aie eet Nn mee agen peste rete Cabinet recount — To the editor, In his Member’s Message of August 27 in the Terrace Review,- our MLA states that Premier Vander Zalm ‘‘has plac- ed less importance on the North by assigning to us only one Cabinet posi- tion. At the moment of his selection as Premier we had two Cabinet posi- tions and now we have one,” a There are seven ‘‘northern’’ ridings. South Peace River is va- cant, Prince Rupert and Skeena are represented by opposition members. Jack Heinrich (Prince George North) resigned from Cabinet just before © the shuffle. That leaves three ridings to choose from. Tony Brummett, the new Education Minister, represents North Peace River and Jack Kempf from Omineca is Forests Minister. That’s two northern Cabinet seats, isn’t it? . If Mr. Vander Zalm runs in. Peace River South, the north adds Letters to the editor will be considered for publication only when signed. Please include your phone number, The editor reserves the right to condense and edit letters. Opinions exprassed are not necessarily those of the Terrace Review. Terrace Review Established May 1, 1985 The Terrace Review Is published each Wednesday by Close-Up Business Services Ltd. Publisher. Mark Twyford Editor: Maureen Barbour Staff Reporter: Michael Kelly Advertising: 635-4339 or 636-7840 Production: Kim Kimble Office: Carrie Olson Accounting: Marj Twyford Second-ciass mail registration No. 6896. Reproduction of this paper or any por- tion thereof la prohibited without per- missian of tha publisher. 4535 Greig Avenue, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1M7 Phone: 635-4339 ee Premiership to the Finance Ministry and its representation — four Cabinet seats in five available ridings. Mr. Howard calls this a detri- ment to the north, Can’t Mr. Howard establish a valid political viewpoint based on facts? Bob Jackman, Terrace, B.C. Terrace in October, budget. Terrace council recently resolved to examine the possibility of replacing the Expo 86 sign by the Tourist Information Bureau with a message weicoming travellers to Terrace. The municipality has been given the option of using the sign after the world exposition closas and a cost estimate will be included for consideration in the 1987-88 city students receive awards. TERRACE —Bill Sturn, principal of Caledonia Senior Secondary School, is pleased to announce that of the 13 students who fulfilled the minimum qualifica- tions for the award of provincial govern- ment scholarships, . eight were successful. To the editor: Perhaps I’m missing something. Our MLA Frank Howard wrote a letter to your paper recently questioning Ter- denying the citizens a referendum on the They are: Kirk oa es: ; Ersting, Jasvinder | ueridation of our Kandola, Patrick Howard's position of cintyre, a allowing the voter a Power, David Rozee, John Strangway, Brent Volk and Paul Yip. They will each receive a $1,000 pro- vincial government scholarship. Editorial Hope for success Unfortunately I haven’t yet tasted success, of course I am only 19 years old, but at some point in life most people do get a little shot of the ingredient that creates kings, movie stars, recording artists, and generally famous people. However little this shot may be, the opportunity to succeed is one of life’s desires. One could even say that we are ‘‘success driven’, but most people will not admit that this is an only goal to them because they do not wish to appear as a victim of ‘“‘greed’’. Is it greed or instinct? Is it a sin to wish yourself in- dependent so that others may receive the help you once did? The object of success is to reduce worry,and if you have independence you then have the time to help others get theirs. It’s only fair; at one time or another you accepted someone’s aid to boost you in your lad- der climbing. It doesn’t matter who you help; family, friend, or otherwise. Help is help and without it society wouldn’t be such a powerful factor, We live in a common place of patrons and their understudies. Everyone must start somewhere. chance to express an opi- nion through a referen- dum seems a reasonable one, particularly since the last time fluoridation was put to the voters was 22 years ago. race council’s position of - Lotter — Right of electorate The reader should re- member that the letter was in response to Alder-- man Jackman’s previous assertion that no respon- sible council could risk “a public referendum where voters may be swayed by an inundation of misinformation’’, What I think that means is that we voters aren’t smart enough to dis- tinguish fact from fic- tion. - I find Alderman Jack- man’s response in the Aug, 27 Terrace Review bewildering, It does not appear to address the issue, i.e., whether the voter should express an opinion after 22 years on the subject of fluorida- tion. Instead, we have some reference to elasticity related to a Social Credit rebuke in the legislature and a comment on an opinion poll by ballot not really being a referendum. Does anyone really care about when an opin- ion poll (by ballot at election time) becomes a referendum or vice ver- sa? The fact is that the ‘opinion poll’? on Sun- day shopping gave coun- cil reason to take a cer- tain course of action and that is exactly what a referendum does. Both Opinion polls and referenda are also some- times ignored. The point of Mr. Howard’s letter seemed clear enough. If the public is intelligent enough to give you an Philip Musselman opinion on Sunday shop- ping which council can act on, then it is just as intelligent to consider the merits or demerits of fluoridation, Leadership sometimes demands that you find out where peo- ple want to be led. ‘‘The rubber band logic bounces on the concrete of the facts’? (facts ac- cording to whom?) right back to the main ques- tion — why not let the voter express an opin- ion? Personally, I am not convinced that the anti- fluoridation forces have a case against fluorida- tion, but that’ doesn’t mean I’m afraid of the outcome of a referen- dum, and the issue is whether to hold another referendum. Neverthe- less, Alderman Jackman should not be dragging partisan politics into a municipal issue. Helmut Giesbrecht, Terrace, B.C, Parents benefit To the editor, _ I .applaud the ad- ministrator of Mills Memorial Hospital for letting the public know about the recent van- dalism to the new helipad. Too often it’s assumed parents of vandals don’t care what their kids do. But it’s been my ex- perience that most parents — once alerted — swiftly put an end to their children’s antisocial behaviour, We owe parents an op-- portunity to deal with their children before the law must, Claudette Sandecki, Terrace, B.C, Hospital receives grant TERRACE — Mills Memorial Hospital has received a grant of $10,000 from the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District. by Philip Musselman The grant will help in the purchasing of a $65,000 blood cell counter, and the remain- ing amount will be sup- plied‘ by the Ministry of Health, said hospital ad- ministrator Norm Carelius. This particular project is one of many that the hospital will be under- taking in order to serve the region better. According to Carelius, the hospital has an on- going dialogue with the district which covers future improvements to the institution. Safety reminder Youngsters are once again off to school. In order that they get to school and home again safely, adults should re- mind themselves and ‘their children of a few basic safety rules: @ School zones, in- dicated by a white on blue sign, with the words 30 k/ph, are in effect from 8 a.m, to 5 p.m. on days when school is nor- mally held. @ Drop off your children in areas where it is safe to do so. RCMP strongly suggest that parents not drop off. their children on the op- posite side of the road- way from the school, Spar” protect our children... tan DRIVE i SAFELY