; aoc 19, 1983 da ally! herald. "Published every weekday at 3010 Kalumn| Street, Terrace, 8.C! by: Sterling . Publishers Ltd. \ Authorized as |second class’ mail. Registration . 4) Number 9201, Pc tage paid In cash, wreturn n postige (guaranteed | oe a ' Lo} a Terrace: Brian ae on “Nick Walton ‘ivi ican aoa “Sports: Keith Alford 95 ‘Don Schaffer Reception-Classified: Circulation: Carolyn Gibson - Maria Taylor _ ° » WNOTICEOF COPYRIGHT. ; The Heraldretains fyll, complete and sole copyrigtit in any advertisement produced and-pr any editorial — ; or photographic content published:In the Herald. : Reproduction is not parmitted without the written ” permission of the Publisher. Editorial it Is time Terrace District Council grew up. Playing right wing and left wing political. . games Is absurd and reducing the mayor's salary to $1 from $10,000 Is juvenile even to a. group of’ kindergarten students. Such actions, even done In-lest as -some aldermen claim, just give the town a bad — Image. Is it no wonder that people are so. negative about the community when elected . officials can not show leadership but must” constantly quarrel with these. who are in.a~ superior position. ~* We are talking to all the people. who voted to have the mayor's salory reduced, Isn't it time you put away the toys boys and came out Into the real world? Isn’t It time-you stopped trying - to promote your next candidate.for mayor by . making Helmut Giesbrecht look like a. bad. mayor and start getting on with the job at harid? You have the majority. If you can‘t use _. It then the people must take It away from you in ” November. . The people of Terrace did not elect you to | light these other, They elected i r Playiigtooliab yarn the mayor’s salary to $1-Is not working together. You can’t blame Glesbrecht for that | one. You could have been doing something ° positive for the town Instead. If you can‘t get along with the mayor tell the media or tell the people at the meeting. But grow up and get on _ with the ob. Rates slashed _ Canada’s major chartered banks slashed their prime | rates Monday to the lowest level since November, 1978, and some banks backed their commitment to lower interest rates. by . cutting Savings, : ‘mortgage and consumer loan rates. ” Effective today, the prime- rate charged by the major banks to favored business customers falls to 11 per cent, down from 11.5 per cent. - The cut is the first in the prime rate since last February and continues a general downward trend that began last summer, The Toronto Dominion Bank, the country’s 8 fifth-largest, _ Set the wheels in motion about midday Monday. The bank . later announced cuts in its mortgage, consumer loan and savings rates. A bank spokesman attributed the cuts to the lower cost of funds and to weak demand for loans. Thecut in the prime was soon copled by the Royal Bank of Canada, the country's largest bank. The Bank of Monireal, the National Bank, the Mercantile Bank, the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce later matched the drop. In another development, Finance Minister Mare Lalonde . secretly huddled with key advisers Monday evening after. : an apparent budget leak -which shows the federal deficit is expected to rise to $31.2 billion this year. | The figure, along with what appears to be $4, t billion in private-sector tax Incentives designed to create jobs, was: on a film taken by the Ottawa bureau of CHCH, a Hamilton television station. - Meanwhile, a government source sald the minister's first budget, to be tabled tonight, will also include $1.5 billion to. $2 billion in direct job-creation programs, mostly through - work sharing and the New Employment and Expansion Development program. / __ However, it was not certain if the the direct job-creation | funds are In addition to or include an approximate $1 Dillion , already being spent by the federal government. . The leaked deficit figure suggests, however, that there is only about $1.2 billion: in’ new government . spending. Lalonde has said that even without any new budget ! initiatives the federal deficit in the 1983-84 fiscal year would be $30 billion. In other business news Monday; — Bell Canada's planned corporate recrgontzaiioe won important support when the federal telecommunications ‘regulator told cabinet the chnges should be allowed, provided a few minor legislative measures are introduced, The Canadian. Radio-television and. Telecomimunications - Commission concluded customers won't be