bag A AG — Terrace § Sunda, Wednesday, April 4, 1990

ETTERS

TO THE TERRACE STANDARD

Dear Sir:
I support condom
dispensers in school

washrooms. I do this not
because I wish to encourage
teenagers to become sexually
active but because 1 see the
end result of their sexual ac-
tivity. Already in our town
we have teenagers who are
positive for the HIV virus.
Condom dispensers in the
schools will not cause those
children whose moral
backgrounds frown on sex to
suddenly start indulging. Un-
fortunately, condom

dispensers. will not cause
those reckless teenagers, who
don’t care to start using pro-
tection.

The only péople it. will
reach are the group. who are
responsible but terribly em-
barassed and unwilling to go
to a more public place to buy
their contraceptives, i.e, a
drug ‘store.

However, if in the latter
group we can save on@or two
people it would be worth the
cost, as the cost of HIV in-
fection will become

.. usage. However, while it is.

astronomical,

I thoroughly agree that the a
school should take on a -*
strong role in education of |
- HIV transmission and of the |

risks and failures of condom

all very well and good to tell
‘children what they should or
shouldn't do, ultimately they

will make _that.. decision |

themselves and it is best that
they are prepared. with as

-much knowledge as possible. .

cae Yours sincerely,

Lani Almas, M.D.
Terrace, B.C,

Wood comments criticized

- ie i time fo put a few
things siralght.

If Westar management
pettonnel are going to point
fingers at the people logging
im the North Kelum-
Meziadin area, they should
at least use facts and figures
that show what Is really hap-
pening there and not quote
teformation that will pur-
posely mislead the public.

Westar Timber manage-
ment continually states that
1.3 milion cubic metres of

- wood is being exported an- .

eually through Stewart from

the North Kalum-Mezladin

area, This is absolutely not
_ tree and they know that.

from AS

The 1.3 million is the
allowable yearly cut, but the

majority of the wood is low -

grade hemlock pulp that goes
to pulp mills along the B.C..
coast.

Only 15 to 20 per cent of
the 1.3 million cubic metres
is being exported and no
magic formula can change
those figures, Rotten wood is
rotten wood.

The wood that is in ques-
tion was once part of
Westar's TFL and they
choose a few years ago to
downsize thelr TFL and get
rid of a problem they didn’t
want to deal with by return-
Ing their decadent timber to
the province.

Don't judge our

am afraid 1 know only too
well from my training as a
childbirth educator that this
is asking something that is
completely unrealistic. And I
love each of them too much
to deny them information
about and access to condoms

simply because I have some _
paranoid ‘fear ‘that if they see |.
a condom. machine ‘they will - '

immediately leap at the next

available person and have
unbridled sex.

Information is what
everyone needs about AIDS,
not punishment. by death
because one made a mistake
and had sex.

And let’s not kid ourselves
_ ‘marriage is no guarantee

you won’t get AIDS; your:

new spouse could have had

Now that some hardwork-
ing individuals have found a
way to move this decadent
timber to market, Westar
Timber feels it is now entitled
to the few good sawlogs
created from these opera-
tions.

Weil those of us working
with the wood know that it is
still very true and it is an
ongoing struggle to make a
go of this type of timber.

We know and accept the
conditions we have to deal
with, Why can’t Westar
Timber do the same,

Brian (Tipper)
Mould
Mezladin
Lake, B.C. .

teens

an unfortunate encounter

years earlier which: might —

result in you and possibly
your unborn chilren contrac-
ting AIDS.

I trust the school board 88
will choose to support our
teens, not judge them.

Normal

Writer supports condoms [earning

_ Dear Sir;
Regarding. your articles
and. ‘Brenda “ Silsbe’s letter

(Writer has questions..."
Mar, 28) — -nelther your

reporter nor Ms. ‘Silsbe has
checked the facts. in” this
situation.

The class in question uses
group learning in ‘approx:
imately 10 per cent-of the

_ Classroom time. The class is
not an experimental. class,

but a normal ‘‘old:
fashioned”’ grade six class.

The parents who’ com:
plained ignored any explana-
tions of such and are enjoy-
ing a good whine about a
*Siust cause’? (as ’ they
believe.) .

Ms, Silsbe wrote about
‘“‘sweeping changes the
government is bringing
about,’’ My goodness, I par-
ticipated in group projects in
grade five myself, and I'm 37
years old!

Mr. Porter said he was
never asked for permission to
have his. child in an ex-
perimental class, but there is
no experimental classroom in
this district’s intermediate
program. Check your facts.

This class has 90 per cent ~

individual student

assignments, letter grades, —

and a wonderful caring
teacher who is being attacked
by a hysterical few, ;

Change can be frightening
for some people, but at least
we can wait for the change to

- actually take place before we
-leap to unfounded conclu-
"gions, can’t we?

Sincerely,
J. Payne
Terrace, B.C.

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