Page 4, the Herald, Monday, August 18, 1980 (—_ TERRACE-KJTIMAT da ly : "Published by . EDITOR. Greg Mikidlaton CIRCULATION. TERRACE - 635-6957, - Published every weekday. at %12 Kalum: Street, Terrace, B.C; Authorized’ ag sacond class mail, Registration number 1201. Postage paldin cash, return. postage guaranteed. a ; . NOTICEOFCOPYRIGHT. =<: _ The Heraldretainsfull, complate.and sole copyright in ~ any' advertisement produced and-or any editorial: or photegraphic content ‘published-:In the “Herald. | Reproduction is not permitted without the written | permission of the Publisher.” o ae . . : ” a . . . . y, \ ee eS ee te : . . Genaral Office- 635-4357 © . Circulation - 625-6357 . Sterling Publishers - PUBLISHER-CalvinMcCanthy. ., It should no longer be necessary for the provincial | government to enact legislation requiring motor- cyclists to wear safety helmets... If the fatal events of. the. past week involving motorcycles are not incentive enough for the cyclists, maybe they deserve. anything they. get.. To start with, the entire go-around ig.silly. And again, as in the dispute over who controls the Nechako River, the decision to throw the helmet law out was made in the courts on a technicality, rather than on any social or humane terms: =... : You might like to be reminded that this is the second time the law has been in the courts recently. In 1979, it was ruled invalid by the courts because the wrong people apparently had the authority for testing the helmets, At that time, no one-neither learned judge nor learned counsel of either side--though to suggest that it was an invalid law on any other grounds. This time, it was deemed by the court, that the provincial Motor Vehicles Branch, a duly authorized wy 7 - q i 4, j 7» bn “GA and fully-supported arm of the provincial government y LO of the day, does not have the power to prosecute the infractions. The court did not say the law was bad, \_-—O ; iy NS a iy x ' ) just that the wrong people were pressing the charges. Does this then mean that every prosecution under’ : Ae eee on 4, the helmet law since its inception will be voided? And, } i a . gets : if not, why not? -It ‘stands to reason that if our government, of which the judiciary is just one of many checks and balances, has improperly. prosecuted citizens, it should not be necessary for an individual to. hire counsel and go through the entire court process again to resolve what the court has already decided was a wrongful prosecution. But that is another can of rrr 5 - rm child oriented as we would worms which will, no doubt, be amply aired. Like the seat belt legislation, the helmet law, as it relates to the driver, is an unwarranted imposition. | Neither law, in any way, prevents accidents. To order simply that passengers of motorcycles must wear helmets; that seat belts must be provided by the driver foradult passengers in autos or trucks: helted. up would gyffice,:; and that chitdred MUSE be belted “Those who wish ‘to expose themselves to needless risks could do so, but they would be responsible for those in their care, Stiffer penalties would also be a benefit. ‘ At least that would eliminate the allow the left hand to be fully aware of what the right hand was-doing. a, ae r . + ‘ . ‘ \ The Herald welcomes its readers comments. All letters to the editor af general public interest will be printed. We do, however, retain the right to refuse to print letters on. grounds of possible libel or bad taste. We may also edit letters for, style and length. All letters to be considered for publication must be signed. oO L technicalities-and P.N., . f VANCOUVER (CP) — Some Vancouver teenagers with psychiatric problems -end up in jails instead of hospitals because no ‘emergency psychiatric facilityekists here. «. vail 1 *Knd experts add tat some ‘teenagers try to kill them- selves.while othera succeed - because they do not receive - help, One intoxicated” 16-year- - old . girl: with.. psychiatric: problems: made an un- successful ‘suicide. attempt when placed in the youth detention centre, says Gloria Ratner,'social worker. After she was. refused admission to. Vancouver - General Hospital’s . emergency ward, she was placed in the forensic ward. at Riverview, .a ‘local. for the criminally - hospital: insane. - . _ ‘Child psychiatrist. Dr, Robert Krell, said the ab-. * Sence of service -may -in- dicate thay we are not as '. The:.-committee .. has like to pretend. An emergency services implentation . committee, headed. by social planner Renate Shearer; is trying to : changes the: bleak . picture; first of allby trying torget. Hospital Vancouver General requested: . community. services toom at the hospital where. community -workers could talk~ down: teenagers. after they have .betn as- sessed by medical staff; a ‘containment .room for HALIFAX (CF): Rev. Lois Wilson says herelection ‘as moderator of the United |. Thurch of Canada shows how: attitudes." have - social . ""Maybe.the tine is right for. 2 woman,” Mrs. Wilson. said .after her . election of. injuring themselves or others; and an emergency’ - staff person trained to work: with adolescents. - other services. — Meanwhile, teenagers are» ‘taken to‘local hospitals and Willirigdon | (the - ‘youth’, detention centre) as a last~ Woman moderator aturday, “It may ‘be. past’ - was .elected: on the’ third’: - Saturday, “It may be. past alec Cana ok the aay ““>woman candidate for the post; amiong | the , eight _ Margaret -' Montreal. . the time... - are moving along:"'...