harmed by the restructuring as long as the CRIC is given additional powers to control Bell. - — The first. products from the new Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. high-technology plant in Oakville, Ont., were ° wheeled off the assembly ‘line Monday,’ kicking off the company’s entry into the mid-size car market. Ford |s punting on the Introduction of’ the five-passenger front- wheeldrive F Ford Tempo and Mercury Topas to help bocat ‘per’ ‘cent. you to.work +: "exporta has-been cedugliig.:;. “To ite Bier, we ‘With a'B,C.: provideial election ‘around the corner, it time that voters’ took a very serious look at he alternatives’ - offered by a left wing factionanda ‘rightwing faction.” |: -_ No one neads réminding of the world-wide recession we: ee eect anne orm ts feet Ore year: in ; | Beltish Columbiq: everyone should; ‘be reminded: of ‘the : ime that occurred dn thls wove between the’ care: 197 haces Zand 1975: =. OS : When’ the :NDP_ government. Was - elected in. Rt f iaveitment capital was force out of British Columbia! ‘and v job opportunity, and creatio | wet with it.."Taxation on-ail * business was greatly increased.’ Every business from thé. _comnel. grocery store tthe major coeporations were hit: . Unions and associations 5 that sipport ‘he Nop P politics : oy machine experlericed new highs in" wage: and.benefit’ + ‘ negotiations. Political appoiritments Were the thing of the day and we witnessed the hiring f 2200 pew civil aervants, _» To the ” It Was the largeat Pork Barrel in:tha ‘history fi politics:and we are still payirig for it: - i Basically; British Columbia haa two political partic thd fu NDP..on the left and the’ Social - Credit, on “the: righ ad increased state ownership or free” enterprise. opportunity... To swallow, the suggestion that the NDP | have: ‘learned "their lesson. is absolutely ridiculous, -The ‘soclalist philosophy remains the same, and in order to meet- the: basic commitments of the NDP program, the money test * come from somewhere. _ The: NDP- has’ ‘always ‘been out to gouge the: resource: : industries and in doing 50, it automatically hurts the broad apectram of ordinary people whose jobs are dependent dij. ‘the mining industry, the’ forest industry and the. touriam industry. ‘The worst: hit industry during the 1972-75 years ‘was the mining industry: With Bill $1, B.C.’s second-largest. industry was brought to its knees, The NDP ‘actually: ” established a situation where. provincial taxesand’ royalties, plus the Federal taxes, could exceed the revenue: : earned by B.C, mining operations. Current NDP. policy has, x not at ehaned NDP had similar legialation slated for the forest. indstey and they. wanted to slow down the tourlst industry . by stopping campers and recreational vehicles from entering the province, the reason being that non-residents. . were using our natural resources, The fact is, these touriats spend $2 billion in B.C, annually, and this new-found money should be encouraged, not discouraged, rates - The NDP’a attack-on the mining Industry was: the. moet. _ devastating. the loss of jobs was overwhelming, and. recession was. paramount, Claim ‘stakers, prospectors, drillers, miners, truck drivers, geologists, “work in other provinges or countries, ; * There are over 1500 stocks trading on the Vancouver Stock Exchange, Through these facilities, millions and -millioris of dollars are raised every year for exploration and _ development, and this-in turn means thousands of jobs for mining and related industries, If the political climate is not favourable for investment, the jobs soon disappear and this ls something the struggling, but improving, economy — cannot afford, In British Columbia, things are turning around. Major developments are taking place. - Real estate is improving, hew investment opportunities are available, new mines are “ ‘being discovered, and the ) proposed U.S. tariff on hearsay err “bah By Keith Alford — a | - So Bill Bennett called the election for May 5. That should : have started the campaign, But it didn’t. For one thing, both the Socreds and the NDP have been getting ready for a long, long time. The Socreds have had their B.C. Spirit ads onTV, and the NDP has put its ownads on ‘the air. By both members of the public and the NDP, the Socreds have been accused of trying to buy votes. They've dropped millions of dollars recently into the Skeena riding. A riding which is.deseribed as “swing” since Frank. Howard's victory