Page 4, The Herald, Thursday, November 30, 1978

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N EDITOR'S JOURNAL

'Fon one corner of my desk is a basket into which all
\Sianner of strange bits and pieces of information
liect the way candy wrappers, leaves and discarded
rking tickets are piled into the doorways of aban-
med buildings, by the wind. ;
‘The purpose of the basket is tobe a place in which J
store the odd items of correspondence I wish to
ow up on, but not right now. It is a place to put
Scuments which are too important to
Is not urgent enough to need an immediate follow up.

While sorting throug this neatly stacked trash bin

the other day, I discovered that a controversy was
-feing on virtually right under my nose, without my
being aware of it. The forces of pro and anti Tran-
“sendental Meditation were at war.
~." A week or so ago a rather pleasant little woman
“dropped in to see me, armed with all kinds of printed
Smaterial touting TM. She had leaflets, She had
“brochures. She also had those glossy magazines which
“use eastern color schemes which look so garish to the
“western eye.

-’ In the literature she left and the hand-written
_Felease she gave me, great pains are taken to point out

that this meditation tech: que is not a religion,

. “Not true!’ states a countering tract which arrived
here in the mail and which ended up in the basket with
the parcel of reading material my meditator left.

‘Insidious Hindu religion,” declaims the little

printed paper mailed me by a man, J.A. Blackwell,
_ who calls himself both bishop and pastor of the Church
of God in Christ.

A long time ago I tired of the charts and other
“gcientifie’ evidence supporting TM. I met the
Maharishi Maheesh Yogi in the 1960's. He’s a blissfull

little man. So blissful is he that you occasionally have
“to ask him to squeak ip. .

: J tried meditating, although I never managed. to
.squeeze enough out of my coffee money to buy a
:Inantra, the sound you make while, and meditate to.
With some experiments of my own, sans charts and
“dontrols but convincing to me nonetheless, I
discovered that the best position to meditate in was
“Tying down. Us pudgy people have problems sitting

palit

Trial and error showed me that the couch was one of

‘the.better places to lie and meditate, mainly as you
fe stepped on less than if you tried it on in the
‘Hallway,
-“\ The only thing that disturbed me about TM was the
: need to dress it up in all the hoopla. Surely it is obvious
“that a couple of short naps on the couch a day (oh,
“sorry, meditations) would make anyone feel better. I
vean't go along with the good bishop and pastor who
‘thinks TM is a threat to the Christian world. I just
ithink it is remarkable that anyone has been able to
‘market and make a multi m
Making an afternoon snooze.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

‘Dear Editor:

- 4] am representing a group
of people who have ex-
pressed concern over the
discontinuation of some of
the continuing education

‘courses,
* Jt has been brought to our
attention that some of these

Neil Worboys, 1491

Kingfisher St., Phone 632-

6174, Kitimat, B.C, V8C 159.
See you in Smithers!

Yours truly

W.H.B. Haywood,

Publicity Chairman.

Ow away,-

ion dollar business of

Cyril Shelford,
ML.L.A, Skeena

Dear Mr, Shelford:

In reference to the
repair of the broken and
exposed Pacific Northern
Gas pipeline through the
Copper River Valley.

TheN.\W, Chapter of the
Steelhead Society has
been actively pursuing a
plan of action on the
repairs to the natural gas
pipeline that would see it
relocated permanently
away from the high water
welted perimeter af the
Copper River.

We have spent many
hours talking to people
with the Pacific Northern
Gas Company, Fisheries
& Marine Service and the
Fish and Wildlife Branch
about the necessity to
relocate the gas pipeline
away from the river to
assure that the en-
vironmental damage
assoclated with the
repairs and the disruption
in gas supplies to the
users is a thing of the
past. Both the gas
company and the fishery
agencies agree with our
position — “BUT”, the
necessity to make repairs
as soon as possible in
order to restore service to

B PELINE

the comimercial users and
the cost of relocating the
line away from its present
localion may inhibit a

satisfactory resolution of ~

the repair work.
We have contacted our
federal member of

parliament for Skeena,
Jona Campagnolo, asking
that the federal govern-
ment assist in financing
the relocation of the jine
should P.N.G. requeat
financial help. During our
conversation with Mrs.
Campagnolo, she in-
dicated that she agrees
with relocating the
gasline away from the
Copper River and. that
some financial assistance
could be available for
P.N.G,, although it was
her opinion that the
provincial government
was directly responsible
for a permanent solution
to the problem,

We in the Steelhead
Society feel that both
governments are directly
responsible for the very
loase environmental
standards that applied to
the original construction
of the line in 1968,

The federal govern-
ment’s responsibility was
through the National
Energy Board, and such

agencies as fisherles

Letter to Cyril Shelford

service, While the
provincial government,
through =the lands

branch, water rights
branch and the fish and
wildlife branch has or at
least should have had
direct involvement in the
locetios of the pipeline in
relation to the effect upon
land, water and fish and
wildtife,

Our organization
cannot concern itself with
the various federal and
provincial licensing
requirements and who is
responsible for what, Our
concern is that both
governments cooperate in
this matter to assure a
quick resolution of a
difficult problem.

