100 Terrace Review — Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1986 Play or polit The Enemy Within by Keith Alford Author David Dia- mond’s'53 minute, one- act, two-person play, The Enemy Within, per- formed at the three- quarter filled REM Lee Theatre, suffered from many nagging faults. The same Headlines Theatre company pre- viously presented Under the Gun, a play about arms control and special enterprise zones in the Philippines. It used com- edy, drama, song and dance to deliver its message. Enemy used only a half hour of com- edy followed by a half hour of melodrama. Many people saw both productions and missed the multi-level delivery. Gun was updated daily, incorporating headlines, Enemy appeared to be an unchanging set piece. Enemy was designed to lead its audience into a discussion of a strategy to deal with what it por- trayed as a cruel and heartless Bennett govern- ment. But the opening boo’s received by the Bennett character proved a later line, “None of you voted for him.’ For the previously converted, Enemy offered no new ‘information or insights, but simply reinforced longstanding positions. Grizzly control by Daniiele Berquist TERRACE — Jorma Jyrkkanen, habitat technician for the fish and wildlife branch in | Terrace along with bear biologist Tony Hamilton from Victoria, flew over the Kitimat region last week to identify and look at the grizzly bear habitat area. Jyrkkanen said they were looking at a way to manage the grizzly population while logging occurs. We discussed the biology of bears and dif- ferent ways to maintain the grizzly was provided, based on the Kimsquit studies done by Hamil- ton, Jyrkkanen said. This, he added, may end up having to control access and maybe even deny public access to go At a near perfect length for TV, the play forgot political theatre needs to attract and stimulate a mixed audience to be considered a success. The few anti-NDP jokes got some chuckles, but fell far short of bringing a balanced view to the show. The 15-page program included four articles critizing Socred policies ‘as did many of the pam- phiets on a display table, giving rise to thoughts one was about to see more of a propaganda piece than a dramatic production even before the first actor appeared on stage. Using a simple set oc- cupying only one-third of the stage, straight, un- changing lighting; Ene- my tells the story of Ben- nett’s cleaning lady Clair, excellently acted by Meredith Bain Wood- ward. She is one of the government’s first ‘“‘re- straint’ victims in 1983. Though fired, she con- tinues to support ‘‘William’s’’ policies un- til the final 14 minutes when she finds herself on welfare with only $23 left from her monthly cheque to buy food. bear sought and hunt moose or black bears, as hunting could be a problem for the L F AY Jorma Jyrkkanen grizzly bear, Jyrkkanen said that this was all very speculative at the present time. C. Holte Davidson, taller and thinner than the premier, managed to look very much like the real thing. As well, he was convincing . playing three other roles. Direct Bennett quotes were in- troduced by a sort of raspberry horn. Dia- mond wrote himself a “stage manager” role in which he held up signs with slogans for the au- dience to chant. Memorable lines in- cluded, ‘‘attitude is more important than facts’, ‘what do you wear to welfare’, ‘‘there are no permanent jobs at Expo, even for executives’. Most audience mem- bers liked the message, but many thought the medium needed work. But since Headlines Theatre has a proven track record with many innovative, provocative productions to its credit; even with the mixed reac- tion to Enerny, its next play shown here is guaranteed another large audience. Cabinet shuffle causes concern by Sherry Halfyard TERRACE — North- - west Community College (NWCC) president, ‘Dr. Val George feels that the reshuffling of the pro- vincial cabinet is causing delays with a proposed facility in the Prince Rupert area. The college has re- quested funding to build a facility that would be jointly financed and used by the Northcoast tribal council. The end of February is the deadline for funding that both the college board and tribal council have agreed on. George commented, ‘*T thought we were in good shape because I talked to Heinrich — I’m concerned over the cabinet shuffle.’’ College board mem- bers feel that there may bea negative reply due to the change in education ministers. Heart Fund volunteer Betty Campbell (left) demonstrates the use of blood pressure equipment. Terrace resident Sue Springer exercises before having her blood pressure measured. Fire. The Terrace fire department report a number of chimney fires over the past week. On Monday, Feb. 10 at ap- proximately 7:15 p.m. the men were called to a chimney fire on the 4600 block of Westview Street. The chimney Blood pressure tested TERRACE — The B.C. Heart Foundation’s annual education display in the Skeena Mall from Feb, 13 until Feb. 15 provided local residents with informa- tion pamphlets, literature on high blood pressure and the effects of smoking on the heart. The material was available free. Blood pressure readings were offered free to the public. As well this year, the Canadian Fitness Three Step Test to see how cardiovascular fit people were, was available. Class sizes in good shape Terrace schools have one of the best class size situations in the prov- ince, according to material presented to trustees last week. Assistant superinten- dent Skip Bergsma said the average class size in elementary schools has dropped since last year and only increased by about one pupil since 1979. He gave the following figures. There wére 25.07 pupils in the average elementary class in 1979, 25.63 in 1980, 24.28 in 1981, 24.83 in 1982, 25,27 in 1983, 27.13 in 1984 and 26.01 in 1985. Bergsma added since September there has cracked and the crew stayed at the site to supervise until the fire. burned itself out. *a% Another chimney fire was reported on Wednes- day, Feb. 12 around 10 a.m. on Tetrault Street across from the hospital. Fire chief Clifford Best reported no damages. Board not allowed scholarship contribution The trustees of School District 88 have been overruled in their desire to donate a one-time contribution of $1,000 to the University of British Columbia’s Simon Mul- doe Memorial Bursary to assist native students in their higher studies. On January !4, the board had passed two connected motions al- lowing the contribution and taking the monies from the Master Tuition Agreement budget ac- count, On January 27, the board received a letter stating the Attorney General’s staff had said, ‘*no school board has the authority to make a one- time contribution from operating funds to a scholarship fund. It would, that is, be an unlawful expenditure.’’ Chairman Lavern His- lop stated the $1,000 che- que had not been written pending clarification on it’s legality and asked for a motion to rescind the two previous motions. Trustee Stu Christensen and Dave Parker moved and seconded the re- quested motions. Trustee Danny Sheridan re- quested a secret ballot on both votes. The first mo- tion to rescind writing the cheque was passed by a six to two vote. The second, to rescind taking the funds from the Master Tuition Agree- ment, passed, been a slight drop in elementary class sizes and the average is now down to 25,94, Caledonia, Bergsma said, has no oversized classes. At Thornhill Secondary there are five of 73 classes that are considered oversized. However, Skeena Secon- dary has 30 oversized classes with one to five too many students in them according to ac- cepted criteria. Trustee Danny Sheri- dan said the main prob- lems were in the areas of Math, . English, French, Social Studies, Industrial Education, Typing and some in Physical Educa- tion. Bergsma added there was a ‘‘real feeling’’ what staff was available, was not used to the best they could have been. He also noted no permanent teachers have been laid off this year and most temporary teachers have been rehired. Over 25 pages of tables were presented to demonstrate the size of district classes. All ex- cept Grade Seven ele- mentary classes are under the provincial class size average. The largest elementary class, according to a computer printout exists at Thorn- hill Elementary. It has 32 pupils in it. Superinten- dent Frank Hamilton said he had been told by a ministry of education official School District 88 has ‘‘a bit better rank- ing’? with regard to secondary classrooms.