TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

vindictive, suppressed human
beings; who must -vent. their
frustration on something,

institution, is an.easy target...
reporter and editor.

misinterrpretation creep into
newspapers, particularly the
smaller ones like The Terrace
Herald whose news. staff
consists. of one editor-
. reporter; one reporter and a
parl-time photographer, plus
a boy who writes the odd
sports item.
‘ . ANEXAMPLE

Allow me to take this
newspaper as an example. To
bring you as much local news
as is humanly possible TWICE
a week means many hours of
covering meetings, collecting
news by _. telephone
intenviewing . people at our
office or at their home: or
business, sifting thraugh news
releases to see if we cannot
find a local angle and, in
feneral, serving the public.
Then there is the task of
writing not only the news.
itself, bul - writing local
editorials and comment.

That is nok just the purpose,
but the duty, of newspaper
people,

I wonder how many have
" actually thought of the hours
of work that ge into bringing

the news and local comment to -

the people we serve. - .
OTHERS BUSY, TOO
I-am not saying other
_ departments of the newspaper
have a better deal, because:
they have their--individual:
hang-ups, but this column this
issue is:dealing with news.

It is not rare, for example,
for the,editor to work seven
days a week. . -Mostly,
however, it's not less than six
days. :

Our, reporter, also, puts. in |

the equivelant of six days.
How,are the hours of work
r distributed? .. Whenever
_ possible, -we sleep, - in--
specifically because we need
“the . gest---on Monday’ 5 and ,
Thursday's, the day. the Paper
comes ou.

Perhaps one “of. ‘the: most
abysed persons in.the ‘world i is

the. , Rewpaperman--:or
woman.
He is’ easy, prey. “for:

The , newspaper, “a. public
Bearing the: brunt is. the:

Certainly some mistakes or

: ear

But that doesn’t make up for

'. the hours spent covering night
meetings, or taking your work
home with .you to make
certain you: meet . your

deadlines and keep the girls
who do the teletypsetting in
the “back shop” busy. .

Every other Monday night is
council, ‘That can . last
anywhere. from one hour to

' several. There's school board
once a month. :
Board. - Hospital: ‘Board,
Chamber of Commerce, |
among others which also
includes public relations in the
form of addressing meetings

of clubs on the role of the.
newspaper in the community.

PAUSE A MOMENT.

Stop and consider - two
papers per week. Let's say
they are both 10 pages which
equals 20 pages.
average. Some issues wé may
be down to eight ‘pages and
sometimes up to 12 pages.

On the inside you will find
inches upon inches of local
news, some of it rewritten
from releases clubs and
groups have kindly brought in.
Perhaps a feature or two.
Then there are TWO front
pages, the showcase of the

newspaper. And twe editorial .

pages. We average four local
editorials a wéek plus local
columns.
‘All that news is typed into
strips of type which are pasted
- on broadsheet pages. . That's
not a job for the editor, but an
-art.. He has to “makeup”
these pages so that they are
pleasing to the eye.

DAILY DEADLINES
We rush.to meet deadlines
each day. We must maintain
an even flow of news copy to
the girls operating the
machines in the shop.
There is no such thing as an
eight-hour day, five-day week
on this newspaper,
Sixty to 70 hours would be
more realistic.
So why do news people do
this?. Are we masochists?
“It's certainly not the money.
Weekly newspaper editors
and reporters are inthe low
amiddle-income, bracket... ..... 7
ia But} inne theweakly.. sips i
: Newspaperman is dedicated.
“He must be to try and achieve
a first-class paper once or, in
our case, twice a week,

by. Ron ‘Thody |

' Regional *

That’s an -

tte: sos as

“burned out”.

All because he is dedicated: .
to the principal’ that’ there is’.

freedom of the press and to
maintain this.:freedom as a
basic tenant -f demécracy.
He needs money to live, true,
enough...but he Puls; ‘his skill’
-and work ...ahead

he feels he has a-dufy to the’
“people ‘ who ead
. hewspaper. .

A REWARD?

It would be nice to have as

reward like a thankyou, better
still, araise, but first he would

‘rather have another reporter .

on the staff to help lighten the
heavy burden, freeing him to
spend more time on important
stories, features and in-depth
news reporting.

The error factor would also
be reduced, When.-you
consider the number of stories
in each paper, it’s amazing
there are not more
misinterpretations, = *
e strive, however, to be
accurale. This often takes
hours of checking on stories to
get to the meat of the matter.

Sometimes we are fed
wrong information: near
deadline and we do not have
the time to fully check these
stories out. However, as we
get to know our sources of
information ‘better, the
chances of error are
dramatically reduced because
we learn who to trust or who
_hot to trust. as a source of
news.
. DEDICATED

Yes, we are dedicated.
Dedicated to the proposition of
a free and independent t press
which cannot be intimidated. |

We do have ethics and try to
abide by them. Included
among these are truthfulness,
sincérily and faith to the
public trust.

But sometimes we become
truly exhausted. We cannot
always maintain the high-

calibre newspaper we strive |

for.

