t , 7 Halen B.C: once Sterling Publishers Ed . eo “Brian Gregg 7 “1 Of equal urgency is investment in research that will : | Page 2, The Herald, Monday, June 14, 1962 . “TER RAC : = SS dail yher ald 7 Publianed: wary + aiaidsy: at oie Kalum Streat . - ‘Publishers Garey Hosa \ ; Advertising Sales: Terrace ~— David Hamilton “Stati Writers-Photographers: tee VE Hist _ DROPPED BARBARA WOODHOUSE NTO. “PORT STANLEY eer if aul * Sports: Mike Howlett Don Schaffer Qh i Reception-Classitied: | ie — = Garolyn Gibson... a ' Circulation: — 4 ii Marla Taylor | “NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT . ‘ ’ -The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright in any advertisement produced and-or any editorial - or photographic centent published In the Herald. oo ‘Reproduction Is nat permitted without the written . oo permission of the Publisher, ~=Eetters to the Editor To ‘the Editor, . . British Coliumbisins know the devastation which floods can cause to commimities; we've hail our share..- ‘Just this week, the worst floods of the century hit people —~ WINNIPEG (CP) — The power of school boards to decide _on issues such as sex education or language instruction. " in Nicardgua, léaving almost 50 per cent of the country could be limited by the riéw Cafiadian Constitution, the “official disaster areas". I visited Nicaragua last year and was impressed with the _ gains people had made since the bloody civil war of 1978. [: saw women and men, young and old working together to build o self-reliant nation. Their advances in health care . and literacy were truly inspiring. — Yet these new floods have caused a major set-back. Over 100 people have died, 70,000- people are homeless and $200 former attorney general for Saskatchewan told trustees ‘Sunday. Roy Romanow told ‘the annual meeting of the Canadian School Trustees’ Association such issues now can be challenged and decided in court. “Ifa judge makes a decision on the Constltution related to say, the Charter of Rights or educational rights, anything of Barbara Woodhouse Is an eldarly-lady who trains dogs.. Courts face sex education © _ plan by the Quebec’ government to centralize education would meet the needs of most students, it would do nothing “for individual. differences. The move would also be againat the government’ ‘3 in- terests because school boards act as a buffer for criticism — ’ that otherwise would go to the province, Parrot said. “From. apolitical point’ of view, the school board Is essential for passing the buck,” she sald, : Action was launched: after: the release of confidential documents which say: the government wants to ‘abolish school boarda and run. the entire education-system ‘itself. that nature, it’s going to be very difficult to ame d the ef- > milli in damage was fone ina zoouniry of aly 24 million - ; 3 te Quebeq Aourhia: being: as to y rule a a on vinelal | ool en © fects of that-judielabtlecisipn,"“RontailW ott abet 060 Gases Hi bry ee ied uked to rule on pt delegates, “Essentially it’s's major change in the way that OXFAM-Canada ‘as ‘launched c lal emergency Canadians have done business in this country. " } campaign to help the Nicaraguans through this disaster and * waneed your support. Your donation will go for medicines, ° . food, shelter and reconstruction. — - + turned by a challenge under the freedom of conscience - "Our experience and contacts ensure that your dopation section of the Charter, he sald. ~_ will reach the people who need it, Please send your tax- “The. possibilities are limitless. the’ obligation ‘of. > deductible donation today to. OXFAM NICARAGUA trustees and educators is to be alert ‘and aware of this.”’ -. CAMPAIGN, 2524 Cypress Street, ‘Vancouver, : BC. Vas. Romanow also called on schools to teach students Canada” * ON2, . Yourssincerely © by the West as a greater threat (han. Quebec separatism. Katharine Pearson ~~ Quebec was a major topic as trustees voted unanimouwaly ‘ OXFAM-Canada in that province to ensure their continued existence. . —e Rubymay Parrot, agsoclation president, sald that while a To the Editor, a Acertificate is given to express our appreciation for your : contribution to the 1982 Milk Run, Without the publicity. _Beior. to the “Run” and the coverage following the “Run”. YANCOUVER (CP). — ’ Despite hard times ‘and rising the event would not have been theguccess it was. tuition fees parents are lining up to register their’ ebildren i in r, 264 schools ahd 162,000 participants joinedusin °#tablished private schools, coaebrctita’ rrbever Activities~ the Panne Half of - Arecent Statistics Canada study shows that four per cent i Education" by