Pape 4. The Herald, Monday; March 23, 1961

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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

To the Editor:

A closed meeting was held
recently between the School
Board (School District No.9 -
Castlegar) and concerned
parents from the Robson
Elementary School to
discuss existing problems.
Rather than deal with the
issue which was submitted in
dhe form of a petition to
immediately replace the
teachers of the Grade 7
élass, the rug was lifted and
the matter swept under.
Four students have been
transferred to other schools
to alleviate the overcrowded
situation, thus solving the
problems of those four
students, however, the
problem stil] exists for
students left in the Robson
School.

‘What right do board
members have to infer
parents shouldn’t listen
their children, it's obvious
that that person doesn't
place much value on their
own children, All children
are not liars all of the time!
Maybe ‘{ “ore parents
listened « -. air children’s
problems there wouldn't be
the high rate of juvenile
delinquency. How can
anyone who doesn't have
children going through the
school system pass
judgement on other parents?

Why didn’t our area
representatives have
anything to say towards
solving these problems?

Are some of these board
members there for the
political prestige? Certainly
the quality education of
“all students isn't their
priority. Maybe Castlegar is
jong overdue for a thorough
house cleaning of it's school
board. Our children have a
“one time around” to get the
education that will deter-
mine the outcome of their
future life. We parents can’t
afford to pay the taxea and
have our children miss out
uny aspect of receiving this
quality education. A requote
by Mr. Lauriente taken from
an article in the “News
Timer Advisor" dated
February 17, 1961,- “Itis the
responsibility of the school
system to meet the needs of
every youngster.” What

about our youngsters in
Robson?

Good management,
whether in industry, small
business or our local school
is of utmost importance. We
feel thatin the past there has
not been consistent control,
discipline and organized
management. In spite of the
Many meetings that have
taken place between the
teacher and parents, nothing
has been resolved in the first
two-thirds of the school year.

We seriously urge parents
with school age children to
be more aware of what and
how your children are being
taught. Listen and “hear"’
what your children are
saying. Some of our con-
cers are:

-Is there mental abuse
through lack of control and
discipline?

-Does the teacher have a
good rapport with the
students and still maintain
their respect?

-Are corrections done, are
they followed through and
marked by the teacher, or
are corrections done at all?

-Just bow much marking is
done by students?

-Are assignments followed

through from given in-

structions?

-Are instructions explicit
to “all” students in the
class?

-If a student asks for
assistance, does the student
get help or an excuse?

-Does spelling just refer to
the spelling lesson, or is this
checked in other subjects?

-[s neatness and legibility
in writing and numerals
consistent in all subjects?
Why do we always hear the
complaint from businesses,
industries and universities
that students can't read or
write? Just where does it
stem from?

-Does your child have a
thorough knowledge of the
math basics or does the 12 or
13 year old student still count
on their fingers?

-Do students answer
questions in full sentences or
do they fill in blanks or give
one word answers?

The Concerned Parents
of the Grade? Class

P.O, Box 3153

Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H5

To the Editor:

Elkhorn will be
celebrating in July 1982 the
100th Anniversary of its first
settlers arriving in the
community.

A number of functions are
being planned for the
celebration. The Centennial
Committee is presently
compiling a list of the first
settlers and are in hopes of
publishing a book on the
history of all Elkhorn
residents past and present if
enough public interest is
shown.

With this in mind, we

would ask through the
courtesy af your newspaper,

that any former residents of °

Elkhorn and District send us
their names and addresses
and make an indication as to
whether they would supply
information for our History
Book.

Please address your
replies to the

Elkhorn Centennial
Committee,

P.O. Box 313,

Elkhorn, Manitoba fOM
ONO.

Linda Clarke
Secretary-Treasurer

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Nationalism has communications

It’s been called ‘the new
strain’’ of economic
nationalism moving through
Canada’s energy industry
and now about to strike the
field of communications.

The Canadian government
wants to create a domestic
electronic office-equipment
industry — with financial
and other inducements — to
break the foreign monopoly
that grabe off 95 per cent of
the $1.2-billion market.

And rich provinces such as
Alberta are locking for their
share of the high-technology-
development pie.

Neil Webber, Alberta’s
associate minister of
telephones, made a recent
fact-finding tour of Ottawa,
Washington and several
communications research
centres in the United States.

As minister responsible for
Alberta
Telephones

and com-

Government

munications, Webber is
looking at the possibility of
expanding Alberta’s own
small telecommunications
industry, using funds from
the $7-billion Heritage
Savings Trust Fund. _

In terms of = high
technology, Alberta's
greatest source of expertise
at present exists in its
government-owned
telephone company.

