Terrace this week is proud to send-off grade 12
students Trudy Hamer, Ann Patterson and Vikki

Thomson. The three beauties are heading for
Rimouski, Quebec where they will live and
attend school until Christmas, The trip is part of

weather might
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an education exchange program and will see the
arrival of three Quebec Birls for similar reasons.

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instruction in school but all agree that stormy

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TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

Three Terrace students

on way to Quebec
As Monday's edition of the Herald hits the

Terrace streets today,

three
' students are traveiling

counterparts.

The entire criss-cross is part of a student
exchange program which is reportedly the first of

its kind,

Terrace students Vikki Thomson,
and Ann Patterson boarded the Quebec-bound train
Monday and will be residing and attending school =.
on a regular basis in Quebec until Christmas, ae

Johanne Cote, Danielle Morin and Jocelyne

Morneau will be doing likewise, only their new
home for a few months is Terrace. The girls all plan
to trade homes and school classes.
. “We learnt a little French at school in Terrace
_ but Istill agree that we are going to be using a lot of
sign language,” said Terrace representative Vikki

Thomson,

The two highschools involved are Caledonia in
Terrace and Paul Herbert in Quebec.

A french teacher, Yvon Michaud who formerly
taught in Terrace and who is now teaching at Paul
Herbert will be at the station to welcome our

Terrace girls.
The three Terrace girls were s

after 12 total applicants were narrowed down.
Applicants were judged.for past French school
training as well as their domestic situations.

east by train to their
temporary homes in Rimouski, Quebec.

The vacancies made by their departures will be
filled by three visiting girl students from Quebec.
Latest reports stated that the French-speaking
students arriving here by CNR train Friday and

are already mingling with their English

Terrace grade 12

speaking

Trudy Hamer

N

After stepping off the 4:15 three Quebec girls
Johanne Cote, Danielle Morin and Jocelyn are
greeted by. members of the Thomson and
Patterson families in Terrace, Until Christmas

elected for the trip

education exchange program. Danielle and
Jocelyn plan to reside at the Thomson’s home
Johanne settles in at the Patterson's. Both
families have daughters leaving for Quebec this

MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1971

time the three lovely young ladies will be
altendIng Caledonia Senior Secondary as part of

week as part of the program.

be encountered at first. Aurevoir

| Hospital to improve grounds

Al the August meeting of the
Board of Trustees of Mills
Memorial Hospital, approval
was given for  peneral
improvements to the grounds.
This work will include repairing

and repainting the parking lots,
widening entrances to hospital,
more sidewalks and addition
and improvement to directional
signs. Proposed improvements
to landscaping was deferred

The latest word for Terrace
amusement hunters awaiting
information on the Terrace
Shrine Club’s coming circus is
that all is going as planned.

Although todate no
advertising has been carried
out the Shriners this week
report the circus will be staged
for three days at Riverside
Park starting Monday August
30

West Coast Shows will again,
be setting up amusement rides
in the park along with newly
licenced game booths.

Last year the show was closed
to the public after RCMP
discovered some booths were
operating without proper
licences. Six show members
including its manager were
charged and fined in court for
their actions,

This year West Coast Shows is
operating in full accordance to
the law, reports say,

AS soon as posters and
advertising matler arrive from
the show promoters the local

Shrine Circus here
for August 30

Shriners will begin their own
local campaign. The circus
reportedly looks more like an
amusement fair Instead of wild
animal performances there will
be thrilling mechanical rides
such as the Ferris Wheel,
Octopus, Whip and others.

The show is completely
sponsored by the Shrine Club
and has been guaranteed to
delight youngsters and oldsters
alike.

The particular show coming
to Terrace is a travelling circus
which has just finished a circuit
throughout Alberta and
Southern B,C, It was about this
time last year after the show
had also played at Kitimat and
Prince Rupert that the closure:
went into effect. Local Shriners
and other circus supporters
Stress again that the coming
circus is in the community’s
best interests and that a good,
clean time can. be enjoyed by
anyone buying a ticket and
coming out to the affiar.

until 1972,

Board approval was also
given for extensions to the
existing smoke stack, It is
expected this will improve the
draft and improve the exhaus!
of smoke and cinder particles,