We find it unacceptable
that a co-ordinated
overall environmental
assessment and control
plan has not been
initiated by either senior
civil service staff or
political representatives
for the Skeena region, to
deal with the recon-
struction of the PNG.

The N.W. Chapter of the
Steelhead Society has
taken the place af a
federal-provincial
government team which
should have, in’ concert
with PNG, evaluated and
decided how the natural

- We find it absurd that

gas pipeline could be
repaired with a minimum
of damage to the river
and land environment.
Our latest information
is that the gasline will be
relocated away from the
Copper River. Govern-
ment involvement will
assure that this becomes
a reality. One problem
remains which we find
unsatisfactory — no
provincial land inspector
or co-ordinator is on-site
of the pipeline recon-
struction, assuring that
minimum environmental
damage to the land base
through the repair work
and that temporary ac-
cess roads are tied in
wherever possible, with
reconstruction of the
mainline forestry access
road which parallels the
natural gas pipeline.

these pipeline repairs can
take place without some
direction and controls
from the ministry of .
environment, asitapplies ;
to the land base.
Looking forward to
your support and action
on the problems that we
have brought to your
attention.
Yours truly,
Jim Culp,
Chairman

RCHMOND,B.C, (CP) —
Competition from imported
food Is one of the best ways to
keep Canada’s agriculture
industry healthy and ef-
ficient, Warren Allmand,
federal Minister of Cor-
porate. and Consumer Af-
fairs, said Wednesday.

Without imports, ‘the in-
dustry may become lax and
fail to adopt the latest ad-
vances and innovations,” the
minister told the British

- Columbia Federation of

Agriculture's annual
meeting in this community
south of Vancouver.

“It is counter-preductive
to isolate Canadian
producers from this com-
petitio
”’ he said, adding lack of
advances in agriculture

| ALLMAND STATES |
Competition good for us

would be both costly to
consumers and producers,
“Allmand said producers
have been protected against
unduly low prices and “it
seems only fair and
reasonable, in a balanced
food policy, to protect the
consumer against unduly
high prices."

‘The minister said he was
not advacating controlled
prices at the producer level,
but rather an adjustment in
import quotas to balance the
price af products such as

He said the federal
government should give
serious consideration to
increasing or suspending the
quota in 1979 on lower grades
of beef.

The minister said his
concern is that prices of the
cheaper cuts of beef, in-
cluding hamburger, have
been rising more rapidly
than those of better cuts.

“This bears hardest on
lowincome consumers who
are already under con-
siderable pressure from
inflation," he said.

“While I have no wish to
see the incomes of cattle
producers suffer ... it seems
to me that if consumers can
be helped by allowing more
imports in without adversely
affecting the price our
producers receive for Grade
A beef, I see no reason why.
this shouldn't.be done." -

Allmand said it was time
for the federal and provin-

cial marketing agencies to

show consumers the “often |
talked about benefits of
supply management.’
Pointing to the increased
demand for turkey this year
and the lower supply, he said
marketing agencies should
consider allocating” ad-
ditional quotas for an-
ticipated growth of market
demand.

“If farmers are to benefit
from stable prices when de-
mand is depressed, then con-
sumers should benefit from
adequate supply . when
demand is strong,"’ he said.

He called on producers and
retailers to work with the
government and consumer
agencies in working out food
policies that benefit all
sectors.

TORONTO (CP) —
Morethan 500,000
children with learning
disabilities in Canada are
depending on provincial
agencies to supply them
withthe special education
facilities they need, says
a member of a group
studying problems of
such children. ;

Edward Polak, project
director of the Canadian
Association for Children
With Learning _ Dis-
abilities and a member of
a national study group

Learnin

investigating the
problem, said provincial
governments should alter
their priorities to respond
to the needs of these
children.

Th a brief last week to
Bette Stephenson, On-
tario education minister,
the association’s Ontario
branch estimated that
160,000 children in the
province have a learning
disability and that 12 per
cent are receiving special
training.

The national study

HALF A MILLION

g disabled children

group, backed by a
$40,000 federal, grant, is
trying to identify the
service gaps in education,
health and social welfare,

Polak said Tuesday the
study group has visited
almost every province
and been told everywhere
that there is a shortage of
special education
facilities.

“‘There are elementary
schools in this country
who respond to a child
who isn’t doing well by
failing him,” Polak said.

“A&A woman in Prince
Edward Island told me it
took her son 10 years to
get through five grades.
He had a learning dis-
ability.”

