Terrace, BC. oe ten Publishers, Ltd, eof Authorized: as second, class. Inatt. wet brand of Chinese ands a happily enrglled j in that | “Keith Alford.“ cage . “Circulation: oe | oa Reception-Classitied: ~ Carolyn Gibson = “Marta Taylor _ NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT | The Herald retains full, compiefe ‘andsolecopyright in any advertisement produced and-or any-editorial: of photographic content published in the Herald. Reproduction Is not faint wlthout the: written permission of the Publisher... : Stargate by Brian Gregg Steve Taylor says on his album; | Want To Be a Clone, : “You say humanist philosophy is what it’s all about — You're so open-minded that your brains leaked out.” Humanism is the cultural force within our society today’ ’ sol wantto take a look at it. From the Humanist Manifestos. : the following facts: . 2 4 “We alfirm that moral values derive their s source from human experience. Ethics is autonomus and situational, needing no theological or ideological : sanction. Ethics stems from human need and interest:.'To deny this distorts. the. whole basis of life. In the area of sexuality, we believe that intolerant attitudes, often cultivated by orthodox religions ‘and puritanical “cultures, unduly’ Tepress sexual conduct. : The right to birth control, abortion, and divorce should be recognized. While we -do not approve‘ of ‘exploitive, ‘Genigrating form of sexual behavior | between consenting ‘adults. The many varieties of sexual exploration should not in themselves be considered evil. Without countenancing 7 mindless permissiveness or unbridled ‘promiscuity, a - civilized society should be a tolerant one. Short of harming -. others or compelling them to do likewise, individuals should be. permitted to express their’ sexual proclivities the development of a responsible attitude toward sexuality, ini , which humans | are not exploited as sexual objects, and in which intimacy, sensithiily;' ‘Yeapect, an? ‘Hotheat in ‘ti!'* terpersonal relation’ ibbe’entouraged” Moral edliléatiot Ee. oh children atid adults ‘is an- important way of developing “awareness and sexual maturity." 9°: . Now the average open-minded, humianist liberal i is going” to look at that and think it’s just peachy. Too bad for him or. her that the average person on the street is not so religious. What two consenting adults.do together is anybody’ 8 guess. . What's normal to some may appear obscene or unnatural to another. Once the Concept of evil is removed ‘who'can say. that a little rape now and then is not normal too, Humanism doesn’t want to think about consequences —only existential action: - . Taylor: ‘*You-save e the whales, viu'save the. seals, you, . save whatever's cute and squeals. Bat you Kill that thing that’s in. the womb — wouldn't want no baby boom. Good, bad, laugh and scorn, blame yourself for -kiddie porn, Convenience is the law you keep,- and your compassion’ 8 ankle deep.” - Humanist Manifesto’ s way of saving the ‘'virld”’: “We deplore the division of humenkind on nationalistic grounds. We have reached a turning point in human history where the best option is to transcend the limits of national ’ sovereignily and to move toward the building-of a ‘world law and 4 world order based. on transnational federal govern- * ment, This would appreciate cultural pluralism” and diversity. It would not exclude pride in national origins and accomplishments nor the handling of regional problems on a regional basis: Human progress, however, can no longer ’ be achieved by focusing on one section of the world. shortcomings, Western or Eastern, developed or underdeveloped. For. the. first time in human history, no part of humankind can be isolated from any other. Each person's future Is in some way linked to all. We thus reaffirm a commitment ‘to-the building of world conimunity, at thesame time recognizing that this commits us to some hard choices .., . The problems 7 of economic growth and development can no longer be- resolved by ore nation alone: they are worldwide.in scope. It is the moral obligation of tlie developed nations to provide — through an international authority that’ safeguards - human rights — massive technical, agricultural, ‘medical, and economic assistance, Including birth control techniques, to the developing portions of the globe.