The company serves all of
the province except Ed-
monton, which has its own
municipal telephone system.
Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba are the only
provinces owning their
telephone systems.

One area Alberta is keenly
interested in is the Telidon
system of transmitting video
texts on home television sets
from data banks. Telidon
was developed in federal
goverment com-

munications laboratories.

The system already has
made strong inroads in the
United States. Time Inc.
agreed to test it for its huge
pay-TV home box-office
setup. And Telidon was
chosen by a major Los
Angeles newspaper for ils
cable-TV system.

“T think it has a great
ture,”” Webber says.

“The data banks would
owned by others. Right now?
Southam Presa are involved
in helping develop the data
banks and probably would
own them.

“We would use the (tele-

phone) network to bring the

_ date into the home and the

television set — ami fire
alarm, burglar alarm and
remote

the U.S.

Federal Com-

munications Commission
and a major private cable-
TV system the growing
problem of pirated telecasts
from an American satellite
by residents of northern
Alberta .

"They're running the
signals from their own earth
dish into the community and
in some cases the com-
munity actually owns the
dish itself and the cable
system's end.’”

Although Canada has its
own satellites for television
transmission, ‘there's not a
beck of a lot of program:
ming,” Webber says.

“That’s why we have the
problem that we have.
People are aiming their little
dishes up at the American
satellite, and they are sitting
in a.remote community
watching home boroffice
and the Atlanta, Ga., cable.”

A series of prestigious
awards for distinction in
British Columbia science
and engineering has been
established by the Science
Council of British Columbia.
And, right now, the Science
Council is seeking
nominations for the awarda,
de to be announced in
September.

Nominations may be
submitted by anyane ...
students, researchers, and,
of course, by members of the
general public. But they
must be received by the
Science Council by the end of
March. A review panel
composed of people
recognized for their con-
tributions to science,
technology, education, or
industry will consider the
nominations received and
make recommendations to
the Science Council in any or
all of four major categories.
These categories are
Natural Sciences, Health
Sciences, Engineering and
Applied Sciences, and In-
dustrial Innovation,

Each winner will receive a

Just like a mystery novel.
buried deep in the final pages. Under the NDP the
_ provincial tax was 20.5 per cent of the federal tax.
Under Social Credit the provincial tax is now 44
percent of thefederal tax, Under the Curtis-Bennett
threat to pull out of the federal agreement the
provincial tax will rise to between 50 and 60 per ;

” Reading the provincial budget is somewhat like
reading 4 mystery novel which has clues scattered

Lit. One has to keep reading and re-
reading to find the clues, put them together and

There is an intriquing comment in the Budget

” ” Speech itself which relates to the federal-provincial
tax sharing agreement. For many years now BC.,
along with all provinces except Quebec, has had an
agreement whereby the federal government
collects the personal income tax on behalf of the
province and pays it back to the province. In other
words, the feds are a collection agency for the

The level of provincial .personal income tax is
usually expressed as a percentage of the federal
personal income tax. For example, when the NDP
was the government in B.C. that percentage figure
was 30.5, This year, under Social Credit, that
percentage figure is 44. In other words, provincial
personal income taxes have gone up 45 @ per-
centage of the federal tax. They have also gone up

As meationed earlier, the only province in Canada
to collect its own personal income tax is the
Province of Quebec, Residents of Quebec have to
fill out two separate income tax returns; one for the
federal government and one for the provincial
government. And many of us have enough difficulty

One disadvantage to the taxpayer in Quebec is
that of supporting two income tax cellection
agencies, Taxpayers pay for the federal public
servants amd pay for the provincial public servants

It is, therefore, easy to see what would happen if
the Social Credit government pulled out of the tax
sharing agreement. You and [ would have another
Jevel of bureaucracy to pay for and deal with. And,
we would have two distinct and separate income tax
returns to fill out and file.

We get yet another kick in the purse from the
provincial government.
Budget, away in the back pages, has the following
statement in very fine print, “‘Quebec levies its own
tax which has an approximate range of 50 to 60

The Curtis-Bennett

“There is the villain -

Can we afford any more of this?

Prestigious B.C.

offered

gold medal and a citation to
be presented at an awards
dinner to be held later in the

year. The Science Council of
British Columbia expects the
awards to be held in an
esteem comparable to that of
the medals and awards of the
Learned Societies of Canada.

The Science Council of
British Columbia was
established by the Previncial
Legislature In 1978 to ef
courage scientific and
technological research and
development in British
Columbia and to advise the
government on science
policy.

Perso wishing to
nominate individuals for the

Secretariat
Columbia, 7671 Alderbridge
Way, Richmond, British
Columbia, V6X 128.

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