; ‘Wong, party whip and the B.C. ’. Youth Parliament representative -* for North Peace ‘River, recently : "returned from the 60th session Ing .the session: an ‘Phoenix. Act,. which will con-. > tinue: week-long, BCYP spon- sored. summer camp for under- - privileged youth, ‘Regional Youth Parliament Act, which will ‘implement smaller _ thought’? “Terrace. tesident “Michael. of BCYF where he spent five -- days debating government bills _ 7 and: private, members" -resolu-, . ey: Tod Strachan 7 ao key acts were passed dur- the Camp and the regional patliaments so more ‘young . people’ can experience parliamentary procedure and also offer. fair representation to northern constituents for the first time. Wong was appointed: _as Deputy Minister of the north- ern interior region and will be directly” responsible to the : premier. ‘Two of six private members’ resolutions were also passed. _ The first supports the inclusion of a phrase in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms '-' which would prevent discrimina- tion on the basis of sexual orien- tation. And, on a less serious note, the second resolution asks | for the mathematical communi- ty to accept a change in the, value of Pi from 3.1416... to a nice, . round, easy-to-work-with, three. Accordi ‘to: ‘Wong, new markets © ‘and * ‘jobs would’ be-| - - | - created if the traditional value of “| ©“ ~ Pi, a'number with endless digits | - ; to the right of the decimal which . i_ ‘is generally rounded off to - 3.1416, were changed to an even 3.0... For example, car tires — would no longer be ‘exactly fer. a smooth ride. | Also, the world wouldn't be. . quite round, but that probably ‘ wouldn’t really matter. ‘because - we’ wouldn't have to. walk - ‘round things anymore — we - could walk ‘‘nearly’’ around. - And finally, a whole new profes- sion would be created says Wong. “Estimators”? — who would be required to fi li in the gap of 0.1416 and create an illu- sion that would make everything _ that was supposed to be ‘round look. round... . ; Wong - says, tiowever, that every session of BCYP includes: ‘one:“‘fun’’ item just to.ease the. -__ tension and more serious atten- . tion was given to the four resolu- tions that were defeated. It was felt that the abolition of the _ Senate was not in the best in- terest of the country because the ‘Senate adds a “‘sober second he ways there .was strong sup- port for: Senate - reform, However, no motion was made’ in that regard, he says. ~ Another resolution, one which condemned Canada’s purchase of nuclear submarines, was defeated on the grounds ‘that Canada needs to protect its sovereignty in the Arctic. A mo- _ tion proposing that an addi-. ‘tional one: percent be spent:on . to our political © ~ “system, but, on the other hand, “gilvicufture: was s defeated because “it was felt that.it fell far short of meeting the perceived need: And’ a fourth, which asked for the - removal of the ‘“‘notwithstand- ‘ing clausé”’ in the Meech Lake: Accord, “was, defeated - because, according to. Wong, it was: felt “the Accord is. a. dead ° issue .. anyway: “Why try. to ‘save a- ‘sinking ship?” With this most recent session of parliament behind. them, | ‘BCYP members have now ‘etumed. to their home com- - “ munities: with’ a ‘busy agenda. Members are required tc main- tain service-oriented projects as well as participate-in legislated activities. such as the National. and Western Canada Youth Par- liaments, the sponsorship: of a- province-wide high school essay contest: marking the BCYP dia- mond jubilee, and.the hosting of educational workshops on. public speaking, debating and parliamentury procedure. Members . must ako - ‘pare ‘ticipate under the Supply Act which defines: the annual budget. This act provides for the raising of funds through the sale ; of BCYP ‘Bonds’? which, .in reality, take the form of tax deductable donations; Wong says that income from . these _sales supports’ BCYP : programs - such as Camp. Phoenix, regional workshops and this year’s essay - contest. Terrace members of BCYP oe, Py es Terrace Review — - Wednesday, January: n, 1989 O17 Ge and. light sides HS are Michael Wong, president of oy the Northwest ‘Community Col lege students’ council; deputy: .spéaker Bruce Hallsor, a UBC. student; and Sherri Pannum, president of the Caledonia — Senior Secondary students’ council. Other BCYP members: include ex-Terrace - residents, Premier Sean Vanderfluit, and -his sister Rhonda, the Minister of Camp Phoenix. Both now reside in Williams Lake. ‘+ oe A Main highways: are’ e the number ‘one'priority when. a snow storm hits, but hard working crews always manage to > get to'the smaller.rural roads eventually. tn this Idyllic scene, the grader operator gets some unusual supervision oo 8 and. approval: froma horse | who knows the. roads well. -round’’ and there would be a. -- BPS te pees OM a one need for revolutionary new . - shock absorbers that would-of- _ “Note even n close ‘Corporate fitness challenge won by school employees : Contributed by Lue Gagnon. The Terrace Parks .and .Rec- reation Corporate. Fitness - . Challenge ended .on Friday, Dec. 16, with the School District 88 employees declared the winners. The Corporate Challenge ran | from Sept. 7 to Dec. 16, 1988 © with employees. of B.C. Telephone, Skeena Cellulose, Skeena Sawmills, City of Ter- race and School District 88 com- peting.. Employees who par- ticipated in City of Terrace fitness classes were automatical- ly recorded for -the. Challenge, while those who swarh lengths or - worked’ out at the Terrace Aquatic Centre weight-room had to register their participation, : Employees: had to work out for at least 15 minutes to be regis- tered for the competition, and all exercises counted had to be done in a City of, Terrace ot Fachity ar classy... 2.05. The “winners, School District r -88 employees, all participated in fitness’ classes, most attending three times a-week for the 14 _weeks of the challenge. The - Schoot District 88employees ac- , cumulated © a total of 486‘ re- ‘corded. fitness sessions. In sec- ond place, was‘the City of Ter- ‘face employees, with most employees choosing to swim lengths as their means of getting — ‘and staying fit. City of Terrace -staff-had 138 recorded employee fitness sessions. 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