- World - poverty must cease, Hence. extreme: disproportions in wealth, income and economic’ ‘growth should be reduced on” a worldwide basis,” Here Is how we achieve this wonderful Utopia: “While the: -Dialectical Matertalism of Marx and Engles considers that human thought is a function of the bodily organism, it believes that the mind is ho mere. passive reflector of the outside world, but thal it possesses a fundamental initiative .. and creativity, a power of working, upon and remolding the environment through the-force of new ideas. At the same. . time the Marxist: materialists have” carried . on: “and developed the intransigent antireligious doctrines ‘of - the materlaliats who proceeded them. Today there: canbelitile - question that Dialetical Materialism, while have lts own is the most: ‘influential. variety’ of Materialism, both: ‘because of ‘its ‘consistency and. in- clusiveness and also, because it is the official philgsophy of ’ Communist govern en and, _ Parties throughout the : world.” : : arch’ tt all wa atitets are fi A two o bit - _ closet radical: No time to check the énd result. Expéndiénie is your catapult; Coyistions: make your skin crawl, You act: like you're above if all. You say faith is a crutch for a mind that’s closed, You: gutzle your crutch and shove it up your nose. Who you, trying te kiud,. kid. iT tie left-wing band with their head in the sand. Who you ttying to kid, kid. To. the might makes right playin’ chicken (delight)." Taylor appears on Sparrow Records, SPR.1063. Registration: vi, Ea 7 - Christian \eachers are more able and willing to copé with: ; situations like that, Christian education is motivated..F rt this it is, clear that Don Schaffer’ & evaluation of building need. : ‘In Holland’ the private. school ‘is. the norm; .the ‘public School is in the: minority... We might. see the ‘same. thing”; | ~ there ig-not such a thing a5. “heiltrality, We. wil ~ caught in this trap any: ‘longer. Any.one intereste .. when} ithe: System is: highly’ integrated with new, Cans . faiths" . .Cusing total cost figures r " sehool: is - ‘located : . ’ “independent - schools. dre’. in Aact:- a). tate’ payments for services already: rendered, bagéd on the very same. per- 2 ’ centage. Ifiereages | ‘received “by public. schools” in. jthe <<." ’ previous year; and b) payments related to considérable - oe - enrolment. increases. in qualifying ‘independent: schools,” . Chri bs back. in the classroom! " purpose” ‘of: omy. original “Hetter:::But (hen - that’ is.’ un- deretandable because le lives in New Hazelton. Or perhaps. be: independent public ‘schools: : 7 No student will ever be rejected: beesite of religion, pace, dlly’ handicaps. or “wha A 8: pu : yatem, are also ‘welcoine. ‘As a matler of fact pa welcome, regardless, as ‘long, ‘as “there classroom space, available. ‘Most schools have al happen in Canada. , There was a time in Canada that all public sctiools . were Christian and that’ Bible reading’ Was & natural thing | todo.: No one complained’ about ihai: It weré the. Christians: who i ‘ started schools, hospitels, labor unions, ete. It all: -has. been : taken: away from us. by the almighty state. A. secular : humanistic faith took the. place of the Christian eae 5 have’ to start. all. over “again, From ‘seratch:} secular humanism is not our religion, ‘How: “fre e' information on this subject should read Franky! Schs (: “A Time for. Anger”, the: myth of