G © Oo e A6- The Terrace’Standard, Wednesday, February 2, 2005 CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD _ The Mail Bag © _ Hockey story ‘demeaning’ Dear Sir: ‘AS parents, and fi ans of the Terrace Midget ’ Rep hockey team, we would like to express - our extreme disappointment in the recent ar- ticle about the Kitimat tournament. Throughout the --season, The Terrace Standard has tended to report the team With negativity if and when it deemed the team ' important enough to make print. This latest —_ article, including the headline, was disrespectful to, and: hardly indicative of, the boys’ performance during the: four games of the tournament. : The boys actually came in third place, _ battling it out in the fourth game for the fi- nals. In their first game against Kitimat, in which they weré supposedly ’ “trounced”, they actually fought their way back froma 6- ' I deficit to a respectable 8-6 loss, giving the . crowd a very entertaining game of hockey. They won their second and third games, playing hard and fair, again. winning the re- " spect and admiration of the crowd. - Although they did lose the fourth game, - _ thereby losing their chance to play for first | "place, it was an excellent weekend of hock- ey. as) * ‘These boys worked hard, and should be proud of their team effort and personal achievements. Your article does not induce the kind of pride from the community this _ team‘ of dedicated boys deserves. ' Allen & Connie Tomanocy, Terrace, B.C. ae a a . Dear Sir: , I would like to set the record straight re- garding the Terrace Totem Ford Midget Rep hockey team’s performance in the recent Kitimat tournament. ational Service Association/TD Canada f 2.4/2.4/5.4% per annum. 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The Terrace Standard should be ashamed of its lack of fair and accurate reporting and its miserable lack of support for a team that represents this community. , Heather Nunn, . Terrace, B. C. Seana Dear Sir: I was very disappointed to read the little article regarding.our local midget rep hock- ey team. Obviously all the facts were not at the dis- posal of the reporter, or it would have read something like, “Midget Reps storm, bomb two teams in Kitimat tournament.” _ The Terrace team won two games (against. Prince Rupert 5-4, and Vanderhoof 6-3) and lost two games in the tournament to finish in a very creditable third place. Our young team works extremely hard with limited success, so to publish such an unkind article about this group of fine young men is soul’ destroying to them when they -did‘in fact play well and win. Surely-our local representatives deserve more support than that. . mo Gillian Redpath, Terrace, B.C. oO . 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It is always good to have reminders that colonialism and _- its membership is alive and well in the north, Dr. Heinimann, your commentary is a demonstration of” your attitude is showing. Instead of focusing on the tremen- dous significance of the event you chose to focus on some- thing that is of another culture more identifiable to you of- fers. Your insintfation ture is very much a’sign of ethnocentrism. —, In the college where you derive your livelihood I can’t imagine what your attitude must be to First Nations learners. But I guess I do because your reputation precedes you. There is a high percentage of First Nations students that use Northwest Community College for education in pursuit of knowledge so it pains me to know they would encounter you and perhaps like folk with this attitude. Civilization from the newcomers has brought the First Nations so much that they should be-grateful for — epidem- ics, dispossession, residential schools, less than equitable health and education services to name a few. " At the same time we have been frozen in time, but the colonizers and assumptions about technology and our lack of it run rampant even in this new millennia. Thank you, Doctor, for your enlightening comments to disparage an event that demonstrated First Nations integrity and persistence of spirit in spite of the lingering attitudes of peoples like yourself. Hazelton, B.C. Budget baffle Dear Sir: . J find the statements made in Jan. budget cuts very unfair and misleading. 19 article about cily As taxpayers we should be told the truth and not led down, the garden path: A union wage increase of 4 per cent over 4 years doesn’t put that much strain on a city budget. . 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