margin last time was only $20 votes and it is seen by’ Socreds as a real possibility to win this time around. With | both parties being fairly equal in leglalative seats, Bennett’ ‘ having only a narrow majority, both partles are putting everything they have into Terrace and have been for some "salon nine years ago.” time, If the Socreds are really buying votes, I'll think about selling mine. fora brand new ‘Harley-Davidion. ‘Similar: offers are open to the NDP. But neither party seems to have picked all the issues they , want to fight this campaign on. . Bennett, McCarthy, Phillips-‘and Monaghan have all managed to get the term “socialists” into recent speeches and implying the fight is really between socialists and free enterprisers. That's trite - and doesn’t appear to appeal to the average voter. i, Both Bennett and. Phillips have indicated they want to fight on their government’s record, but have not really. . indicated if its the whole record or just job creation and the restraint program. The last, even die-hard Soci'eds have bitterly complained about when it Affected their own areas . of operation. The Socreds have indicated they don’ t want to talk about’ promises. In one way,-that may sound very honest, ‘what else can the NDP talk about? They have been the opposition, not the government, The NDP had better talk promises if they . want: anybody to understand: their. platform. At least some Socred cabinet ministers don't want to talk | about education, health and other social services. The NDP ‘and the dinions are ‘not about to let them get away with that . one. It is mere semantics to argue whether the Social - ‘Credit government _ has “tout” or “not ‘kept up with inflation” in, some, areas of ‘its funding. ; The fact is the programs of last year just aren't there. development, roads and truction, - Joanhe Monaghan's cam > They say; B.C. Timber; engineets,.. . brokera and construction workers, were forced. intg: unemployment, or into leaving this province in search ot X ,. Don Holges a -Just ‘got hit by ‘the times,” he said. But | _enbinet | ministers, ‘Heads - Locally Frank Howard has seleased the first of a series of . _, campaign literature. This one says “creating jobs is the . Hall’s confid moat important issue in this election.””. ‘It mentions port. one asked to speak to the medla or in front of a seminar. Today, / j ign manager says she willnot - Hollis an outspoken and informed spokeaman who does not | ls your eat missing? at a. camber of cals have gone, Me the poun . ‘Unfortunately, | i There isi a ‘popalar’ misconception ‘that soclalism brings | WR security and freedom: . Nothing is further from the truth. It “the wrong ‘political, party, succeeds in the next British Columbia election,j\ we will experience a slide that will rob - us ‘all of: jobs, ‘opportunity and: ‘Prosperity, ft for countless — ‘years, to. come.. ‘that the ¢ economy is bad, and that’s. why I'm not working, Most, meaning quite a few, sawmills ran right. ‘through: the’bad_econamle - times... Men and women, not ‘working’ ‘for B.C; “Timber, worked and made money, Alll got) was time, Time for this, time for that: - money, just time, and time and:time again. - B.C. Timber - keeps saying poor etonomy:: Well 3 you gee I’m broke, It receiving some UI, but ‘not quite enough.” The. bank says, catch up or in time we'll get you; You see they got time more money, but: time, News flash: “B.C, Timber sells’ Skeens Lumber. ‘Loggings. going to start in a short time. J guess I'l have towait, hecausel've got time, Well my Ulis running out and [ seem to still: have tine. B.C, Timber is Still not open, not working, and not‘on time. Well the cars. gone, £0’s the UL... Now the funny part, the powers gone too. - You see all [had left was an electric clock. Now, I've gat. m - ‘mote TIME, ° heb. John Zak Farmer saved - PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, . Man. - (CP): — It not tor a blockade’ ‘by 100 fellow farmers, Bruce Payne might have © * Jost his livestock and equipment to a bankruptcy receiver Monday... ’ Aphalanx of farm vehicles set up by farmers, neighbors » and members of the Canadian Farm Survival Association “kept. Payne's rreditors from moving in on his property. - Payne; who blames high interest ‘rates and a couple of bad crop years for his plight, saya his situation is typical of ‘the financially-stresed farmers who rallied around him, “Pretty well everyone. that's here ‘today ‘Ys in some financial bind," said