Samet Cros Ar ‘a im Vander zalm called. for mandatory’ Bible readings classrpoms,. {rampling he. rights - Utterly | nonsense. No child i is ever forded to ‘atiend Bible. “reading in scHools. The Bible was: ‘always read and: ‘there. ; were-never problems, Most’ of the time Jews; Hindus,’ Moslems, Buddhists, etc: do not object. We study their: beoks and they study our books: That is what schools’ are” _ for. Every learned person knows something aboul anclent -- _Feligions and Eastern religions, Astrology is a religion, and * we find: “your” horoscope i in'the paper every day. It seams ¢ ‘that. our .children may.” ‘ead’ everything in: the public’ schools, even pornography, but the- Bible. - : .. Where, is-thal “neutrality’'? - oma Ct as The} paren ts of our Vietnamese children have no objection "to Bible reading i in schools, . Ms. Nicole Parton! We invite. You! lo come fo Terrace and see for, , sourself, The, pniy, ones:, th dohayeablections are the Marxinis)iOxly WEInrBBiON "Very “neutral” indeed. Or is it? As. far as funding is .con- cerned, Mr. Jim. Bowman wrote on this subject in. the B.C. Teachers Federation Newsletter of Jan. 10, He too altacks . ; Minister’ ‘Vander Zalm, I found a well- to-the-point reply in . the “Monday Bulletin” of the Federalion of. Independent School Associations. This organization: cavers Catholic. Protestant and. other Schools ag well. I quote: !'Mr. Bowman. did not. report that from 1978 to- ‘1982, the period he deals with in’ ‘his article, enrolments in~ qualifying indeperident’ schools increased 30 per cent from: 16,817" to. 21,858 -ihile. the public school enrolments decreased by'8 per cent from 527,771 to 485,608. No wonder then that the percentage increase i in total funding for-in-. -dependent schopla is much higher than that -for Public schools... - Mr. Bowman also: neglected to mention: that on a-per student basis the increase in independent: school grants was ‘only 59 per cent: (from. $485 in 1978 to $774.64 in 1992), compared to.the 62 per: ent figure he quoted for public’: school per student. cost serene over the same. period ther than operating costs only). The bottom. line regarding independent. school funding really lies -in- the School Support ‘(Independent ) Act which | . stipulates | in Section: (3) ‘that: the. grants are to. be. “Der. | ‘centages of the: average ‘operating cost’ for a pupil in the public school ofthe school district in which the independent - a “femphasis - added). Those’ per- _ centages were: ‘set al 9 per cent for Group, I schools, and 30 per cent for Group II schools; but” they: have not ‘been in- creased since they were firal-: ‘established in 1978, . The: apparent -discrepancles between Increases of: fanding for public and independent schools in times of restraint are “ _also related: to < Section - 92) “of the ‘School Support ( Independent) Act: which res that “a grant for a school year shall be pald during the. following year..." Thus-what ‘Appear to be digproportionately’ high In ages in‘grants to. - We are thankful: for-a’ ‘Bavernmient that ‘helps: us to put : “Mr, Peter “Weeber. of New Hazelton, Mr..Weeber, :who | : seems, to believe. that: one. should: never’ ask industry execiitives difficult questions; ‘especially about the‘en- vironmental \impact,.. seems fo ‘have ‘nisuindératood j the he has: recelved. his information second. hand from four 7 " people. ‘He also-used the opportunity. {o. vent: his hostility . toward’ anyone who resembles an. environmentaliat..My . personal perception is that in mparison. {o.the industrial ” philosophy Mr, Weeber has ‘eniindiated from: time to time. a the majotity of people are éhyiroamentallets. : ‘Que of the probleme with the regional district last year . ‘was the strong, reaction by-Mr..Weeber and some: of fis. +, ofolleag es: against the more ‘environmentally conscious. .