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ketene

The Terrace Review asked:

Steve Skog a
Everyone has biases and

prejudices, even judges.
Have the cases heard
without the defendant being
visible to the Judge. Let
him/her watch the pro-
ceedings through a two-way
mirror and communicate
with the lawyer privately.
Then the person's. ap-
pearance or standing in the
community won't influence
the judge’s decision.

Talk

in Terrace this week

: ~ How do you think
_. the justice system
could be improved? .

Lynne Apolezer . .

Judges have too much
control and power.

Donna Loutit

There are too many built-in
loopholes.. Nothing is im-
mediate. Cases are remand-
ed. From the date the charge
is laid until the hearing date,

evidence is lost and mem-~

ories are forgotten.

|

NEWS ITEM: The Justice Reform
Committee holds hearings

Delmer Cossett

If some of our judges had
an overhauling...

Marcel Wilson
Get better lawyers!

Blending of education and
multiculturalism examined

TERRACE — The recent work-
shop ‘‘Community Involvement
in the Schools’ brought toge-
ther a diverse group of people
with an interest in multi-
culturalism in the community
and how that can be incorpor-

. ated in local schools. Attending

the workshop were representa-
tives from School District 88,
NWCC Nursing program, Ker-
mode Friendship Centre, Kit-
sumkalum Band, the Ba’hai
faith, Northern Native Broad-
casting, Northwest Development
Association, parents, the Multi-
‘cultural Association and other
interested individuals.

by Betty Barton

The workshop was the prelim-
inary step of communications
between the Terrace & District
Multicultural Association and
School District 88, to implement
an action plan to facilitate a race
relations and multiculturalism
policy in this school district.

Facilitator Andy Krawczyk,
from the B.C. Multicultural Ed-

ucation Society, defined multi-_

culturalism as ‘‘an evolving

thing’’. He defined it simply as
‘tthe coming together and the
understanding and communica-
tion of all peoples in this coun-
try. What it means is that all of
us are part of the multicultural
community.”

After a day of debate and
discussion about the meaning of
multiculturalism and the bene-
fits of it, 10 people committed
themselves to form a steering
committee which was scheduled
on March 14 to start the process
of formulating a multicultural

policy with the school district

and develop a way in which this
policy can be practised in the
school system, The steering
committee will also identify re-
source people and materials
available in the communities
within the School District to fa-
cilitate the process of multicul-
turalism in the schools.

As a direct result of this
workshop, Multicultural Associ-
ation president Sylvia Morales
met on Feb. 26 with Sadie Par-
nell of Support and Recruit-
ment, Health Careers at NWCC
in Terrace and committee at
their third Native Cultural Infu-

sion meeting. Member groups
included the Kitsumkalum Band
and the Nishga Valley Health
Board.

New Canadians and natives in
the school system seem to suffer
similar problems of cross-
cultural barriers and illiteracy
when they enter, either at a
public school or college level.
Natives have a traditionally high
drop-out and absenteeism rate in
public school, and that carries

over into college programs. The

main reasons appear to be com-
pulsory English language in-
struction to the exclusion of
their own language, and cultural

differences, ne
The Multicultural Association

made the suggestion, at the
meeting, that they co-ordinate a
cross-cultural communications
course for teachers of natives in
the school system, and then pro-
gress from there. Krawczyk
summarized by saying, ‘If we
are going to truly try to under-
stand our country, we have to
understand the nature of it, and
the nature of it involves the bi-
lingual framework, multicultur-
al identity, and the concept of
aboriginal rights.”

Letter

"Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 16, 1988 3.

Time has come to put
this issue in the open

To the Editor;

In regard to the letter from
Ada Solowoniuk appearing in
the March 2 issue of your ex-
cellent paper, I feel that this is a
letter whose time has come. We

_ have watched with dismay the

trend of today and the dif-
ficulties that parents face in rais-

ing their children. Her letter

gave much insight and food for

thought, and I admire her
courage in writing about this
issue. Her letter seemed to be
written without malice or
paranoia but with a real concern
for others and merely brought
out a potential danger that we
should all be aware of.
S. Kennedy
Terrace, B.C.

Chamber predicts
stronger year

The Terrace and District
Chamber of Commerce outlined
its plans to city council’s Com-
mittee of the Whole on Feb. 15
and predicted a better year than
ever with an additional $5,000 in
city support.

According to Chamber of
Commerce Treasurer Dick Shar-
ples, the number of vehicles vi-
siting the Information Centre on
Highway 16 last year was up by
2,000 over 1986 and the Cham-
ber hopes to increase this num-
ber even more with extended
hours in the coming year,
Sharples also announced plans
to set up a portable booth at the
airport during flight arrivals and
departures.

In other items covered, the
Chamber offered their support
and urged council to ‘‘make
every effort’’ to negotiate an ex-
tended lease on Fisherman’s
Park with CNR. The Chamber
also endorsed long-term plan-
ning and coordination of groups
involved in economic. develop-
ment by the new Economic De-
velopment Coordinator, the eco-
nomic benefit to the area due to
the Mount Layton Hot Springs
and Shames. Mountain develop-
ments, airport upgrading, the
Houston/Telkwa road pro-
posals, the need to pave the road
from Rosswood to Cranberry

Junction,
restructuring, and the disposi-
tion of the Provincial Police
Building.

Terrace-Kitimat Airport
Manager Darryl Laurent said
during the meeting that it ap-
pears that the air strip at Bob
Quinn Lake will become a desig-
nated air strip and the highway
will be rerouted. |

The Chamber of Commerce
announced that they will be

writing a letter of support for -

the Newhawk Mines proposal to
build a road into their site at
Knipple Lake near Stewart.
The city’s Tourism and
Economic Development Com-
mittee is currently considering a
request made during the meeting
that the city offer the Chamber
of Commerce assistance in
Maintaining staff and aid to
their project to decorate the

-community-with flags and ban-

ners.

In court

In Terrace provincial court on

Thursday, March 3 Richard Mc-.

Carthy was sentenced to 14 days
in jail for operating a vessel on
water while his ability to do so
was impaired.

work terms

class on May 2nd.

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