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Tothe Editor: ©

Laat year in Terrace there was a weekend of camping and
good times: for women ‘and children. It was not very well
advertised down this way and we missed it. Iam wondering if
they still plan to make this an annual event and if someone

could write and fill me in on afew details — when, where and

coat, .

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Thank you
Merle Helsdon
Topley, B.C.

Closet separatists
to remain hidden

‘CALGARY (CP} — A

dozen members of the

Alberta legislature are
closet separatists and

another four are “in the
wings,” says Elmer Knut-

son, president of the
separatist Western Canada
Federation.

Knutson, in Calgary for a
West Fed meeting, said
‘Saturday he has advised the
MLAs not to come out
because they could face
expulsion or discipline from
their party.

"We tell them toiaytow's: goals. but. biamed.«the:-” iam
until they have a majority.”

_The Calgary West-Fed
branch, which last month

was rocked by the
resignation of its exeutive,
held a sparsely

attended reorganization
meeting and elected a new
three-man committee to
guide the group locally.

Barely more than two
dozen people turned out for
the meeting, orginally an-
bounced weeks ago as a
constituency organization
drive. .

Knutson admitted the
drive had fallen short of its

preview 'executive for the

‘Convincing elected of- Shortfall.

ficials that separatiam is the
for a
beleaguered West is the
major goal of West Fed,
which disclaims any elec-
teral ambitions of its own.

The number of sym-
pathizers in the provincial
growing
rapidly, Knutson said, ad-
ding that a week ago there

only solution.

legislature ia

were only eight.

“They hadn't done a good
job. They weren't telling the
members what West Fed
‘was all about,” .

Both Knutson and Pat
Stein, one of the new.
executive committee
members, said the group
was still strong in Calgary
and would quickly bounce
back from its internal’

problems.

Children’s book
deals with divorce

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
(AP) — What's a child to do
when his divorced mother
has her boyfriend sleep
over? How should a son or
daugher react upon dis-
covering that dad, divorced,
is a homosexual?

A group of students from

the private Fayerweather
Street School, mostly from
broken homes themselves,
decided that children need
answers to those questions in
language they can un-
derstand,

So they wrote The Kids’
Book of Divorce, a volume to
help children —and adults —
cope with life in a home torn
by divorce.

The book has just been

published by The Lewis:

Publishing Co. of Lexington
after more than a year’s
search for a publisher and
several rejections.

The 20 young authors
wrote a chapter on the law.
There's another on step
parents, and one called

‘Weekend Santa.

Parts of the book are con-
troversial.

“Children use words that
are traditionally called curse
words,"" said Eric Rofea,
their 26-year-old teanher and

the editor of the book.

“Children talk about things
like their parents’ boy-
friends -and girl-friends
sleeping over. And there is a
section on gay parents which
has also inspired some con-
troversy. But: in general,
there hasn't been a whole
jot." .

“It’s from a kids’ point of
view, £0 it really does give a
broader, a different side of
the story," said one 15-year-
old student-author.

WINNIPEG (CP) — Even
as a youth, Frederick
W.Seliers, chairman of the
Canada Development Corp.,
had the urge to “make
something of my life.” ,

‘He wanted to be successful
at work and also make a
contribution to his country.

The CDC appears to be an
ideal vehicle for Sellers’
patriotism.

“IT felt I had something to
contribute through my ex-
perience and felt a desire to
help keep Canada improving
as a better place to live,”’ he

_ said in an interview.

ot tir

WHY VO

+ SINCE THE

FEDERALIST
AND THE PQ. .
SEPARATIST. “
We'RE THE
ONLY PARTY

FAMOUS!

XN

TE OF THE

LIBERALS ARE “Zam

GUARANTEEING
THE CONFUSION

“We have to get our act to-
gether or we wiil fall back,
and we have a lot to lose,”

Sellers is best known for
developing Spiroll Corp. of
Winnipeg from a small local
company building concrete
extrusion machinery to a
world leader selling in 35
countries. .

Among his other diverse

business activities, he is also -

president of Dionian In-
dustries of Winnipeg which
provides investment and
Management expertise : to
other companies, He is also

_ on the board of directors of a

ay

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NION.

JATIONALE 2

number of large corpo-

ations, including the CDC.

He was elected to the 20-
member board of the CDC
when it was started in 1971,
the Ione Manitoban.

His enthusiasm knows no
bounds when he speaks of the
CDC, the
Management company
jointly owned by the federal
government and private
shareholders,

jnvestment -

“As a co-operative govern- |

ment-private. source of
capital, it is proving suc-
cessful in economic
development, . providing

LT WATCHED GOLF AND
“THE GRAND NATIONAL...

jobs, profits and opportunity
to keep up with rapidly
changing world technology,’
Individuals who invested
$100 a share ina public issue .
last year are among 30,000 |.
Canadians who have helped
reduce Ottawa's ownership
of the corporation.to 48 per
cent. -
He admits he was able to

‘accept the CDC’ chair-

manship because he had
built such a — good
management group that It
“allows me to do some of the
things I've got involved in."

He likes ta talk about the

' success ‘stories of the CDC,

which includes. majar in.

te 5 Once he

atte parti . cs Fo ar
“terests in’ Petaspulf tines. * lication hike gone
“polysar * Bnd" CanWest’ we MHR visit eee

Capital Corp. of Winnipeg.

In fact, CanWest, which
didn’t exist five years ago,
has grown into an in-
fernational conglomerate
with holdings in such giants
as Monarch Life and Crown

In a recent deal, the CDC
purchased a 40-per-cent
interest in Newfoundland

| Fishing Froducts Ltd.