Tt isa child's inability to
process information and
not a lack of intelligence
that causes a learning
disability, he said, It can
play havoc with the
child’s self-esteem and
relationships with family
and friends.

courses will be terminated
a8 of Dec. 31, 1978.
: ‘We have been advised of a
council] meeting Dec. 1 at
-§330 p.m. and respectfully
requested that a discussion
concerning this matter be
included in the agenda.
‘We realizd that the in-
formation provided has been
limited and with con-
sideration to this we would
be grateful for an op-
portunity to meet and
tineuss with council the
ture plans for these
courses, We would also iike
to submit a petition signed
by those individuals who are
in support of the continuation
@f the courses in question.
» Thank you for your
Consideration.

: Yours truly
4 Laurie Forbes
: Former CEC student

- Dear Sir:

- The Northern B.C. Winter
Games office in Smithers
has been flooded with
telephone calla in the last
few days regarding event
information for the 1979
games, We would appreciate
it if you would print or an-
nounce the following:

_ The Fifth Annua! Northern
B.C. Winter Games will be
held in Smithers, Feb. 2 to 4,
1979. This year the games
will be offering 18 different
events for 1800 athletes. If
you are interested in any
event, please contact the
Regional Director for your
area: George Neuman or

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“Actually [ abhor hunting, but nv wife won't let me drink at home.”

CONSUMER.
COMMENT

There’sa story about a man who walked into a
bar and found a friend obviously well under the
influence,

“Good grief Joe,” the first man cried, ‘your
doctor said you were not to have more than one
drink a day.”

“Thash right,” his friend retorted, hoisting a
glass, ‘and thish one’s for May oth, 1985,"

Most of us have more in common with Joe than
we might think, even if we're strict teetotalers.

Joe was using future credits in the present.
When you use credit fo obtain something. you're
using future income in much the same way. And,
like Joe, if you Indulge too freely you’re apt to
wind up with a throbbing head and feelings of
remorse. .

It would be nice (if not foo practical) to pay
cash for everything. Few of us could manage
this, however, without drastically reduciag our
standard of living.

Since credit has become such a large p
our lives, it’s essential to use It wisely.

Credit costs money. If you have a charge
account at a department store, you're paying
from 18 to 21 percent annua! interest on you~
purchases. Interest on general purpose credit
cards runs about the same. wo

If you do have a department. sf
account, you should probably also haye'd general
credit card which can be used’ at*a:varlety of
other stores. That. way, when" you have to use’
credit to make a purchase/yau'll ‘have more
freedom to comparison shop. =

Don‘t automatically put a major purchase on
your account without shopping around for a good”
interest rate. . ,

On big purchases, some stores offer a 90 day
interest-free payment plan. (you pay a third of
the total price each month for three months.)

A bank joan at around 13'2 per cent annual
interest compares favourably with most other
credit charges, and contrary fo what many
people think, It’s not terribly difficult to get. An
added advantage Is that you can fake the funds
borrowed to any stare you choose and often get a
discount for paying cash.

However you finance a purchase. keep the
repayment period as short as possible. It can be
tempting to make extremely low payments, but
the longer you take to pay, the higher the cost of
the credit.

Beware of taking on too many “low monthly
payments’. Although what you‘re paying out
each month may not seem large, the total
amount of your indebtedness can easity become
staggering.

Make sure your payments are recetved when —
they are due. Late payments pile up penalties -
which can become substantial. As well, on
monthly accounts, there’s often an interest
reduction If you pay before a certain date.

Understand what's in the credit agreement
you sign. Take time to read all of it, and have
parts you don’t understand clarified. Never sign
a blank contract, and always get a copy for your
records.

Be sure you really want the item you’re
buying, and you're getting good value and
quailty for your money. Remember that when
you use credit you're not increasing your in-
come, you’re borrowing from your future ear-
nings.

if Joe lasts until 1985, he'll find it an awfully
bleak year, having used far more than he should
have of his future allowance.

Don't tet that happen to you.

Who should
get the guns?

UNITED NATIONS (CP)
— The old question of
Western financing of
military dictatorships will
get another airing in the UN
General Assembly during
the debate on human rights
in Chile .

Two reports that are
embarrassing to the Chilean
military government of Gen.
Augusto Pinochet are being
considered by the assem-
bly’s social, humanitarian
and cultural committee.

One is a study done for the
UN human rights com-
mission which is critical of
financial support given to
Chile because it hasn’t really
improved human rights. —

There also isa UN working
group's report on its visit to
Chile last July to investigate
human rights violations. -

While the group found that
there had been an im-
provement in human rights
in Chile since the immediate
Tepressive yeard following
Pinochet's overthrow of the
Allende government
in 1973, the current picture La
far from rosy.

On the brighter side, the
fivecountry group
that large numbers of
political prisoners no longer
are held in Chile, no cases of
persons disappearing during
1978 have been confirmed,
and there ia wider ex-
pression of views in the
controlled prea.

_ Cassese found that
economic Improvements in
Chile had not been reflected
in the social field.

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