- 4.:On one octasion,. Mr,. Weeber: hadto. withdraw in . direc! “some. ‘personal “remarks he made : :while © yenting’ his’ een TT, ine. All the other. religions are: opiate’ for the peopl ie." > Thank-you, 1 3 ‘“Tony: Pail” - ptr CHAIRMAN-1989 Northera ‘B & Winter Games as SEM Bo ‘Bil Homburg . Le, “Agressive against p people. who do’ ndt agree with them - j : ; j a a . 4 : ‘ } ; The Feb. At. ‘edition of ihe: Herald ‘enrried : a letler ftom 4 a i . the: ‘handicap, { : his. arene could “he’ twee een Terrace rectors : Yours truly, “Helmut Giesbrecht To the Editor: eee - ‘Tn answer tomy, fellos Christian friend: Bill Hombirg his. letter onthe’ Feb, '7- editor's: page of the Daily Herald. private ‘Christian schools: through tothe Grade:12 level, The ‘grants 1) was speaking of N. B. money given: 10 upper ( ‘Canada colleges.’ “if ; These, are. ‘the: “schools: where. lawyers, doctors, ‘Drop the ¢hild off in mente Th pick: ol a ie June - they, mustn't ‘interlére’ with, tea. However, in ‘their ease: not: re, not a religious ealot?, Me haye three. ‘teenagets'in the ical high. school. as: well: as two in public’ we know. -amoke, drink, or. take: drugs’ and ‘indulge itdren learn their values in. the home and-.. we cannot expéct the schbols, public or private Christian, ta. teach values if we do not set by. example! inthe home. If we : do or not and they fallor fail are we not as ‘Chrigtians atl to. forgive them? ° ° : As for teachers all being “Marxist. an evo out oniat's 3 how _ sad for you? Do not some of them: sit beside you in church _ on Sunday?" feel.you gee the world through the eyes of a "zealot and not’a Christiart: - As for: private Christian schools. teaching higher’ quality | education Ifeel ifa child hungers tolearnhe will. Ifhe does ‘ “not then public or Christian it makes no difference hee or she’ will not learn. Example: a Salvation’ Army. olficer sends ; his child to the public school. Will this child smoke, drink, take drugs and indulge in illicit: sex? - - nat likely:) The Salvation Raed works in a cess- -pool environment: 50° does. Tike is all-forgiving. The Bible I.read tells me 80, The ‘world ‘is not perfect and-I'm certainly :not.”: -past~ nuns of private Christian schools beating, punching and pulling hair out of heads of students - you must ‘agree you will find people Just like you and Tall needing God's” . forgiveness. - Ah -yes, Holland such a-nice socialist country, - * good : ‘socialist legislation. -Ready to switch your vate, Bill? ‘Chub ; Down let you ‘down, Tommy Douglas, Stanley Knowles and Mr. McInnes were all good Christian ministers the founders - of the ald CCF party.now NDP C'mon over Bill and keep us . honest and help fight the abortion issue. Do you not-agree with Frank Howard's leiter on pornography and profit in > the Herald's Wednesday, Feb. 9 issue.. ‘ - God: Bless you..- - Wiliam Buck ‘to th the Editor, On. behalf of the 1989 Host Committee 1 wish to” extend _ thanks to: the thousands of individuals, organizations. and - businesses. that ‘helped’ to make: the 1983 Northern ‘BL c. : Winter Games such a suceess. “For: 4-communily ‘the. size. of ‘Terrace to house, ‘eed, ws in such fine style is an - achievement of which’ every eomnmnunity. member can be transport and entertain 300d visitors i justly proud. The ‘Games generated large enthusiastic ‘etowde: ‘a ‘all sporting -venues ‘and official functions: Our _guests were ~ lavish in their praise of Terrace hospitality both in private homes ‘and commercial establishments. . ~ The 1983 Games are over, but the many who.came sio visit ‘have. ‘Jeft-with pleasant n memories at f Tertace. peg “by a group. of, :Phychologists at the University. of California. a. do. not‘do as’ they want them: to do.:, : a trusted: ‘and Intolerant of democratic. leaders. rom, n the’ ‘course, they. have set, political: belles, ‘Submissive jin ‘blindly believing in’ and {oilowing «forceful, leaders.or