__ Pano AG'— Terfave Standard; Wednesday, October 30, 1961

TERRACE — A local literacy worker

. isn’t surprised by a recent forest industry
study indicating many sawmill workers
can't understand written material in the
workplace,

Place literacy centre, the study done by
the Council of Forest Industries (COFI)
’ and the IWA mirrors one done here.

we've found,” said Purcell of the COFI-
IWA study.
Released this month, the study found

rkplace literacy prot

And says Nat Purcell of. The Reading 7
“it outlines the same kind of problems... j

that 56 per cent of 227 workers interview-: :

ed in eight B.C. sawmills have problems, If it’s crucial material, it's read at ithe.

dent setting and I agree. Four years ago,

literacy wasn’t considered a problem.
Now it is, particularly in the workplace, "" .
said Purcell.

‘The COFL-IWA study found ‘that

WCB materials were easier to understand‘:
because they were often checked: With ©

employees before. being published. -: ;
- But the greatest problems were. found:
in material dealing with chemicals “and

_other hazardous goods because’ they. were
“prepared by. techrtical people. .

"The impression we're getting is that
there is a-tot Of reading aloud of memos: ::,

lems no surpri

We found that. employees would like,
to have literacy programs on company. .
. time. Employers were willing to help out
von snvthing but company time,” Purcell
§ “
The -COFI- IWA . ‘study. “found
~ employees ‘overwhelmingly prefer train. -
ing to be offered outside the mill, con-.: .:

ducted. by outside, ’. professional. staff

“rather than. mill personnel.
“Its authors emphasized that the study
~**" is not a value judgment o on employees? in.

telligence or abilities, ,..

. “In. fact, .many’ people ‘who have: dif. ‘the
ficulty . understanding certain ° written. C

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“The conriotation is. that’ ‘if I'm; a
literate, I’m stupid.: This is fer fromthe
case,” he,sai ms
. The. ‘challeng  -Baid® |
develop: programs: - keyed,

"Above ail, confidentiality ; is

eed "he said.

Two-thirds: of. those, ‘interviewed ' for

understanding workplace .written
* material at a mid-grade 4 level of reading: |
comprehension.

workplaces,”’ said Purcell. res .
‘The Reading “Place’s study’ ‘coneen-*
trated on ‘worker-employer co-operation

" material’ aré very: intelligent. anid mane
develop extraordinary skills to compen- 2
‘sate for. their ‘shoncomings| in reading, "a

Nat Purcell.

“The report says its findings are prece-

“Model magic

. ATTENTION GRABBER with youngsters visiting the Skeena

Gingerbread Playhouse. It was the first’ time. the’’stare had’
. Staged the competition and more than 30 modellers entered,
. That kind of response, says owner. Nancy Condan, means the
“store will do it again next year.’Above, Leah Paolini, 6, ad-

‘Mali last weekend was the display of Lego models outside The. : |. :

_ mires Harry Chemko’ 5 winning entry.

in developing literacy programs,

QUT AND ABOUT |

The chamber of commerce
has won this year’s North by
Northwest Tourism association
Community Promotion : “award
for its Terrace...A Whole Lat in
‘Store -for You ~ and
Terrace...Show | Your: Pride
campaigns,

In presenting the - award,

association president Graham. .

Holmes said the campaigns had
“greatly increased the profile of
the tourism industry in
Terrace, ” S
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A new. forestry ‘continuing |

studies program~ has been
established involving the UBC
forest faculty and community
colleges with $400,000 in ‘federal
and provincial money. ;

The: idea is to: provide up-.

dated forestry’:information to

people who workin the regions.
Regional advisory commit-

tees will be established to ‘deter-

mine what is:tieeded.

aTRAT OS Ot sone
. |.....Aie. BoC. has. cut_se
Sandspit.and is doing the same
to Smithers Nov: ‘2 and to Fort,

4. St. John. :
A spokesman said there’

aren't enough passengers. to
- justify continuing the flights,
Air B.C. -began flying. into
Smithers this May. That follow-
ed a’ ‘decision by Canadian.

Opinion: survey results.

Airlines Intefnational to

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_ show Orenda supported -

TERRACE. — i The’ majority of
‘people who filled out opinion
Surveys at three meetings to do
with the Grenda Forest Pro-
ducts plan to build a pulp and
paper mill support the project,

The surveys were distributed
by the company at-a Sept. 10
open house at Lakelse cand at
Sept. 1] and 12 public meetings
in Kitimat and in Terrace, -

Although only 80 of. the: 300

people who attended the ses-.

sions filled out surveys;- Orenda
and its public relations firm,
James Hoggan and Associates,
say the findings are valuable as

they come from those who took -

the time to Bive their opinions.

Of those who filled’ out: the
survey, 69 per cent from ‘Ter-

‘Yace, 8 per: ‘cent from Kitimat
and 45. per cent from Lakelse
Lake were in favour of
building: —

An! equal’ percentage of

Lakelse residents were against:

having the:mill proceed.

‘The breakdown, prepared by’
James Hoggan and Associates, ‘-

found thai a majority of those

apposed said they would favour -
construction at'a different loca-
tion ‘other than the one planned -

south of Lakelse Lake.

: A. majority of those who
responded felt jobs,. money and
environmental - controls were
strong’ benefits.. Those against

_ tended ‘to not want to risk en-

vironmental damage.

‘Newspaper articles were listed .

as the j primary source of infor:
mation on the project: followed

by letters to the editor, Radio o
and TV were listed as the least, a
important sources of informa- a

tion.

Those opposed ‘thought .f

media coverage was inadequate
and somewhat: biased in favour
of the project.

had mixed reactions to media
‘coverage,

outlets began doing research,

Those ‘undecided felt e

general the coverage was info
mative and balanced,

Me

Thank You!

Some thought the coverage |
was ‘balanced and fair, others ay
thought it was: negative and.
others thought it began negative. °.
but: became fairer after news ©:

: { would: like to: ‘extend my
warmest thanks ‘to all the
energetic volunteers and
‘loyal supporters who made
possible ‘our victory on
October 17. oo...

It; was. most’: ‘certainty "a

| time for. a change". in our
government, and your active
effort and support. made ‘that.
: change happen. a

J|° | Once again, ‘THANK vou

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‘Skeena “Constituency

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substitute its service with that’
by subsidiary Time Air, . a
‘The continuing ‘recession,

_ effects ofthe GST on travel and

increasing costs along with: a
shrinking market has’ left.‘us

_ with no option ‘but ‘to suspend

service to Smithers,’ sald Air
B.C; vice President Sandy
McDougall,
mo TT tT ae

As the results started to come:
in on election night, -a récord”

“ number of’ British. Cohimbians:

began switching off their lights:

‘at home,

It wasn’t a comment on ‘the
outcome, however, simply’ a:
response to B.C, Hydro’ s
Power Smart Night campaign, -

‘Alan Burr, the utility com-
pany’ $s chief research ‘analyst
said a telephone survey showed
more: ‘than three-quarters ‘of.
those ‘contacted were aware of .
the: © power conservation event.

B.C; Hydro ho] its Power.
sak i ead hu # wohievéo

energy savings of 5,600 million

kilowatt hours by the year 2010. ff.

— that’s enough: electricity. to :
power, 560,000 homes." |
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‘Alcan Aluminum ‘ Ltd. “ast
week declared a quarterly: ‘divi-
dend of 15 cents U.S. per.com-

“mion share payable Dec. 20.to..

all shareholders as at the lose’ -

of business Nov. 20... a

Those who support the mill.

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