Payne, Some farmers won't be able to plant a-erop this year because of the financial squeeze, he said, “Some of thelr wives are staying home today because’ ‘they're afraid the receivera are going to walk in and cart off their stuff while they're away," Payno sald in an interview, ‘Payne's wife, Kathering, sald: ‘We're not’ just pushing for ourselves, we're pushing for Canadian agriculture right now, because without it, the" backbone al this ‘country ig _ gone. w . Payne, $8, who moved here three years ago after 17 years ‘of farming on rented land in the Toronto area, ls fighting to seep his farm despite debts of more than $800,000. ° ive agheat Hats fox Ana KC ! es vne ort! : ee a ian ‘to avoid ae his farm’ through “tek bankruptey.” iatdcocope” ; Holgeraon said Payne’ s debt problems “stem more from a couple of bad crop years and falling commodity prices and high interest rates and not bad management.” But Holgerson said the association, which has launched: similar blockades on farms in southern Ontarto, hasn't. received any promise trom ‘the receiver another attempt won't be made to selze Payne's financial assets. “T think’ the receivers are really, belng nasty here, They're not looking at the situation at all in tertis of the -Teality here in this community," Holgerson said.“ Payne owes more than $200,000 to the Portage la Prairie Credit Union and about $380,000 to other creditors: Payne sald his problems are due to an early frost and high interest rates; He was ta make two payments annually - of $20,000 but missed the first one, due last Nov. 1, “The credit union admitted we're not bad managers, We Hall fights back. - EDMONTON (CP) — — Sally Hall has ‘been fighting for consumers’ rights since she was overcharged at a beauty The Alberta president of the Consumers’ Association of Canada hed no idea she was launching a: career as a- consumer advocate “when she ‘took her. three. young "daughters into a Winnipeg beauty salon to have thetr bangs: trimmed In 1074, The battle began after she was charged for three adult . haircuts. As she was letting. off team at a ‘bridge ‘game that “aveningone of the women, who turned: out to’ be the’ consumer assoclation’s local president, persuaded her to. take her complaint to management. -. - Hall -recelved a | Fefund and: an apology, and phe was hooked. “thought this was great,” Hall said, “What kind of an _ association was this that could provide people with all this” - -’ helpful information?” =~ Soon she was acting. as recording: secretary for. the . Winnipeg ranch and was elected president a:year -later. . ’ After moving to Edmonton she was elected president of the | association's Alberta branch in 1980,. the only time in the organization's 36-year history: a president has. nerved in two - different provinces. Hall volunteers ithour days, includitig weekends, fo her work with the association, but anys the Hime is challenging “and rewarding. “It's been such an education for me. People ask me why I: do it when I don't get paid butie’s because I've met federal of. companies’ : “and: chad | opportimnities that the average person wouldn't, Bs As her experience with consumer affairs Pita 50 ‘aia! " ‘ gi ‘Nine years ago she used to stammer and shake whea ! ; present a platform as: suclf, but’ will tackle a few mary »; hesitate fo demand answers from polipilans or presidents issues. .. Inthe midst of this nominally early, but really late, stage’ of thecampaign, this columnist has a fear: The parties will not talk about the same subjects, but rather pass each other, and vital issues may get lost, . There is one sure way for the voter to Bee that both the sand the NDP atick tothe Issues that matter. Ask them, Drop into both. campaign headquarters and put the . politicians on the spot. Demand answers to your questions and concerns.: After all, you are the one that has to vote ta put them in office. - , They need you. : of national conglomerates: It’s a bell of a lot easier than it was two yeaa ago,” ‘she said, “I feel more qualified and I like to think we've built up. ~~. gredibility. [ have a great deal of respect. for people in bigh | places but I don't feel inferior’ any. mare." The fulfitment of her own career has been tempered with a frustration at the apathy of consumers who refuse ip help “the association in its activities ranging trom eséarch to | _ conducting surveys. . “There's 0 much more that we: fee] a can he doing but ~ we just can't doit on our own,” she esald. “We need