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LOCAL DRIVERS can ex-
pect an ICBC discount in
the neighbourhood of $10
provided they have a device
which prevents their vehicle
from being stolen.

The devices are called
passive immobilizing sys-
tems in that they don’t re-
quire any effort by the
driver to activate.

That translates —_— into
devices in new cars or ones
which are installed later that
cut off of a vehicle’s gas
supply or disable its electri-
cal system when the ignition
key is removed, says ICBC
official Sam Corea.

“The discount doesn’t
apply to devices such as the
Club which require an effort
on the part of the driver,”
he said.

Nor does it apply to
devices which require a
driver to push a button on a
Temote contral key chain
device or which require a
separate key,

“Something which a
driver could forget to do
doesn’t qualify,’ said
Corea.

The discount works aut to
15 per cent of the annual
theft portion of a driver’s
optional comprehensive or
specified perils coverage.

It’s lower in the northwest
where the theft risk is lower
and higher in the lower
mainland where the risk is

grcatest,
Corea said the discount
teflecis the success of

devices which stop vehicle
theft.

Last year, ICBC theft
claims cost nearly $87 mil-
lion.

ICBC likes passive sys-
tems as they offer the high-
est level of protection.

The crown corporation has
published a booklet on anti-
theft devices and its avail-
able at claim centres,

Berk

a Open again

ELAINE TEMPLE stands outside the Kalum Hote! building at Heritage Park
which is open for another season. Its hours are Tuesday to Saturday from
10 am. to 6 p.m. and guided tours are available from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The park contains some of the area’s more famous wooden heritage build-
ings. It's become a favourite spot for tourists and locals.

Students drop again

A SECOND YEAR of
declining enrollment is
spelling more bad news for
School District 82.

Fewer students means less
money from the province
and it’s one of the reasons
for the budget deficit crisis
which has occupied the
board and parents.

It’s one of the reasons
layoff notices have already
issued been issued to
teachers considered surplus
now that are fewer studenis.

Last year a $400,000 cash
infusion from the provincial
government helped buffer
what would have been a
more serious deficit through
the loss of more than 240
students.

That money was ticd
direclly to the loss of 107

For this coming year a fur-
ther dip of more than 100
students is expected but
there might cven be more
and Skeena Cellulose fig-
ures again in the equation,

Layoff notices issued last
weck to the company’s
Prince Rupert employees
will have an economic im-
pact here, says school dis-

trict secretary-treasurer
Barry Piersdorff.
“What takes place in

Prince Rupert will have an
effect here,’’ he said.

The pending closure of the
Terrace Co-op's main store
building, resulting in the
layoff of 80 people, will
also cut enrollment figures,
Piersdorff predicted,

With cach missing student
representing a loss of

Autoplan agencies and
retailers which sell them.

+

students due to the uncertain
_ future of Skeena Cellulose,

$4,005 on average, the dis- .
trict’s budget could be fur-

The courtroom was packed. The noise
deafening.

Ellen, Pamela and Patricia were sitting
in the front raw of the courtroom.

] wouldnt have missed this for the world.
Imagine the scandal. OUR minister,
accused of sexual abuse by hia own
daughter!

Pamela was excited, Not only her father,
Ellen. Shes made allegations againat her
uncle, a carpenter and a teacher.

Patricia looked straight ahead. What a
bunch of gossiping birds you both are. I
bet all her accusations are trumped up.
False memories. You know, thats big in
the news nowadays. A girl goes to thera-

y. Her therapist aske her whether she
haa memories of sexual abuse, Of course,
with all those suggestions in her head
shes bound to come up with all those nutty
memories, I dont believe a word.

Ellen looked morose, J heard the daugh-
ter moved out of the house and into a
group home. She was having trouble.
Missing school, depressed. A young girl
doeant mias school and have depression
because its the in thing to do. Hesides, I
heard that Harry, the minister, made a
confeasion to the police that he had abused
his daughter because he himself had been
abused as a child and that he was also the
victim of Sataniam.

Patricia glowered at her friends, You are
both so stupid. Dont you know anything?
The latest word is that he recanted his
confeasion. Said it was caused by false
memories as well. That when his wife
confronted him with the daughters accusa-
tions, they both went into counselling.
And the therapist made suggestions, I tell
you, you cant believe anybody anymore.

Suddenly the back doors of the court-

YOu BE THE JUDGE

False Memories

BASED ON
ACTUAL COURT
CASES

room were thrown open.
All rise, the court is now in session,
Patricia couldnt resist the last word,
Watch my word, this case is going to be
thrown out, The mother told me just this
morning that her daughter is so upset

‘she is not going to testify against her

father,

The guard motioned to her to keep
quiet as the Crown called expert witnesa-
es to the stand,

The experts presented the case, Your
Honour, Leslie said she was abused. She
remembered it once in therapy. Harry
admitted that he remembered abusing
his child, The techniques used in thera-
py are scientifically proven to work,
Anything Harry remembered must have
happened. Thus, Harry is a sex offender,
Dont Jet him get away with it.

Harry was upset, Your Honaur, I didnt
sexually abuse Leslie, Everything else
that I thought I remembered turned out
to be false. ] was never abused. J was
never a victim of a satanic cult. Even
Leslie wont testify that I abused her,
The therapist tried to make me believe
things that didnt really happen. Dont
punish me because of poor counseling.

Did Harry abuse Leslie?

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ther affected, he said.

What makes adjustments
80 difficult during times of
declining enrollment is that
missing students come from
all over the school district.

And that makes it difficult
to eliminate teaching posi-
lions at any one school.

The province did an-
nounce earlier this year
plans to hire more teachers
to reduce class sizes in
retum for pay freezes but
the final numbers haven’t
been worked out yet.

“We've been told not to
budget for that,’ said
Piersdorff.

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