joining in the 3 km Milk Run. Thus the Milk of all elementary and secoridary gtudent® were enrolled i in ‘Run is atill th largest fitness-autrition event t its kind in ’ private schools in 1980-81. Ten years 280 only two per cent ‘Canada, ° . attended private schools. ‘ ; oO Last year more than 200,000 children attended private ; Thank you for your apport of school aports, sincerely, #ehools in Canada, — , ; er - Nancy Thompson - Zoltan Zaigmond of Statistics Canada speculated - that oo : ; MILK RUN Coordinator “many parents are turning to private schools for religious training and for what they believeis a better" education than ‘in public schools. _ ~~ Bryan: Peet, headmaster of York House in Vancouver, aie with Zaigmond’s view, ‘We have two children, on. the: waiting list who aren't born, yet," Peet gays, . “There: 1s the belief that a quality: ‘education is, all “he more-valuable in times of economic hardship,” says Peet. : =orests helped. Canada ts a Forest ition ‘and has been for. many | i generations. But, we should not take our resource of trees parents nla ’ Hor granted, Today, this pillar of the economy. needs our COur pare ae P nee, greater emphasis on their children’s. help. The Canadian Forestry Association tells us that if Fees for boys and girls in the elementary grades start at i Canada is tore emain a forest nation, Canadiana will have to” around’ $1, 500 and range up to $8,700 a. year for the all-girl: ‘face a number of issues that are causing. concern in the. senior grades. “forest sector at the present time, ae Applicants must score well on an entrance’ exam to gain. . La Support for’ increased reforestation’ is an ‘important | admittance and once in, are‘ expected to maintain high must” to make sure we grow the trees on which we will ~ grades. But they get more assistance than they would i in the ~ ; depend in the future for economic health, employment, public school system, Peet says. HHorelgn-trade, watershed and soil, protection, recreation,” ‘rhe public schools have to deal with all levels af ability wildlife.and other values, . : Smart kids have been neglected. We’are selective. If we find’ ‘somebody who doesn't fit in we don't. have to- take, “them.” a ', Heddmaster Aten Brown of st. George’ 8 School for: Boys. “says: he's. getting ‘few complaints: from parents ‘over the ° recent 18-per-cent increase in tuition fees at hig school that ” will’ tee. the average. fee for a grade. wo, day student, in: - “> grease to $2,650. year. - °' ; ‘advance development in ‘the many facets. of forest. ;Management and ‘use (development of superior “trees, Planting, tending, protection from insects, diseasé and fire, ” products, etc.). Too much of our productive forest land has.” -been lost to.other usea and wa will have.to grow more and’ -better trees inp shorter period of time and we them more. ‘efficiently. -. 7 The need for education? progriims to train. the 1 - (Manpower runs parallel, Success will depend on having ‘akilled foresters, techniclans ‘and able people in the field, - ne - We need also to.continus developiient of processes for the for dur students,” says Brown. ‘wise resolution of land use conflicts so that forests donot. But. Gerry: Ensing, Federation of: Independent Schools ‘become a pawn in squabbles over how our forested lands Association executive director, is worried the ecomonic ‘Bhould-be used. =~’ downturn ‘will dampen’ the trend for come schools, Progress in these and other measures will hinge toa large. - “We feel that most private schools are really. going tofeel . degree on a ‘public that Ls Supportive and committed. With — the pinch,” said Ensing. - ‘the advent of National Forest Week,’May 2-8; Canadians: - Hardest Hit will be the religious schools, which comprise would do themselves a long-term favour. by thinking m0 per cent of the association's membership. - - ‘setlously about their forests. Forests have.served our — - The principal of the Vancouver Talmund Torah Sctioo is © ‘society well. It is in the interests, of our society to eepect concerned. and care for its forest heritage in return. _ “We are very dependent on donations ‘froin. the Jewish -lfer a sound academic -environnient- and-an ‘appropriate vehicle for ‘ongoing ‘and consistent character developinent - 2 . ‘ 7 - A decision on sex education programs could be over- : can exist only asa united country, and described alienation . ~ Latin America Coordinator —_ in favor of a motlonto endorse legal action by school boards’ : I think it’s clear, at Teast in the pairenta’ minds, ‘that we » say they: Will hold their tongues until: the. fighting ts over: fa . keep