“We pick an industry we

|| want toget into and then pick

4 company to establish our
id

While CDC provides risk
capital through its Venture
Capital Co., it's approach to
investment is conservative”

7 Peace and Victory _ :

first in a series of three articles by Gordoa Hardy 08

adopting a child in B.C.

: Tee geveramentol B.C. is mother and father to about 9,000
. children. These are children whose natural parents — oftea
ingle mothers — have been unable or unwilling to care for

them. Of these, only about 700 a year find new parents in

adopting families, The others remain wards of the stale,
though many do receive family affection as foster children. -
Despite the low. figure for adoptions, many potential
adopting parents have to wait years before they receive a
chiki, This is because most people want to adopt a young,

healthy child while fewer will consider an older chiki, or a

child - with physical’ or behavioral problems.
: According to Chris Reinhold of the Ministry of Human

Resources (MHR), which processes adoptions in B.C., “Most
fanillies want a hew-born baby. They are in great demand
and short supply.’ .

- “The children that are most in demand range from birth to
18 months or two years,” sheaays. "The older the child is, the
More difficult it is to place it. We consider chikiren adoptable
at any age bit once they- are over the age of 10, it really
becomes, difficult..to find a-' permanent family.”

"Under the Adoptichs Act af B.C., the MHR selects adopting
parents who will be best able to provide the child with a

. happy and stable family life: ‘The best interests of the child

are paramount in its considerations.

~ - When people contact the ministry about adopting a ehild,

they are interviewed by # social worker, Reinhold says, “We

_ Canada Development head 25s
wanted to be successful.

a family of their own, why they decided to adopt, and s0 on.
It's just to get some idea whether adopting is something they

considering for some time."

Given the premium oa young children, the MHR has set out
limits on who can adopt them. Applicants must be between 72
and 40 years ‘of age and, in the case of couples, legally
married. This policy 1s subject to revision according to the
ramber of children needing homes.

Common-law couples may not apply to adopt as a couple,
although they can apply as single peonie with only one spouse
becoming a parent. .

“Single people are welcome to apply,” Reinhold says,
“particularly if you are interested in adopting a child with
special needs,” .

Handicapped people may apply to adopt as well, abe says:

. “They are considered as anyone else. But if an applicant is

handicapped, or if their health is in question, we asses the
situation and probably get medical advice as to whether we
can go abead."’

The MHR asks applicants what kind of child they'd like. If
the request is quite specific — say, for a blond baby girl with
blue eyes — the applicant may have to walt for two years or
longer. Parents adopting older children may also specify the
religion, race and national origin of the child they'd like,
Reinhold says the MHR asks applicants why they want a

d of, ue
i, fotial Workers from
ite" enaure it is
suitable for a child.

It's not easy to find parents for many chikiren, especially
those with problems. But Jane. Ausier, a B.C. lawyer who
works in this area, says, “I've been amazed that adopting
homes have been found for a child where I thought It was
impossible. I'm always so pleased to learn that there are
families out there who are willing to take on such a
tremendous task." . .

The MHR takes pains io.make sure that such families are
up to the task. Reinhold says, ‘The approach we take is that
specia] heeds children need special parents. When people say
they'd like a handicapped child, we really look to see who
these people are because we feel they really have to be
wnique to meet the needs of those | children,”

Auxier says there is a ‘surprising number” of families
willing to provide permanent homes for special needs
children, Such placements, according to Reinhold, are very
encouraging: ‘Somehow you believe that there is a parent
aut there for every child," she says.

Next: Adoptions are for life.

born in Zahle

thought about yesterday or if it’s something they've been

BEIRUT (AP) — Two
Christian women gave birth
Sunday in the basement of
the Red Cross Clinic in Zahle
and named their new sons

Peace and Victory.

said Victory's mother. “Now
Zahle has one more fighter.”

To escape Syrian shelling
that has killed 54 people and
wounded 110 others, ‘the
200,000 residents of the
Roman Catholic city 50
Kilometres east of Beirut
. were spending ihelr fifth day

Sunday huddled in their
. basements,

“Thank God it’s a boy,"”

“There is no water, no
electricity, no bread and no
heating,” one
reported by telephone. ‘The

_ Shelling bas been 30 bad

there is not even a bird in the
aky. I have enough milk to
feed the baby today but not
tomorrow.”

’ Officials at the Red Cross
Cline ‘sald the city's two
main hospitals were not

functioning after receiving *

direct hits. A rescue worker

said an estimated 280 people,

some of them wounded, were
trapped in the hospitals.

_ “The Syrians keep ahelling

+ the same house until it is

completely demolished,”
said. the head of the clinic.
“There Is not a single house
in Zahle which has not been
hit.” -

He sald there is not enough

medicine or food for all the .

casualties, and electric
power and water has been
cut off since the shelling
started Wednesday,

The Voice of Lebanon, the
Christian Phalange party's

Woman .

radio station, reported the
Red Cross rescued a seyen-
year-old boy from the rubble
of one’ building. It said he
was crying for food as he
clutched the bodies of his
mother and slater.

Pierre
spokesman for the In:
ternational Red Cross in
Belrut, said his teams were
allowed to take food and
blood plasma into Zahlé.

“Our routes of access are

limited, and we can't go |

around as we please,” be
sald, ‘We would like to clear
the rubble to see if there any
Victins under the debris, but
the shelling has been very
intense.”* ; /

Zable |s the main Christian
stronghold in the Beknaa
Valley. The city is bullt ma

wide gorge in the foothills of
the Mount Lebanon ;
with stores and offices

a main street along a
Mountain stream and
residences clinging to the
steep slopes, '

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