Sometimes we become so
tired we must rest. sandy
74: One thing, however, .which
* always appears to perk us up
is contained in one, simple
word. That word?.

It's “Thankyou.”

But bone- tiredness is a
malady which often hits. He, .
at times, becomes literally —:

of -
materialistic greed: -because _ | ie

the’

SKIPPING INTO SPRING are’ Kevin O'Farrell, : Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Rick Shaw.

vice-principal of Cassie Hall Elementary School
and one of his pretty, little students, Pamela ,

~ the sehool. ~Staff phote.

Shaw, it turns out, also happens to be principal of

“Buses” ‘BEEP ~BEEP,

for roadrunners

* Téso Terrace boys are going to
run’ to ‘Vancouver’ as a
Centennial project, they will
need two buses to transport
them along the way.” ,

Two School buses, preferably.

Al, Cameron, “one “of. the
organizers of the project, asked
the School Board Wednesday if
it will supply the buses, -  °

“One! of our biggest problems
has do with’ bus
transportation, ** Cameron said,

The trustee agreed to supply

the buses...but who supplies the
drivers remains a question.

The board voted to refer the
mechanics of paying for the
buses to its finance committee.

“We feel we can provide.
enough initiative to provide the
drivers if necessary,” Cameron
said. -

‘To his knowledge, he said, the
ron is the first of its kind in
Canada.

- The boys will sleep in sleeping
bags along route.

Evening out
costs $109

An evening at the Terrace
Hotel cost James Barg $109.

That's how much he was fined
icourt' Wednesday for allegedly
breaking a window’
causing a disturbance at the
hotel.

Barg was arrested about 9:50
p.m. Tuesday. He was charged
with causing a disturbance and
willful damage,

' He was fined $25 on the first
charge and $50 on the second.
In addition, Barg was ordered
to pay. $34 for the window.

and |.

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for regular visits... give her
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When the telephone rings
she'll know someone cates.

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SWIM COURSES AT HOT. SPRINGS

Splash into spring —

for adults, $12.

Each group must supply its
own transportation.

But,-on Saturdays, buses will |

9:30 and 10:30 am. at the
Holsprings.

Registration for the lessons
will be held between 1 and .4

The Terrace Community
center is sponsoring swimming
lessons for all age groups.

All lessons will last 10 weeks

and will be. held at .ibe | leave the Community Center for | p.m. March 20° in the
Community Center.. the Hotsprings for lessons for | Community Center,
Lessons for preschooleré non-swimmers to advanced Needed are a_ diving

and adults will be - held
on Wednesday -- pre-schoolers
swimming from 10 to.11 a.m.
and adults from 8 to 9 p.m.

Fee for pre-schoolers is $8 and

beginners.

Fees are $12 for one child ina
family, $10 for two children and
$9 for more than two children.

Classes will be held at 8:30.

instructor and a synchronized
. swimming instructor. Anyone
interested should phone Elaine
Parmenter at the Community
Center,

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|., The following delegates from ~

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- by. Poul Boyelund,

The regular. meeting ‘for. ‘the
month of° March attracted -30.
voting members who gave
unanimous approval to

the’ branch will atiend the "pone. :
meeting at Kitimat::S, Bréwn,:
D. Hales, P.-Bogelund: with ED
Hainstock as substitiite in case -
replacement of the presént floor of default by any one of the
covering in ‘the lounge and the delegates _ foe ;
recreation room, with wall to |’ oe a ~ _
wall carpet. — : .
Ken Kerr,.. ou - energetic’ :
chairman of: “the:” building’
commiltee, has placed the
order for procurement, and the
carpet will be installed as soon
as obtained which will be. six
weeks, to two months... ~

Any- local fisherman
interested in the details can get.
same from .the announcement-
placed on the Legion notice
board - here is your chance for
aday of opensea fishing and the
hope of winning a prize.

We welcome the following
new ordinary members: J.M.

4

doors

will
open

_ April 2 is the new opening
date for Copper Mountaia
School in Thornhill

Speight and K.¥. Ross, as well School Board trustees learned
as the transfers in to the branch | Wednesday that children will be
by. W.J.. Cavanaugh from .| bused to the school at 1 p.m.
Branch 206, Tilbury, Ontario, :|.that Friday.

Regular classes will begin in
the school on Monday. , April 5.

Principal F, Martens, will be
‘relieved of his duties as a ‘Ee
teacher for ihe week of March 7
29 to Apri] 2 to get the school :
ready ’ for pupils.
_ The new open area schoo] is
-on Kirkaldy Road in Thornhill |
and will b2 used by students
living in the area.

and D.C, Coding from Branch
191, Chemainus,

For the last time we mention
that the area welfare supervisor
from D.V.A. will be in Terrace
and district on March 17 and 18.
Anyone wishing to see him
should contact your truly to
make - the necessary
arrangements for interview.

‘SAND, GRAVEL, FILL,
~ TOPSOIL

Phone 645-5129

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