young bullies David Wadsworth, executive director of ‘the Quebéc Association of Protestant School Boards, sald federal and provincial legislation gives school trustees rights which the « Quebec government can’t take away; He said that in 1971, the Quebec government reduced the , number of Roman Catholic and Protestant boards to 248 - from 1,600, Catholic boards, which do not belong to the association, have endorsed their position, he sald. In another motion, delegates voted overwhelmingly to retain the strap in public schools, even though one Ontario © delegate said keeping the strap sanctions child abuse. A _ trustee from New B wnivink argued the strap is needed to. ‘The conference sont until Tuesday, community and everybody is hurting right now, ” says ‘Rabbi William Altshul. ; “The $2,500 tuition is too much for some Jewish parents. . But I view it as my responsibility as.a-Tabbi and-as‘an - educator to see that ali Jewish, chitdren t get a good Jewish © education.” Ministers alarmed ‘TEL AVIV (AP} — While public support for Israel's iin. vasion. of. Lebanon appears: unwavering, some. Israeli cabine! ministers are reported alarmed at the operation's unexpectedly broad and-ambitlous scope.. “Reports of discord in the eabinet-surfaced in detail in ., Sunday's Jerusalem Post newspaper; and a source close to” the government confirmed some of the contents. | The. Post quoted some ministers as accusing ‘Defenc 7 " Minister ‘Ariel Sharon, the prime mover: behind the: in- ~ yasion, of “stringing us along.” - The Post, which often criticizes the government, said.” _ministers claimed Sharon: kept them informed only on a limited step-by-step. basis, withheld the wider picture of the operation and presented them,with faits accomplis. ~ Sources close-to.the cabinet confirmed that Energy Minister Yitzhak Berman, along with’ Communications - Minister _Mordechia- Zippori -and . Education Minister Zevulun Hammer, were prominent in questioning Sharon's © - intentions, and were ‘occasionally backed up. by two other ©. members of the 17-man-cabinet — + Deputy Prime Mintzer Simeha, Ehrlich. and: Interior: Miniter Yosef Burg. They were a: minority, but they: played: watchdog: covee’: ~ Sharon at seveyal potential turning points in the conflict, © trying to prevent it from. burgeoning, into’ a full-scale war” J with Syria; ‘The. Post ‘gaid. - ees Overt opposition to the invasion id limited. Many. ‘cities But Yossi Sarid, ‘maverick ‘member™ of: the: oppositio: “Labor. party, has already ‘spoken: out against the dove | ment. ‘Sarid. claims the stated: initentibn of the. operation : ~ ~ to push the Palestinian destroy the Palestine Liberation Organization and establish “a new order” in Lebanon. . Prime Minister Menachem . n...Begin's spokesman, Un - Porat, denied The Post's story and angrily brushed aside thé erticiam of the operation... - ‘He called it “nonsense cooked up by ‘puma who are trying to stir tissenslon.” i some bomeptiicn | 40 kilometres away from the ° : Israeli border — was a cover for a much broader elfort-to | : Agee s COM bikes ‘hav MONTREAL, (cp) abidycle , dealers say that while” tt ‘tarifig have: canes Cansda’s fargeat, bleyete anufacturer, they don't like the bikes it produces, | Canada Cycle.and: ‘Motor Couipany.of Toronto, ‘better lown AB ccm in Canada’ s largest bike manwlacturer: and biles: sald in the: country... ; ~ And, that’s ‘bad. news'" aay Frank, ‘iinnlekd of Fea Cyde Centre ;a “major ‘Montreal bleycls. dealer.” ~-- “CCM, ag far as Canadian bike dealers are concarned,” he. ‘pays, “has the most disliked name and paar | - reputation ‘of bike companies.”.- _ - * Zimnicki says many bike dealers prefer: gelling Japanese: bikes such as Apollo, Mikado and Nishiki. But: Japanese _ bikes can't be imported in bulk. Toe wha . Francois Merell of Velo-Quebec, a ,000Smember «x con- - sumer cycling agsociation, says, “That's the way It is while CCM itself no longer makes its own bike frames, Importing . Japanese. Junks, and other poor quality imports.” * COM..vice -president Ed. Donaher says “some. “of: “the charges against CCM are ludicrous.” :“Our quality ig as good or better than that of any other ' bike made. “(GM has more Canadian content than that of any othier _ manufacturer in the country. Whatever problem we havein getting parts, other manufacturers face similar ones; And we pay the'same amount of duties on n imported parte aa anyone else. =~ “and CCM does manufacture its own frames and forks > excepting specialty parts unavailable in Canada." ©: - In 1977 the government imposed a tariff on hicycles niade in Taiwan and South Korea and established duty regulations affecting bicycles from. Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. “That year, thoze five countries provided. 20. per cent of ’ Canada’s’ bicycle imports. - Since then, importa ‘have . dropped to 281,500 from close to 600,000 “In July, 1978, CCM was taken over by ; Maxwell Cummings - and Sons Holdings Ltd. of Montreal, a privately owned holding company, It had been owned by Seaway Mullicorp. Ltd. of Toronto. Besides imports, CCM’s problems included outdated equipment and procedures, Inefficient marketing and slow . deliveries, Competition among its own models: and deteriorating relationships with retailers led CCM’s share of the Canada’s bicycle market to drop to 20 per ‘cent from 50 per cent. - ~ Company president Sheldon Hamer recently reported, “CCM has more than doubled ita sales over the past three years td the paint where they surpassed $70 million for the year ended Sept. 30, 1081.” “Tis making a profit how, a marked improvement tron the several previous years of losses." But for Sekine Canada Ltd. of Rivers, Man., which had a0 employees and produced 50,000 bikes in 197, the tariffs came too late. When: Sekine folded late last year, its bikes sported imported derailleurs, ‘wheel hubs,.rims and tres. “Zimnicki SHYE on ‘the average, Japanese manufacturers offer Canadian sellers a 33 per cent mark-up. “Canadian bicycles only offer 20-25 per cent. That's just not adequate." -Montreal bike dealer Joe Sylvestre says, “CCM doefn't - compete with imports in the $250-$400 and over-$409, price ‘range. ‘But for bikes under $250, customers are better off Canadien because they don'ttiave te pay the heavy ditty; impoged ;pn- importa.” uagtiu gl gtld byscivaEes “Under $250 — mainly children’s bikes, single-speed - ‘ middle-weights with cpaster-brakes and high-rise bikes “with a short wheel-base and banana seat — is where,the bulk of the market is. And that’s what CCM, whose bikes are found in Miracle Mart and Zellers, produces.” .... - ’ Despite tremendous sales, CCM’s profits have been . ; squeezed by interest rates, a highly, competitive market -and the high cost of labor and materials. - Formed in 1907 with the. merger of five Canadian; com- panies; CCM employs £,000 people at a 21,500-aquare-metre plant near Toronto and a 17,000-square-metre plant iti Ste. _ Jean, Que., where it makes most of its hockey eaulpment. “Israel supported. SAINT JOHN, N.B, (CP) — Israel can continue to depend on the support of the Canadian government through: Its conflict with its Middle East adveraaries Solicitor-General Robert Kaplan said Sunday, . ‘Kaplan sald the exlsfence of the ‘Jewish state Is _ threatened and. the survival of Israel is not inevitable,” -Speaking at a fund-raising dinner for a prominent Saint _ John Jewlih leader, Kaplan said Israel needs all the friends ” it can muster during its invasion of neighboring Lebanon. The Israeli’s say the Invadion was necessary to drive Palestinian Liberation Organization guerrillas away. from its northern border with Lebanén. While Kaptan’ promised support for the Israeli govern- ‘ment, Prine Minister Trudeau has called for an immediate | and unconditional withdrawal of Tsraell troops, from war- - torn Lebanon. Trudeau, in Belgrade on Sunday; issued a “joint | ‘com- ‘concerned about the potential for a wider war and stkéeéed their sympathy for many innocent victims of the conflict. The communique was Trudeau's fourth formal atatement _ on Israel in slighily more than a Week, Two were letters to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.:- “Trudeau is back in Ottawa today where he will meet: vith his cabinet. Kaplan sald. he will be pressing iarael's.; con-" cerns at a caucus meeting scheduled for Wednesday, ° last year’ accounled-for one third: of an. catimated: ‘99.000 ; a munique . ‘with | Yugoslay Prime. -Minister__Milka—Planine .\ saying the two leader's’ deplore Israel's use of force, are Kaplan refused to.comment on’ whether’ Israel was : Justified in invading Lebanbon to destory PLO bases, butihe offered - continued support for the Jewish people ‘from Canada.. “We (Canadians) ‘consider ‘ourselves: to be ‘of Israel,” he said. ‘areat friends. ; “Because of the close tles between our two countries, Israel will: -always’ be able to count-on us.” Kaplan, who is Jewish, said cyitles of Israel have urged “Canada tosupport the PLO to punish Israel for its invasion of Lebanon, but-Cangda’s’ polley:is:that. the PLO fis‘. contribufor.to the. conflict in the Middle Bast.” 2" ‘He said, Canada would never corisider economic sanctions: agalnst:Israel, considered by the. 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