a AL ads on mend PEE be we mp me aera Ee Sepa coc _ Laff its green or it wriggles, it’s biology. If it stinks, it’s. chemistry. If it doesn't:work, it’s physics." by 0-1 J. weMurphy’s Handy Guide to Modern Science - Well, even Murphy doesn’t claim to be right all the ‘time. The Caledonia Senior Secondary Schoo! team at the ‘UBC Physics. Olympics certainly. made physics work for them and came out ahead of every other school in the: province. : | | It’s an indication that we’re on par with the best _anywhere, that we have the students, the teachers, the - - support and the system to wring out the finest from. public education, a The Physics Olympics was in fact not a competition against other teams but something more like a challenge to discover reality under certain strictly defined conditions. This might be a helpful perspective to adopt as the school district and the teachers’ association officially begin negotiating for their next collective agreement tomorrow. | It seems like we just finished this process, having endured a strike in the opening weeks of 1989. If past experience is any indication, we can expect in the next few weeks to see the opening movements of what one. former trustee termed "the tribal dance", with leaders of both sides making surreptitiously threatening gestures at one another and brandishing incomprehensible clutches of numbers like scatterguns loaded with spreadshects. Both sides would be doing the public a service if they agreed to dispense with some of the more specious arguments from the beginning. Teachers will not necessarily be attracted to Terrace by higher salaries than their counterparts in the urban centers earn; they will be attracted to Terrace by the lifestyle possibilities,a =. substantially lower cost of housing (which is equivalent to a non-taxable benefit),the working conditions in the schools and support for professional development. On the other side, there is no taxpayers’ revolt brewing here or anywhere else. For the most part residential taxes in this ‘area provide good value for money, and in the areas where they are going up rapidly the dollar value of the properties is increasing at a far greater level of magnitude. As in Nova Scotia, an inflation adjustment clause should take care of the GST. ‘Let’s hope the teams do as well as the Cal physics. champs. . Established May 1, 1985 The Terrace Review is published each Wednesday by _Close-Up Business Services Ltd. Second-class mail registration No. 6896. 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Karyn Kirk, Linda Mercer, Phone: 635-7840 re Ranjit Nizar Fax: 635-7269 Office: Carrie Olson, year tubsoriptions: *. > Accounting: In Canada $24.00 Out of Canada $50.00 Marj Twyford, Harminder K. Dosanjh - © - seniors in Terrace and Disirict $12.00 Senlore out of Terrace and Oietrict $15:00 In comptlance with the B.C. Human Rights Act,’ . se a4 rer & a, . A att GS TEE * Wednesday Perspectives by Bob Jackman Kids, don’t try. this at home Boy, are we dumb! Apparently, a whole bunch of us think the sun revolves around the earth and that DNA is kind of like, a new LSD, eh? We didn’t do very well on the ten-question science quiz. So I got thinking... and here we have a test that will restore your faith in yourself — you may not remember your Grade 3 Science, but I bet you know how to drive! This little test will confirm that you’re not totally hopeless. : 1. True or false? You can drive a motorcycle without supervision if you have a learner’s licence. 2. True or false? You can drive a motorcycle without supervision if you havea Class _ 6 endorsement on your driver’s licence. 3. True or false? You can drive a motorcycle without supervision as long as you don’t get caught. 4. See how easy. this is? Now a multiple choice... The distance from 70 Mile House to 100 Mile House is (a) 30 miles, (b) 50 kilometers, (c) not worth knowing. 5. A Class 1 licence.allows . you to (a) drive a logging. - truck, (b) wear a Finning = baseball cap, (c) drink beer, (d) spit on the sidewalk. 6. You are proceeding south on Eby Street past City Hall on your way to Copperside II for a deck of smokes. The light - turns red. You are allowed to’ (a) turn right after stopping, if there is no oncoming traffic,. (b) turh right without stopping, . -if there is no ofcoming traffic, _ (c) turn left, without:stopping, © .RAssen "There are no wrong answers, so you can forget about how moronic you felt getting Science Quiz." hoping oncoming traffic will _ stop, and pick up your deck of smokes at Wayside Grocery in- stead, (d) hang a fast right into the City parking lot, slip - around behind the RCMP building, and still get onto _ Hwy. 16 before the traffic gets away from the light at Eby. 7. A tall well-built blonde (a) fox, (b) stud is approaching the crosswalk at McDonald’s. You - should (c) slow down in case he/she decides to cross the street, so you can get a better look, (d) honk your horn loud- ly, (e) roll down the window . and scream out your phone“ number and specific physical attributes, (f) pretend you _ didn’t see him/her because your spouse is in the car. 8. A nice little old lady is slowly crossing the street at the same crosswalk. You should (a) swerve to miss her, if at all possible, (b) honk your horn loudly, (c) swerve to miss her, but try to take out her purse, (d) nudge her gently with the bumper to let her know you don’t have all day. 9. You have.set your cruise ‘control to 95 klicks but find that you fall asleep from time to time. Is it possible to get an exemption from the RCMP to allow you to drive faster, im- proving your attention? 10. True or false? It is possi- ble to hit a Safeway shopping cart in such a way as to do | minimal damage to your own vehicle while scraping the - ser door, of @ gray... . one out of ten on the Mercedes? You do not have to - answer this question until you're absolutely sure. Let’s go practise! Scoring: There are no wrong answers, 50 you can forget about how moronic you felt" getting one out of ten on the Science Quiz. However, some personality quirks may be evi- dent, and you may wish to seek professional counselling, par- ticularly if you answered (b) to question 4, or if you answered question 10 without actually trying it, You are obviously lazy, do not get into the spirit of quizzes and games, and are ~ probably a real drag at parties. You are an unfulfilled person if - you felt cheated that there was not an answer (e) afl of the above to question 5. If, on the other hand, you thought 5(e) | should have been none of the above, you are probably a smart, good-looking truck- driver with a great sense of humor, who knows I wouldn’t say anything derogatory inten- tionally! Right? So here’s your bonus ques- tion... Which of the following do not serve on Terrace’s City Council?.(10 points each) Mo | Takhar, Moe Koffman, Ruth Hallock, George Steinbrenner, | Dave Hull; Dan Quayle, Danny . Sheridan, Mr. Rogers, Bob Cooper, The Cookie Monster, Rita McNeil, Darryl Laurent, Jack Talstra, Sigourney _ Weaver. -And ‘can you-tell the: = Gifference? Pond gas Be vases a . auinaewrede” Oy cee mete re wert ee : coe ae wanes we eT ° fea? a a