LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY, » bt HLLABENT BUILDINGS, COMP. VECLURTA, Bales #ol a yaye1%4 f ‘ —~ (ou : ‘ WEATHER RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD. . . we bu Sunny with cloudy periods COPPER. Y BRASS ALL METALS & BATTERIES . chance of showers MON. - SAT. . OPEN TIL & p.m. | High 20 . Low 5 -6 J \ vouume 72 no. v3 20c Thursday, September 7, 1978 J \Location Seal Cove Phone 624-5639) : as _— NEW MEMBER The Tomahawk Tribe G.R.S. will hold their second annual Pow-Wow October 7 in the Thornhill Community Centre. The Eyeball will start at 7 o’clock with hot supper at eight followed by a dance to the music of The Prowlers. Trophies will be presented for the largest representation from out of Terrace, Best dressed (costumed), farthest travelled to INDUCTED by-laws as old-time INTO TOMAHAWKS attend and the first 18 wheeler on the grounds. A number of raffles will be held with the proceeds going to the children's ward of the ills Memorial Hospital. Pictures above a_ new Tomahawk member, Brenda Squire known as “Funny Face” reads over the club ADULT EDUCATION OFFERS: Adult EducationCommunity Education Services of North- west Community College and School District No..88 are altemp-ting to meet the large need in Terrace for English language training, according to Francis Long, co-ordinator of adult education.""The program is expanding to include those people who work shift-work. The program will take place at various industries and businesses throughout the area. The men will be able to or come an hour and a half early and go to school.‘Both the Terrace and District Forestry Union and the management of Price- Skeena Forest Products have been very co-operative. ' A lunchroom is being prepared to accommodate the classes and an effort is being made to inform workers that the program is available, Ms. Lang ex- plained.The course for employees of the Price- Skeena Forest Products will be held Mondays and Wednesdays from 2‘:15 to 3:45 for day shift workers and 3:45 to 5:15 for afternoon workers.The course is also members look on. slay at work and go to school ' Classes will be held Monday and Wednesday from 1:0 to 3:00 at Kiti K’'shan Elementary School,The regular English courses will continue on Monday and Wednesdays [rom 7:30 ‘lo 9:30 for beginners at Cassie Hall Elementary School, Advanced classes are held Tuesday and Thursday 7:30° 9:30 at the same school. The regular English courses will On The Job English Classes continue on Monday and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 for beginners at Cassie Hall Elementary School. Advanced classes are held Tuesday and Thursday 7:30 Kitimat Firm Awarded Contract The Honourable Iona Campagnolo, Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur. Sport$ - and Member of Parliament for Skeena, announced recently on behalf of the Honorable Judd Buchanan, Minister of Public Works, that Joint Committee to Study Constitution OTTAWA (CP) — The joint certainty was to refer them to Senate-Commons committee the highest court in the land. studying the constitution Debate on the motion lasted voted Wednesday to recom- two hours and moved one mend to both Houses of senator to remark in Parliament when they resume frustration: next month that part of the committee of Parliament, it's government's constitutional a farm show.” reform package be referredto Liberal committee mem- the Supreme Court of Canada. bers argued that the 35- In a 19 to 11 vote, the com- member committee, set up to mittee recommended the fed- review the government's constitutional manager is T. Gee of the eral government's plan to proposed “This isn't a Works Minette Bay Marina Ltd., of Kitimat, British Columbia, has been awarded a contract for $479,430 to reconstruct the wharf at Masset, B.C. The successful firm submitted the lowest of four bids received in response to public ad- vertisement. The high bid was $706,480. Specifications for the contract, which calls for the work to be completed by late January, 1979, were prepared by Public Canada. The contract calls for the reconstruction of the wharf (destroyed by fire) using treated timber, and concrete over driven piles, The project B.C. Teacher’s Fed. Against Drugs Response by Pat Brady, president, B.C. Teachers’ Federation, to statement by Education Minister Pat- McGeer on revocation of cer- tification of teachers who use) marijuana: - “The B.C. Teachers’ condone the use of illicit drugs by teachers, nor by students or anyone else, including cabinet ministers, Anyone who breaks the law by using drugs must be prepared C.A.R.S. Blitz The Order of the Royal Purple will be — con- ducting’ a -door-to-door Blitz on Monday, Sep: tember 11 to raise funds for C.A.R.S. in its work and research in arthritis. The general public is asked to be generous. "ease leave a porch light on and make sure the dog is tied. Tule on Federation: does: not. fhiey ¢ to face the legal con- sequences. “However, we do not believe that a teacher or anyone else who breaks the law should be placed in double. jeopardy. The courts must be allowed to these matters. If ey or conditional discharge is the appropriate judgment in a drug case nvolving a teacher, then that decision should be aceepted