“ 1 (20 One or new Pease? Boon a a ft School opens Alice Helena Doll, a pioneer in this area, cuts the ribbon with the help of John Babcock, a school ‘ Prete te trustee, in the new Kit- wanga Elementary- Secondary School. The new section of the school has 10 classrooms from grades 4 to 10. Other pioneer trustees at the ceremonies " included Photo by orlan Gragg Muriel O’Boyle and Corbin King from Terrace and ‘Bill Sergeant from Hazelton. r ii a fel. aeposition “ VICTORIA (CP) — Op- Leader Dave t: Barrett said Thureday he ‘ te Will not apply for his five free a Shares in the British .folumbia Resources In- ‘ _ money, _ ost of books increased '¥ rvestment Corp. because “ownership of the shares Would put him in a position of --conflict-ofinterest. “I do not intend to apply for shares in a company that can be politically manipulated by the current powerholders of this legislature,” Barrett said at a news conference, Amendments to the, act setting up the corporation. allow MLAs to get the free i shares “and buy others® without fear of losing their seats, “Our. forefathers, in drafting the constitution of this province, clearly saw the conflict-of-interes potential in MLAs having di- rect ownership” ‘or shareholdinga in govern- ment enterprises," Barrett “That's why the Con- atitution Act was rigidly written to exclude MLAs, from having shares in ay operation like this. -This action by the premier and the Soclal Credit govern- ment in wiping away the protection to stop a. conflict Kitimat of interest will not escape the scrutiny of the people of this province.” 2), Barrett. said, MLAs -who obtain their shares will have direct political input. into - decisions made in the major components of the province's economy. ; “And I say that’s’ wrong. Our constitution was written to avoid that and now we. have. a specific exclusion from our constitution to facilitate the needs of a politician,” - ‘One New Democrat MLA will probably buy the 100 Shares, needed fo be -a older “‘to registered : sha annual moniter — the meetings,” he said. Barrett also forecast that in two years, a small number EUROCAN TO . The Eurocan Sawmill in Kitimat will shut down for three weeks starting June 29 for ex- ' tensive maintenance and employee vacations. Larry Bitz, Industuial Relations Supervisor, said Wednesday it will the the.... Larry Bitz, Industrial Relations Supervisor, said Wednesday it will be the first extensive maintenance work required since the sawmill opened in September 1977. ; Work will involve the regular sawmill main- tenance crews, some pulp mill employees and contract crews brought in for the occassion, — Bitz said the fact that the contract between: Eurocan and the Canadian Paperworkers Union locals 298 and 1127 runs out June 30has nothing to ' do with the maintenance shutdown which has been scheduled for some months, ‘Sawmills usually shut down for maintenance and vacations,” Bitz said. . TAKE HOLIDAY: | named. of major corporations will control a vast majority of the shares. Later, Charles Barber (NDP— Victoria) said he has proof that will happen, ° Barber said Pemberton Securities, ina letter ta some of its customers, urged them Logo © contest winner The winner of the logo ‘contest for Terrace's big Fun Fest was Valerie MisFeldt a grade 5 student at Clarence Micheal School. Valerie will receive a special Fun Fest T-shirt and a button on which the logo will appear. These T-shirt and buttons will be given . out free at the Fun Fest to all those that complete the mini-marathon, cycle-a-thon or family jog. The logo will also appear on 5,000 hand bills " and 500 posters. The logo was adapted slightly for. silkscreening purposes. Barrett to boycott BCRIC cea) to apply for their free shates , and to buy more for their . ‘families, ow . Quoting from the letter; Barber said Pemberton is offering to “lend funds to the individual to make the purchase and the shares may be transferred (sold) to the corporation at a later date to retire the debt.” . “We now see how corpo- _ rations can manoeuvre to obtain shares. through sublerfuge,” Barber said. - “In a company with many small holdings, a few cor: ' These “ties” ‘drome’, a . by Linda Purschke .. Most local people may’ be unfamiliar with the . medical foundation Terrace residents Frank Donahue and Vickie McQuade have become involved with, but anyone "with any knowledge’ of “Tourette syndrome” can easily see why the two want to encourage the public to become aware of the difficulties .facing the victims of the disease. For example, how would most of us deal with the following -behavior? ; A ten year-old girt repeatedly lapses into barks, hoots, and spastic physical motions such as tongue thrusts; head . jerks, and sudden arm and leg extensions. A boy, about six years old, develops a patterned “tic”, where every few minutes he licks his lips, wipes his mouth oni his sleeve, and then hits his forehead with his hand. He also frequently bursts into piercing screams, grunts, and whistles. © descriptions from medical case histories sound to most of us like the symptoms of ° some sort of mental illness. Most doctors when confronted with a patient with these types of bizarre behavior give the same diagnosis, but when a combination. of physical and verbal develop, the victim may be suffering from ‘Tourette syn- often misdiagnosed, _ strictly physical disease that is thought to be the result of . a biochemical imbalance in the brain. According to an article first published in the St. Petersburg, Florida, The Herald, Friday, June 25, 1979, Page 4 drome is named for the doctor who originally . described the disorder in 1885. The symptoms usually begin between the ages of 2 and 18, and affect three times as many boys as girls. The disease first starts with ‘a simple tic-a ‘shoulder jerk or an eye blink, both which -are common enough in childhood not to cause alarm in themselves. : . While the typical childhood tie disappears, Tourette sufferers begin to experience new tics. These are usually involve more than: one muscle group .and soon verbal ties begin ‘to accompany the physical actions. These verbal tics may be in the form of a cough, throat clearing, hissing, hooting, or barking done repeatedly for varying periods of time, About 50. per cent of ‘Tourette victims also develop coprotalia, which is an. uncontrollable shouting™- of obscenities. Tourette syndrome is_ Terrace residents join fight against Tourette know for its waxing and waning pattern. In most ease histories, the tics ‘reach a peak, then lessen or. disappear, only: to apprear in a worse, different form. . Thosewith the disease who are fortunate enough to’ be identified are gz a new freedom from the help of drugs such .as Haldol and a relatively new drug called Orat. Orat, which ” was developed in Canada, is particularly helpful to the 25 per cent of tourette patients who either do not respond to Haldol or suffer extreme side ef- fects such as lethargy and weight gain. Anyone wishing further details from the local chapter or the organization about the disorder can write box §53, Terrace. Information is also available from the national foundation, the Tourette: Syndrome Foundation, of’ Canada, 153 Bridgeland Ave,, Unit 17, Toronto, Ontario (M6A 1P7), Baie library looks for more funds Kitimat Public Library will hold a used book sale Maa” June 20 to help fatten o iis thin budget. Thelibrary submitted a _ budget of $100,000 to the municipality for 1978 but received only $91,000. Assistant librarian Hildegarde Kehl said Tuesday that the library has appealed to Kitimat merchants for con-§J tributions in an attempt to make ends meet, She said that so far, the library has managed without cutting staff and ‘is trying to find other§ methods. of saving “We have cancelled some magazine sub-} scriptions and are asking people to donate books for the sale," Kehl said. Administrative . Assistant Adrian Jones ‘said the library received $6,000 more this year than in 1978, an Inerease of 5 cent over last year’s} dget. 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