4 an of Page 2, The Herald, Tuesday, April 5, 1983- dally! herald = Published every weekeey. at" oro Kalum died, Fe 4 Terrace; ; :B.C. byl Sterling. Publishers Ltd.’ ‘- “Authorized as, second class mall. Registration © Number: 1201, Potiage paid In easy return’ pestage: _y/ guaraniend, , a Terrace: “Circulation; Brian Gregg’ : Nick Walton ‘Stat Wrter-Phota rapher: _ Sports * Kelth Pr . Don Schaffer Reception-Classified: * Circulation: Carolyn’ Gibson’ i us Maria Taylor io!) NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT | : The! Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright - ‘ inany advertisement produced and-or- any. editorlal . or photographic content published: in the Herald... -- Reproduction Is not permitted-without the ‘written. ; - permission of the Publisher. a ” ior: a : > Avertsog Sales: 4 - fy _supiien ‘It was felt that the letters responded to... a .° To whom: it may concen; “2 considerable quantities of frozen, canned, etc ‘food | ot donated for the use of the soup te peek Editorial Terrace mili workers golng back to work all In the span of one week is enough to make even the most hardened pessimist a little optimistic.’ . It almost provides hope in an otherwise bleak economy. One month ago, however, » spokesman for a trucker's union Informed one of his unemployed workers to keep his eyes on. Pohle Lumber because B.C; Timber was going. to reopen It just before the election: The learned source was correct, particularly with the high profile appearance. ‘of Grace (Mecarthy at Monday’ 8 press conference. 1 feel th Toughtove: paretit: wipport tO: parents: ‘whose : eres are, _ ‘My Rernh ond .. to ‘Lin Iter: ~ initialive and offering : 80: ‘much. af community both through the eiforis of. her new + column pend eq as a leader of the: ‘Toughlove parent. ”. lmay be slow to. measure butt feel: 8 ‘y hoseparents support ‘group; Results : Toughloye wills who ask for Hel To ‘the: Editor, ©; The following letter was received by the people working with the soup kitchen : "have ta ‘take ‘ae are both working.” * Lwonder if Pacey the ki kitehen jot too many v dais at” one time to cope with, but am also concerned that infutre maybe people will not donate because of stich’ “stories,” if food hampers had been given to needy familles it Would not ‘be questioned. -The hours of operation only. benefit adults, “ school students of unemployed families would benefit’ from extra nutritional food if some went to their homes: erie As I live in Kitimat I don't "see" the. soup: litchen. in action, but.do- appreciate the high employment: Tate: here compared with Terrace and do see the kitchen'in a ‘good light. because of whom might be benefitting, I do, think it could be a refuge for lonely adults to find company and a: friend, ‘60. ‘accept comments that some using the kitchen are not poor.. oo. ; And a “‘contributions Can" for those who could and would Sudbury workers going back fo work and | 7 pay would injure the feelings of those who couldn't. “The “unpoor” can always donate something ‘voluntarily, but 1 _ think Jonliness and boredom need to be a reached aa much a as .. hunger.’ oe, : “We wish to thank the person who: wrate the aby etter for bringing’ his or her concerne to our attention, and we _ hope that your example will bring others to do a0'too, We. have heard similar. rumours around ‘Terrace, and have _ checked. into them, However, It is difficult to. determine "exactly who is belng complained about, and why, There We are not trying to fain on anyone’ 5 parade. - Announcements suchas the one Monday are normal In-the course of any government moving towards an election, Good news Is good news whatever form ft comes In. The selling of =~ Skeena only adds to the positive a side of news In the community. Getting people back io work in this + area remains'one of the top priorities.’ UIC: benefits’ ‘have forthe most part run out anid welfare only ties workers up In morered tape. They can’t eat red tape. Monday's ‘announcement, however, added to the many make-work projects already under way should give much credence to the government’s assertion. that it is dolng much for the workers of this area. Hes prom .. Housing prices slumped throughout 1982 but: the. future na - looks: more promising with some categories reporting * higher values in the firet quarter of 1983, pays a national survey on ‘housing. prices released Monday. was one occasion recenily when we gave out 4 ‘number of - : soup bones, to make room in our freezers for two ‘highway - killed’? moose that had been donated for our use by Fish ‘and Wildlife, but they were