by the schoo) board involved and by the minister. No teacher should lose his or her job as a result of a drug caleiver an‘absolute-:---+-- <2). “As for the suggestion that teachers in future will be asked whether or not they use or have used drugs before being granted a certificate to teach, we see this as an invasion of privacy and a violation of the in- dividual's civil liberties. The government has no more right to impose this particular condition before granting a teaching -certificate than it would have to insist on an oath of loyalty to the party in power." Control End To - Cause Wage Bubble OTTAWA (CP) — The end of compulsory wage controls won't necessarily be followed president of administrative services at the University of British Columbia, charge unless the court py “a wage bubble”, but both recently; “It is now five sees fit to convict. “We have faith in our court system. The minister has the same right.as any citizen to disagree with a court’s decision. But he has no more right than any other citizen to set himself in judgment on cases that ve already been dealt with by the courts, Baker’s Batter Hi, I'm still here, thought you had gotten rid of me didn't you; forget it. Apparently the appearance of the Downchild Blues Band was a large success last night, if success is measured by the number of people in attendance at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. -T have no argument with. their music of- the younger people who enjoy this particular type of performance. However, do they really need to advertise their appearance by using a woman’s derriere as the Come on young main attraction. people, we thought you were beyond the chauvinistic attitude displayed in this particular ad campaign. Where have all the women libbers gone. This is an amazing sight to behold: a middle-aged grey-haired man compl: aining about the obvious and blatten use of exsexual exploitation being used in advertising. Perhaps it is because I am middle aged that I find the posters repulsive, not that I can't ap- preciate a well-turned curve as well as the next man but because the ad has nothing whatsoever to do with the band or ifs music. unite, Women libbers Things certainly are different here tn Northern B.C. compared with Toronto. Some Ontarians will never learn, I was talking to a chap today who made the mistake of going into Manpower to report his whereabouts, presumably so he could continue collecting his benefits. ‘Damned if they didn’t get me a job he complained. That's the way it goes fellow, you should have stayed in Toronto. labor and management months since the beginning of analysts predict increased the end of the antiinflation labor unrest. A union spokesman said Wednesday that wage demands are tempered by the high unemployment rate and the fear of layoffs. However, wage earners are growing increasingly frustrated as they see their earnings eroded by inflation. The inflation rate in July was 9.8 per cent and wages were held to a celling of six per cent in the last year of the compulsory controls program, which is being gradually dis- mantled. , Even as controls are lifted, economic — factors— particularly unemployment— are keeping wage Increases well below the increase in the cost of living, said Kevin Collins, an economist wilh lhe 2.3-million-member Canadian Labor Congress. “It is a tremendously frustrating process and it is bound to lead to some in- creased strike activity." . The unemployment rate was listed at 8.4 per cent of the work force in July and itis ex- pected to get worse during the winter. As a result, job security is becoming an im- portant bargaining concern. WILL CATCH UP “There has to be some catchup of losses along the way, but a major concern to us is the more. than one million unemployed," said Shirley Carr, executive vice-president of the congress, Charles Connaghan, vice- board and many Canadians are still waiting for the other shoe te drop.” “A noticeable increase in la- ‘bor disputes and Jost man- days, a3 well as heightened labormanagement tensions, said being offered to the men who work at Pohle Lumber operations. The In- ternational Woodworkers Association, and the management of Pohle Lumber = are working together with Community Education Service to provide instruction in English.Ali English language training classes begin the week off, October 2. Registration will be done .during the first class. The regular English _ language.:traihing: program will continue for its second session starting. at Kiti K'shan. The -women will be learning English by par- ticipating in a variety of activities such as shopping trips, arts and crafts, cooking and. baking, Tran- sportation to and from class * will be provided and the children will be cared for during instruction time. make changes in the Senate and the role of the monarchy asking the Supreme Courtfor yancouver, without getting provincial a ruling after less than one agreement be sent to the Supreme Court for a ruling on its legality... The government does not have to fallow the committee's advice, But the committee's decision opens the door for the first time to have the Supreme Court enter the constitutional reform process begun last June by Prime Minister Trudeau, TR: motion