- : Mrs,. Wilson, “associate: - minister: of Chalmers United. - Church in. Kingston, .Ont., - However, the: committee - wante:more inthe long rut - It is secking‘antadolegodnt’ is Tieeded. emergenéy - services and «He: psychiatric. assesstrient -untt. where teenagers could stay. for -further. observation - before . being” referred ‘to’ » Aug WHE " ‘But instead of Jeaying her - - "Teovet the leadership of a’ ‘woman in the church. ‘This - will’ indicate: to, society. we -” chiatric unit anyone, else, she was returned to: the youth team, # a" wight: Willingdon éaly if‘the person “has been charged with a ‘crime, They are kept . qvernight.. and. appear in - Court the néxt.marning,. -..: Michael's "Ratner, identified about 125 ., (adolescents between the ~ages of 12. and 17 who came to - Supervisor, the ‘amergency services Canada.” was Dr. Houston . of “Mrs. Wilson mucopeds Rt: Rey... George. Tuttle . . of this year ‘for whom Pir propriate medica’ and psy-- chiatric services were not available.” - ; * Krell said adolescents are, an-wndarperviced populati in, most Jarge-cities, but (Is situation in Vancouver i especially bad. ‘ Phyllis Hood, director of Vancouver Genera] Hospital patient services, said the hospital is prepared to look at the problem, but she added that the hospital anc provincial health ministry would require more docu- mentation before any action is taken. — ; 4 “How long do we have to document?” Shearer asked, “We need something for thie kids. . . “We have identified. an emergency, problem but through that we have, ’ jdentified. a much = larger problem. ‘Reality is that somebody has got to look at the hid and get him off the street.” ae “sy The first in a serles of four articles on. operating a small business by Gordon Hardy. . Doreen Braverman Is one silly goose who's laughing all the way to the bank. . Back in 1975 when she opaned Canada’s firs retall flag store in Vancouver, her friends’ called her a silly goose. But now that The Flag Shop Is flourishing, Dareen has had the last laugh. A large model of a allly goose Is prominently displayed in the store's window ~ as a mascot. - Though she had had no previous business experience, Doreen turned a good Idea into a _ successful business venture. Like her, a great many people try every year to set up a small business with hopes of independence, ex- cltement and, why not?, a pot of gold, a business empire. But many’ fall - bank ac- counts are gobbled up, the family home mortgaged, and creditors turk behind the shrubs of the front lawn. What was the secret of Dorean’s success? It turns out to be no secret at all; ste gladiy shares It: ‘‘Know what you're doing, And when | say that, | mean In words, but also dollar amounts.” ‘When we found ourselves with the op-— portunity,” she says, “we did some checking around. Although no ane else had gone Into an ve 1 , wae ¥ this kind of business previous to us, it didn’t deter us. We felt there might be a reason why they hadn’? but, on the other hand, there are one or two new things under the sun. So we sat down and decided what our needs were going “. febe, what revenue we had, and what staff we could afford, before it would be a successful _ venture.”’ - dollar signs beside them and then launched - in.’ : - . a " . ~ #We put al! our plans down on paper with A period fraught with danger usually follows: the launching of a ‘young business - this Is the ‘period which-tests the calculations on which - the business Is based. Will the idea catch on? Willa cllentele develop? Is the location a good one? It is a periodIn which the entrepeneur_ can see his or her. capital Investment drain coming In, et ‘According to Doreen, people should prepare. - for this difficult period beforehand: “I-think: — probably most businesses which don’t make It: are undercapitalized from the beginning. — Your probably can’t count on anything for the” first six months, You have to know how much: It’s going to cost to open your door evéry. morning, how much It's going to cost for the’. first month, the second month, and soon. You. . _ should count on éapitalizing the business for the first six months; even If you think It’s just ; going to take you a few months to get started.” .. “HE you go. In undercapitallzed,” she says, away before any’: reasonable Fevenue starts’ "money. out,” he says. business shor? of working capital, short of , being able to expand thelr Inventory, shor! of being able to purchase the necessary assets.’’ -. “Before you know it, your suppliers aren't golng to. trust you, the bank's going to call In anything you owe them, and you’re beater before you atart.”’ Another key question is how much of the: business’ often-modest earnings to plough back Into the business. “| remember when we first started, we though, ‘Oh great! We can give ourselves the salary we want. Later we realized that you should leave In as much as possible. You should sit-down with your pencli and decide how much you actually need at home and ai! the rest you should leave in,” she says. ' “Your own business Is your best source of ’ “tnvestment,’” "Retained ¢arnings” are the key words, says Kevin Michel of the Federal Business Development Bank, a Crown corporation set up by the federal government to assist smal! ‘businesses. | ; -: "Too. many people get started and take the “They leave the - And that, he says, Is the shortest road te - business failure. Next: The right structure for your business.