given to whoever wanted them, not to any specific person, Also, Carlada Safeway. donated. several cases of frozen foods.:.enough - that: we needed: to. firid additional freezer space to store it, We were very grateful for these donations, and were not. about to turn -. them down for lack of space in the kitchen itaelf. Therefor the committee that regularily takes food fram.the Kitchen, The survey by Royal Trusteo Lid. of Ottawa anys: an. 7 average detached home in Canada fell in value during the last 12 months by about three per cent or §, 750 to an average $50,500 But Royal Trust says the- decline was most. “pronounced * some members af the committee did take packages home, togtore for us, Most of of tha donation h irhave es now been returned .. i ekitcherand usedup.: Wedoatll have some left stove returned to us whenit is needed, We do have one member oi : and delivers it to the pastor of one of our local churches that has ‘a large percentage of unemployed, but we do not feel - - that thig should be questioned by the community. ‘The kitchen opens at-8:30 a.m. and starts serving a3 soon “aa the soup is ready, usually about 10:30 a.m.” We continue ; Yo serve. until about § p.m, In the course of a month we. serve between 50 and 200 people per day. This ip: all done | ‘with volunteer labour. u would be nice if we e could be open.” e By we was 7 However I‘ do question. whether -I'll:give: ‘again ' iat ote oe a “means test" to: determi 2 feel that: ‘this ” ds: unnecessary and, zal any questions ‘about the Food | for Thought Kitchen or the for your: concern, but please.do ‘not | rom making donations, or | ols’ the. vast | oe Unempl edPoonle =Committee a Dear, Me. Kemp. {, oe - lami the: voice. in the wilderness ‘and ig am writing faster on behalf. of? “the: North: wind: Rarich:“and the : wildlife — resources: of this province. By now you. will have received a copy of my letter:to His Royal Highness, Prince Phillip, the’. Duke of Edinburgh dated:Jan. 27, 1003. In that letter yau- will recall that L appéated to His Royal, Highness to join the | cause of the North Wind In the realization of a common goal — the preservation of our: wildlife heritage. You -will also havereceived a copy by now of his response to ua in which it was stated “His. Royal. Highness will bear all you say in mind during his visit to British Columbia,” You will also by _ now seen hig speech to the luncheon gueats of the Canadian - Club at the Hotel Vancouver In. which he stated ‘I am not going to miss such a splendid opportunity te plug the cause of conservation and wildlife’, He also stated that “most . thinking: ‘people:regret the terrible deatructiin of wildlife, ‘bit unless. they make some ‘aaltitive. ‘contribution that regret. is worthless.” By ow you.will also. have been made. ‘aware. ‘of the ongoing confrontations between myself and the department of wildlife with regards to an imprinted bald eagle, an imprinted moose,.and: an imprinted Sitka deer. You. will also. have. read in.the Province about the attempts ol the ' -wildlifé department to vilify the eagle to justity. thelr-open . ‘threate to destroy It in an attempt to protect the people, It is ~~ becaune of thelr ‘attempt to mis-represent the truth that I am writing further toclarify thefactsofthecase, It is important to start off. by pointing out that this bird has been raised by humans from age one month onward, This bird has survived through the efforta of Mr,. Murphy, the previous caretaker, who was [iratgiven a fine of $100 for gavingthe birda later given a permit tp carg (or the bird, A Me Murphy was later ordered by'the wildlifedepartment to at the hormies‘of some committee members but that will be we pth ¥ glife de release the bird When it was unable tovhunt,"Mr. Murphy was able to foresde the problems facing the imprinted and. unprepared bird and hence refused to go along with this - initially, However, he eventually succumbed. to heavy pressure from the ganie department, and released the bird. * The eagle then. gravitated to the Kitimat: city. dump, . fulfilling the destiny. forced upon it by ‘the “game department. He was then ordered to retreive the bird. ‘When North Wind Ranch took over the care of the bird, it ~ was unable to fly and was subsequently r rehabilitated to the _ Pont that It could ‘fly. Jt was then taught te hunt, The Nuclear protests to. increase BONN (Reuter) — Organizers of the West German antl- . + Muclear peace movement, looking ‘back on an Easter between April and last October and prices have shown a . steady increase since then, whib has carried over to the “first three months of thia year;2 « - In the flrat quarter, the average price of, a 1 detached house > rose by about two per cent or 41,250 compared wlth the fourth quarter of 1962. The biggest drop since Aprit 1982, hae bee in iuxury 2 condominium apartments. They fell. about .15 Jpet cent across Canada, or about $20,000 to $111,000. On the largest over-all decreases in resale prices’ Calgary. e whole, weekend ‘which brought out, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, say they: plan. to atep up ‘protests agalnat new ‘U.S.