achievers whom they admire.” _ “eokinedl: In the’ past, . cand 1 know, for a. fact” that; (Mr. che ‘did not like; bul never | have we seen a itiayor.or alder: _.' frustration toa ‘director: whi ‘did: not. promiote: ti ‘rabid: pro- i “man. spill his guts ih public. as Mayor, Glesbrecht. hag dorie. ‘ industrial stance, The Terrace’ ‘direst is frequeritly found ~Vhemsalves tin the position where: ‘dltgrectating | ‘with the > , that, I understand was ‘meeting regularly and working | weil, ‘ pré-envirorimenfalists,’ Because . they ; ‘Pelused ‘to: ‘Bet: 100, " deeply ‘entangled in eliher, Mr, Weeber lashes out at Ahem. - _ Perhaps he is slilt bitter about’ the Kispiox. pesticide’ fiasco. , i isironic that Mr. Weeber uses the analogy ot ooking for ” His dismissal of the finance:chdirman Trom’a committee fpr “réasons that: ‘There’ Was a certain ainount of secrecy; that ‘ subjects. were. being discused ‘that ‘had: not been’ ‘refetted, that the chairman was not, playing the proper... leadership role, and that, ‘meetings 9 were eatléd ‘for the , " better tactical move. than’ the collision: course’ he has rt ‘proven himself.to be .a‘goad -cillzen of Terrace, js a Tam in full support and sympathy of Provincial, grants to. engineers, and business executives: ‘bend their chee to be . -Social.Credit Party hie would question whethet Mr. Soutar a had? a heart-at all.- Look’ : inside your Christian schools N.B, news media three week's . fan .. looks, ways, and. abilities, prehensive that others are scheming against then: ui ‘Falalistic In thinking that most people. amet to, be: ' 5 ‘Prejudieed aginst certain social groupe, vinpulid Unfortimalely K think-our mayor hag demonstrated ¢ every: - one, ‘of these traits, First; r belleve | he-has. shown . hig aa agitressiveness in the: unprecedented ‘publi¢ attack. aghinst . _ his new council. There have been many disagreements on . “Blesbrecht aa alderman did his share of atiaeking | mayors. the editor. of. general ‘would probably, Hida ate ‘ nase rn rmination lo-carry’ or he:com lerama, cand.jalindal ship role, A good: ‘start wolild probably ‘be tos pitreatin " “the majority on council like a “gang” and. start | * {hem ‘as Individuals. Surely divide and conquer " spresently:set for; himself, Alderman Chiib Down’ wl O. hos regarious outspoken mai ‘and of course he is‘al Anat who professes td be‘a leader ahauld know “handle a-tease, but the ivieasure of our mayor's ‘ability to deal with this kind of peron is when in response to tion that was obviously imedit to goad him, he fell-into'th _and in essence. voted i: favor of- prostitution. for:Tertace ‘rather than vote in favor af a a motion made by an alderinian- he dislikes. - -. Alderman Allan Soular seems to be getuinely. cingerned ‘Tease. for the unemployed taxpayér of Terrace. 'We miighl ‘Wish . that-he had gone-about cutting the muni¢ipal budget’ ‘in'a less dramatic way, bul 1 think we must concede ‘that his “the working man could ee to that but’ lam afraid that ; » not only would thé mayor. doubt thal Mr. Soutar's ‘heart Was in the right place, because Mr. Soutar is a member of the » ‘Alderman Galbraith appears to be an easy: going pin who: spent his first-year ori council learning the ropes‘ ahd | ‘now that he has.a bitof experience is expressing some of his own opinions. ‘The mayor seems to view this new stow, of -_ independence as a ‘personal betrayal. : < ~ Alderman ‘Bob Cooper: is' an oldtimer in Terriige’ ‘dia . seemsto be a steady moderate péton, not prone t6 pointing ‘an “accusing finger at those he disagrees. with, ‘but: -again his: political: affilidtion seems to. present: an: _ surmeuntable barrier. to the mayor. _ i vee 1 aim ‘afraid that our civic affairs.are in a very: ‘bad ray. ere Municipal Hall is like a-ship without ‘a. rudder. ‘The. mayor must.fake the wheel and steer us into safer. ‘waters, He should'be conducting