fee’s home in June last year, and
handcuffed and sexually assaulted ber. He received a
prison term of two years for the crime.

Now Todd Hollett and other friends and ac-
quaintances of Fee are organizing a rally and concert
on July 16, to help bring attention to White’s parole ap-
plication.

“*We want to raise awareness of violence in our cam-
tunily,’” said Hollett,

The night will feature speakers from CAVEAT B.C.
— a victim’s rights group from Vancouver — and
Tammy Fee will also be speaking. A concert will fol-
low the speakers and then a march will wrap up the
evening.

If you'd like to get involved in the rally, come to an
organizational meeting being held tonight, July 3, at 7
p.m. at 4708 Locn Ave, Organizers are also looking for
sponsorship moncy to help pay for the flights of the
two guest speakers, and other expenses,

Photo radar to go ahead

THE PHOTO RADAR program will start up in the
beginning of August, one month later than planned,

“Government remains committed to the program be-
cause of ifs potential to save lives, prevent injuries and
reduce the cost of crashes on BC roads,’’ said High-
ways minister Lois Boone,

Tickets will be processed manually, instead of
through the automated system American Traffic Sys-
tems Canada was contracted to supply, The govem-
ment ended that contract in May when it didn’t
provereliable enough,

Because of the late start and the lack of automation,
revenue projections for the program have been:
reduced.

Steelhead restrictions

THE DEPARTMENT of fisheries has announced
that, beginning July 1, the daily quota for steelhead
taken by anglers on the Skeena and Nass Rivers will be
reduced to 0 fish.

These catch-and-release only restrictions apply to all
steelhead greater than 50cm from nose to tail and will
remain in effect until December 31.

Trucker flees scene

A HIT AND RUN incident behind Lazelle Ave. last
week has led to the arrest of a Saskatchewan truck
driver,

RCMP said the tractor trailer unit was heading east-
bound on Lazelle Ave. belind McDonalds when it bit

the rear of a parked car and pushed it into another
parked car ahead of it.

The driver and truck then fled the scene,

‘With the help of several wituesses, the driver and
the tractor-trailer was located 30 kilometres east-of Ter- -
tact on Hwy 16,”’ said Cpl. Joe Havixbeck. ‘

James Woidyla, from Indianhead, Sask., is charged
wilh failing to remain at the scene of an accident.

Police said total damage to all vehicles was $5,000,

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