-missiles, |. “Organizers at several of the mass rallies: An major cities, sald: Monday ‘night the movement would Increase its “pressure in the next few months and try to make it: politically” impossible for the government to. -bllow the - missiles on West German soil. curred in . Meanwhile, the report said that In the’ ‘frat: quarter; two housing types were tied for the largest increases compared with the final three months of Jast. year, Detached two- storey units rose by about twoper cent to $121,000; standard - to $42,000. In another development; the Farm Credit Corp. -said it has dropped its interestyrate on regular farm loans to 12.75 per cent from the 13.25 per cent set in December, 1982. _ condominium townhouses increaséd two per cent or $1,500 Rates on loans to. syndicates of three or more farmers for — machinery or equipment purchases will also drop-to ll, 5- per cent from 15.75 per cent. Both rate decreases took effect. last Friday. The agency estimates its total loans to Canadian farmers. at the end of the fiseal year on March 3r totalled about $575 * million. | ‘Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan said he is optimistle ‘They said 400,000 people toak ‘part in Monday's a marches" ” bringing the weekend tally of demonstrators past the | 500,000-mark, . But. police said’ their estimates of the numbers taking part: were much lower at most rallles. ‘The organizers said the focus of the renewed protest .'.. ; ; problems were on Sunday in West Berlin; where 160 people - would be 4 mass demonstration in Bonn on Oct. 22, when rallies are being held in the: capitals. of many NATO member countries. ©. “The movement aims - ‘to’ * atop the: ‘the Viited States - stationing’ 872 cruise and Pershing 2 missiles in Western © Europe trom, ‘December this year. The missiles will be - Farmers: face EDMONTON (CP). _ Farmers. using larger, more. : sophisticated machinery run the risk of serious soil erosion °: - tyless precautionary steps are taken, says John Hermans, ‘supervisor of soll conservation with Alberta’ 5 Department of more farmera will get loans this year bécause an amendment to’ e Farm Credit Act now allows the - corporation to sil plement. its budget with borrowings: on- financial markets. The corporation has been” accumulating rather than spending money because of ils high interest rates and - because of dropping farm income which has. wi i ping * wipes: | some of the worst wind érosion ln the springs of 1991 and expansion plans of mast producers. In other business newa Monday: —~ Chrysler Canada Lid. said effective immediately it is. a offering an 11.0-per-cent lowdnterest’ financing plan to help... _ bolster sales, replacing a progtam which expired: iast Thursday. The new program applies to all of Chrysler's 1983 and i982 passenger cars, light duty irucks, vans and wagons now in dealer stocks, No-expiry date has been set. = - —~ Canadian General Eléctric Co. reported Monday a 1992 profit of $44.1 million or $5.99 a share on sales of $1.6 billion, down fromthe 1981 profit of (51.1 sales of $1.7 billion. President Anton: Cartwright sald a reduced domestic market has led the company to expand internatlonally. ; — Volvo Canada Lid. reported Monday its March car bales rose 18 fer cent to a. total Lakers. ade ei PEN on or $6.25 a share on- Agriculture, . a The - faster rotations - of gome cultivators end up. pulverizing the soil, making It. more ‘vulnerabie-.to wind. _¢rosion, Hermans sald in an interview. Monday. Farmers should leave'a protective crop stubble on the: flelds to prevent erosion, he sald. If they are concerned , about weed control, he suggested using. equipment that doesn't turn crop residue under. He also warned against burning the stubble off the fields. . . -. “Some areag in central and southern Alberta experienced’. 1982 since the Dirty Thirties,” Hermans sald. . "Areas with the worst erosion cun from Olds in ceniyal Alberta south to Calgary and south-southeast to the U.S.’ - border. Hermans estimated about 100,000 hectares (247,000° acre’) were badly eroded in the province last year. He sald most of the farmers who dealt with sofl erosion in. the 19308 have been replaced by. younger farmers who are not as. familiar with the alternatives. in most cases. significant amount: of topsoil! are being blown off the fieids purticularly in fleids that were rot _ seeded during the previous season. “Most erosion is in summertallow fields that have beet. cultivated: several times,’ said Hermans. . “Don’ Lo - summerfallow if ‘you have adequate moisture.” ~The Department.of Agriculture has adopted the slogan - _ deployed unless the. Soviet Union and United States reach af agreement on limiting medium-range missiles at bilateral: ‘talks In Geneva, Switzerland. =‘ " Atthe biggest rally Monday in the Ruhr city of Dérémmund, ; where anti-nuclear. organizers sald there werg 120,000 "marchers, environmental leader Joseph Lienen said the .. ‘ movement would mobilize public opinion to such an ‘extent that the Bonn govérnment would . not dare to allow ‘the missiles to be deployed. ” But political sources say the governtient is unllkely to be - - deflected from its resolve to accept the new weapons if no. breakthrough is achieved in the Geneva talles.. The four-day Easter protest was remarkably trouble {ree considering the number of people taking part... °” { No incidents were reported Monday and the ‘only, earlier were arrested, and in the Bavarian town. of Neu-Ulm on Good Friday. Police . used. one. canister’ of tear ‘gas to. ‘disperse demonstrators blocking the main dates a at the ¥ S. Amy’ 5 Wiley barracks in New-Uim. ” erosion risks “Keep Your Stubble Up" and is spreading the message with . “bumper ‘stickers and newsletters. . ~ Hermans said a blade or wide-sweep cultivator will! leave most. of the stubble on the surface while a dise will bury, it, ~ pulverize it, and leave the soll exposed to wind erosion, ‘New, larger machinery increases the size of fields, doing = away with the more protective “atrip-planting,” where the : rope are seeded in. long, | natrow strips. . ~ Hermans tald the problem. ja still ‘in the early stages and can be arrested with good management, However, through Joss of topsoil; levels of otganle matter are: decreasing. reducing the soll’s fertility. . a isd \ e ee The Herald welcomes its readers -comments. All letters to: the editor of - general public Interest will be printed. They should be submitted 46 hours in. advance of desired publication date. We do, however, retain the right to refuse to | print letters on grounds of possible libet _orbad taste. We may also edit letters for style and length. . All ‘letters to be’ ‘considered - for publication must be signed. It Is impossible to print a letter submitted within 24 hours of desired publication date. ia Feelage woul cause numerous | visi tim o game department, ae with. uninformed people who “habits. H.was perfectly predictable: ‘that: the: eagle: would - - (runteen-of Se Sire pet that--an, ¢ say . ‘and this. in turn | the bird to prote sd. public. ' t was herice that in; the best interest of the forced to free her and care for her at arms len, i t to ‘seize *“tocapture the eagle or ‘We further: received a. “double \ ‘Reynolds threatening. ‘us: with. ‘pros to recapture the bird. ‘Hence, even In cont ng ! merita of the bird to avold pro : being intimidated hhassled by. the . - the feeding require the eagle, we were te ‘became perfectly preietable ‘that, this: interference ‘- with proper management of the bird would result i: ‘the bird ranging: further and further away and: ‘coming 1 into: contact were unaware - of the: ‘eagles ~ swoop low overhead in greeting a new. comer or child,-for *. this ‘infact is-part of the. impririted birds habits. It was - perfectly predictable thal the bird would, then be" considéred art threat to human safely and. that the game. depar|ment _ would reapond by threatening to: destroy: the bird: :It was “perfectly: predictable from the onset of their’ interference _, that they would be creating a nusance bird, ‘and’ that in the - end they would solve the problem that they | themselves had created by destroying the eagle. = tis now appropriate to tell you that this eagle is still alive inspliteof the game department and that the eagle has gone ‘into hiding for it’s own security ji an attempt. to encape the policies of the game department attenipting to ideatroy if Mt - Is also appropriate to advise you that I _have launched. legal _ proceedings on behalf of the eagle against, the crown, vand that 1 will speak on behalf of the eagle, - 1 will now complete the cycle by describing the comments of Mr. Ackerman, the’ conservation officer -in- ‘Smithers, "during an interview with the Prince which was printed — March 17 ~ “becavse Kuntz” prematurely - released: ‘the eagle so it could escape an earlier wildiife branch seizure — attempt, the bird is now a potential hazard, It swooped down on a young girl, waiting for a school bus earlier. this week. If he (Kufitz).doed not decide to give us the animal "and we can't catch the eagle we mighthave to shoot it.” Mr. Ackerman has completed the cycle by producing a solution for the ptoblem that has been created’ by the game - . department. He is now accusing me of creating’ a ‘hazard, _the same hazard that anolher officer of the same game “department actually ordered Mr. .Murphy. to: create by ‘ordering him to release the bird, And once‘agaln, the game department fa playing games with our wildlite - = and our -wildiife is the loser.-’ In:closing Tam once more appealing to you to joln the cause of the North Wind — — our heritage isatstake; i * Yourstruly, § ‘Dave Kuntz hale GO EP MEPERTS 19 CF ONE SN me Beem ew mae oO ‘Claudette: ‘Sande ecki’s Schools slant ——— ’ “Student attitude factor (the extent lo which a student feels in control over his awn destiny) appears to have a atronger .télatlonship to achievement than doall the ‘‘school”’ factors together,” writes James Coleman in his book, Equallty of Educational Opportunity. ‘ “Why ‘then, if students achleve better when they feel in “control of their own destinies. doaofew highschool students — complain diractly..to. the principal. when they feel their claseroom instruction Is inadequate? They have not only a “aright but a- responsibility to dogo. ~ -Alter-all,‘sludents are consumers of the public ethication . system: ‘And “consumers” have a right to expect to recelve “full ‘value for. every dollar they spend", says the Better Business of Canada in thelr book, Getting Mare For Your - Money.. “But rights and. responsibilities are as inseparable “as the two sides of'a col. It'follows that in order to secre fundamental : consumer - rights, conaumers: must accept theae responsibilities." - " -In-the’ case. of. students; these responsibilities ‘include ‘ choosing schools. dnd courées with care; reading school . handbooks; following school's and teachers" instructions. But if the product (the student’s classroom instruction) is "inadequate, “Speak up”, advises the BBB, “Complain when. products fail to perform or service is inadequate.. Think of consumer complaints as a form of public service”, the BBB ~ says. “The results of your effective. complaints.’ ‘go far . ‘beyond the obvious personal benefits of resolving an individual] complaint, " Stuildnts whose complaints | lead to_ improved - classroom © instruction benefit ‘not only . themselves, but their classmates as well,’ Noone knows better than the students where schodls are ~ lacking. Their complaints signal problem areas where the school is not meeting the needs of ‘its.’ ‘elientele (the. . Students), and help the responsible principal and. his staff define areas that need improvement or fevision.: However, neither parents nor teachers éducate: ‘itudenls * to be responsible consumers by: showing. ‘theni: how to complain effectively — to the top honcht;"Ahd students hesitate tacomplain for fear the teacher will be fired, or will relaliate. ‘Or’ perhaps in the past students’. {idividual complaints have, been downplayed by the admifiistration,. _eveh ignoréd, or ‘they've been made to feel like a: twit. These ', Worries, are sppundles, It takes much much more than a few, tudent cc riplaints to fire a leacher, ‘gna no teacher wort y of the Position would. retaliate when, ‘sonstructively iticized by, ‘either students, or parents. + 76. complain. plfeplively, students should, do. as parents ar “form’‘a group with. others having the same problems, : appoint a spokesperson, then arrange a meeting with the — principal, Be polite, be firm, be ‘calm, be: organized, be ., Sesertive,, be, factual, Be persistent; LE donditions don't improve in due time, be back, Meet with the principal _ again. Or complain at a higher Jével.-- to the superintendent, then even to. the school board... Students can reduce their daily frustrations by complaining ‘efféctively to the: prificipal. Besides controlling their own destiny, and thereby improving their academic achievement, they will-improve the quality of education for other students, too, and’ derive ve greater value from their parents’ tax dollar. : é : The optritons expressed in this colunin ar¢'thode:t writer and do not reflect the op inion ol the b id bool Dinidet sy... Bee Toaape ok