In other business, Chairman
Mr. Norm Miller and Trustee
Mrs. Olga Power were
nominated as official voting
delegates to the convention of
the B.C. Hospital’s Association
to be held October 20th - 22nd in
Vancouver. It is hoped that as
many Board members as
possible will be able to attend
this convention as many
important and timely
resolutions will be presented to
the delegates. ;

Due to the critical shortage of

medical-beds, it was decided to
proceed immediately with plans
to convert the day-room toa 3 or
4 bed patient ward with
complete oxygen, suction and
bathroom facilities,

When driving on freeways,
motorists may find that
maintaining a safe following
distance is impossible because
of other cars speeding and
Changing lanes. The B.C.
Automobile Association advises
that if a vehicle passes too
closely in front of your car, you
should drop back to allow a
space a little more than the one
car length suggested for each 10
miles per hour of your Speed,

Drive with common sense -
and “Bring ‘em Back Alive!"

Imagine being able ta
wash the windows,

And the dishes,

And the dag. 7
And get the whole family
through their showers with
Still enough hot water :
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relaxing shower yourself.
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Let's be optimistic and assume
you den't have an accident. Or hit
‘any parked cars. Or speed. Let's as-
sume you stay at the party longer
than-you planned and had three or
tourdrinks—enoughtadrink tomake
you legally impaired. All in good
~ fellowship. All without malice. And
for some reason, you are stopped.

| Here's what to expect:

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~~ WBreathalizer

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Police offi-
. cers are ex-
.tremely adapt at spotting impaired
drivers. There are dozens of telltale
- clues. If you are suspected, you will

be asked to submit to a breathalizer
test. This is mandatory and refusal

with impaired driving.

Very likely, you will be
jailed overnight. Far the
average citizen, this is a terrifying
experience. Impalred driving comes

. . €@0 result in serious charges. If you
“shave consumed enough to give you
* -*.@ 08 reading, you.can be charged

under the Criminal Code, and that

Think atin tin

is just how yau will be treated. You
will be fingerprinted, asked for alias’,
relieved of your belt, tie, shoelaces,
and personal possessions, allawed
one phone call, and be placed in a
cell. In the morning, your breakfast
will be slid under the bars of the celf

‘door. You wilf find the night harrow-
ing anc have plenty of timeto reflect.”

In the meantime, your wife and
children will be worried, distressed

and slightly mortified. .
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3 Fines The arresting officer's
report,corroborated
by your breathalizer reading, will
normally result ina conviction. The
number af convictions is increasing
every year.Over 12,000 are expect-

ed in British Columbia alone dur- . -

ing 1971. If. the Judge lets you off

‘with a $260 fine for-the first of -

fence, you can consider yourself
lucky, For having accumulated. ten
penalty points, the Superintendent

of Motor Vehicles will assess you.

a charge of $25.00 whiclt will be

used to pay for public information

messages like the one you are now
reading. Add to this the $50 te sever
al hundred dollars you'll spend ona
lawyer and you've dropped quite a
bundle.

4 Suspension =e" i vou

: have never
had so much as a parking ticket in
thirty yearsofdriving, you can expect
to have your right to drive review-

ed bythe Superintendent of Motor-

Vehicles,.On his judgement and your
driving record, your suspension may
be one month, three months, six
months, or aven indefinitely,

5 Insurance stop at fines

and lawyers. When your insurance
company hears all about it, your

“insurance premium will be sur-

charged. That means your insurance
rates will soar. until'you can prove
yourself a'good risk again, That

could take years If you have no more -

problems, And here's another point

_ to ponder, Had you injured or killed
a - To yer’ oe 1 -

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fon. Lesiie R. Peterson,

. ‘Attornéy-General of

The costs don't

Doyouknow |
itcould cost you?

someone while impaired, your
liability coverage was void anyhow,
Your insurance company will pay
the claim, but they may demand re-
payment from you,

Criminal’ courts

6 Publicity swarmwithcourt
‘ reporters. In some smaller com-
munities, your conviction will make
front page news. They will list the!
details of your arrest, trial; convic-
_ ton, breathalizer reading,-fine and:
-Suspension, They will print all this;
_ along with’your name and address,
for all your friends and business as-
sociates to’ read. It is the coup de
grace youcan expect ahoutone weak
after the trial; Po, -

_ how a jovial evening can turn into a
nightmare. The police have sean too

many dead children to have much |

patiance. The courts have heard tao:
many tragedies to: give you much.

_Mmercy. And that's the way it is... a

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These are the hard cold facts of