himself in the manner of; ithe minister instead of setting himself up as the leader, of ‘the opposition: Surely he must understand that he will never ‘Ret . ‘ca favorable response. to hatred and. suspicion nor “wilt, he ever gain co-operation through the use of threats and. abuge. We need leadership and Mr. Giesbrecht, ‘for better or. ‘err. has “been elecied to do the Job. . So this is my appeal tohim asa citizen of a. town that I am proud of, please Mr. Mayor do nol answer this letter by telling u us He that you would co-operate if they. would, please, ey become part of it?:But, evaanit sorthetoritiy ohare a ye stop your, whining, and complaining. and: Ret.n at olin YMOUS eelllian- aw) sah noignidesW TOAB ah ae ne | te Te , oe Mont 7 : , * : ve | Reader's View — \ 4 mo By RUBY McCREIGHT | ‘Oh me! Oh my! My visit to just a few of my ancestors was such a shock. Ta think Thave more in different countries all. . ‘over the world: It don't seem possible that there are. $0 _inany different ones, 30 many big, small, medium, and yes! My - hairy ones, T have never ‘vislonallzed them as’ living in forests or . trees. Why, my” Zoodness! Some were locked. behind” iron bars because they were so dangerous: They were then. Put ... on for show. Open to the public for a price, but you musn't go near them or feed them. And, would you believe some were performing jn circuses? It's true! A man with a.whip was ‘making. them obey him to do tricks for the baying * public, But, my greajest shock came when I found out they could : not talk, , They mate a lost of noise communicating with one another. Some were very smart, but they. stilt could nal speak human Janguage,: JIE these beings’ arg our gheestors, why. are we : not like them? Why. are “they not like us? Why. are we etih two absolutely different specimens. -: Scientists say there is a missing link, How tong before they find it? How long’ have they been saying this? And, will. this missing Ink: wield us. together a5 one individual 1 in “And they. call this EVOLUTION. SS Tf this ‘Is. EVOLUTION: I sure don’t ‘like: admitting 0 or S daiming these creatures as my ancestors or likeness.‘ ‘Why don’t scientists ‘look up above? The sky,- ‘stars, vc planets; MOON; and the sun ete, Do they stay up. there’ ‘by ” themselves? ‘The day: ‘and night! Just comes?! 7" The beauty « af the flowers, ‘birds, animats, all’ anor hel own: kind. ‘How about all the other beautiful, marvellous’ ; . “,_sreatures and creations. we see? Did they just come? °.- hai king of veaple do nol make good iendeen? A stindy” ; How about , the birth of a baby? Does it look like, or ‘resemble @ monkey?. Did it dust happen? . ey : : “The millions of dollars spent on finding the tnissiiig, tink fof EVOLUTION c. could best be spent on the poor, the needy, ‘ond. all the hungry; homeless ones in the : warld::"*,; . ‘Leave niatiire and | man to ihe Creator who made them; | and who interidg to recitify and take care of all the earth and jplFand: oe Wats “Sime and way. the Pat 0? Or by thn ‘BUT you HE IS THERE — DON'T your? ’ El ¥ McCreight of ‘Copperside in Terrace 1s a winner in the Canada Safeway Scholarship Plan. Her prizeis an opportunity tobe enrolled for free in a telecourse . of hey choice on the. Saoleder Network thi N Commenity College. . neh orthwest 6 oat. He will de this ‘in: His own ™ Ponsa’ see, Him, ‘how can you nyousee the man who talks o” - ‘The Herald: ‘walenper Its feaders commenls, ‘All letters to public Interest will be printed. Th should; be: -pubmitted: 48 bors. in advance of. ‘iesired publication date. We do, however, retain the rigiit to refuse fo print letters on grounds of possible libel or bad taste: We may also edli teHers for styte and length. ‘All jetters to be. eeiered oe publication must be signed. ‘Tt if Impoisible print. a ‘letter submnltied within “24. ‘hours, desired publication’ date: ° : xf Santee