People to! help.” - missing. again an GS At with food ie not just protecting: his prive . Hewly appoln - pefer of coutse to Mr.. Lutz. oscoicipiie aoa Sa taal Maes es net be dismiss - Appear . competent. ‘personally, these caches under the rug are. exposed, disappeared, I was from “ untimely death nét orice but twice! at itd he has not been, turned in! ) "| feel thatas g private individual, everyone ‘to their privacy, And certainly, dogs and chil ‘to. respect. boundaries, unfortunately, cats . - Delieve dit Bn dadividual who lures any animal hia fratratipia on |fningeent durab anim a : po the Balto, So | i, It-was with interest ‘hal I recently read ‘that one of the Inted directors of your editorial board is also the campaign manager of the Social Credit Party. in ‘Terrace. I ime of your announcement of an: editorial board I oe te tosee that an employee of B.C; Hydro and a member of the ‘Terrace business community “cémprised two thirds of the board’s members, There can be little doubt. that the interests these men ‘represent, are - considerably narrower: ‘than the vps ero by the le of Terrace who your erent the FO eeeumed or at least hoped that Mr. ‘Lutz might come from a different school. of thought. However now, seeing that he is in fact a stauitich and forthcoming Socred, 1 realize that the previously announced editorial board is nothing more than. ah agency to ensure that the people of Terrace get the “right kind af wa, _ will not be surprised then when in the latter. days of this provincial election campaign the Herald rus an. editorial " proclaiming that after an “objective’’ consideration: of the merits of the two candidates in Skeena It. beileves' that ” Social Credit will do the best job. All I ask is that’ we be ‘spared such. sententloueness, It is clear with the new editorial board, that if the editor wrote any _ type of view he would be removed from his position. Yours truly, Earl Hamilton Editor’s Note: A censorship board examines a newspaper ‘before publication and makes it's black marks. The _ editorial board locks at the paper after it ls published and responds to public input, However, thank you very much for your latter! ‘A lot of people accuse us of being too NDP - but then a lot of people complain we are too Socred. It's nice to hear from both sides. . ty Claudette Sandecki’s Schools Slant ity. Ofteng iby” nee OE Ae oF-two complaliis. may be an indication of of iw unvoiced ‘complaints of the same nature, This is an area where the board especially ‘needs an attitude of objectivity toward the school system. - Blind pride in the district can cause school board members . to dismiss complainants as troublemakers, when in fact their complaints may be only too genuine,” advises What Every Oregon School Board Member Should Know About -Boardsmanahip. My objectivity toward the District 8 ‘school syitem has led me to personally check out every complaint made to me. That's how I found out the board's school bus policy: was not being followed--students were being suspended without parents being: notified they could appeal any suspension longer than, two days; that an entire clnss attendance record ia messing; that a student on the brink of academic failure had been granted a week's ‘leave of _ Bbdsence;. that the company that hopes ‘to contract: the replacement service was advising the district its equipment was too old and costly to be worth repalr, . T would not have discovered these deticlencles had [ | dismissed these. complainta once I had passed them on to the superintendent, as is customary, ‘Staff, insome districts, conspire to buffer the board from learning unpleasant facts, particularly an ‘that would “hint an employee is falling down on the job, Even individual schools try to insulate thelr failures:from each other, and from the superintendent. ‘Some superintendents sweep - enough problems ‘under the rug to choke a. Hoover, and would rather leave those probleme out of sight”, says Gene I Maeroff in his book, Deu't Blame the Kids, publishes by | _MeGraw-Bill Book Company. yO “In some districts staff are apprehensive of trustees who poke into the affairs of the district. They feel more secure ~, with trustees ‘who ‘sit at. the board ‘table' and accept everything at face. yalue. That way. stalf can.at least But once a trustee investigates: ‘Therefore, despite criticism and attempted censure ‘by the board; depsite the Terrace District’ Administrators Association executive’ recently passing a motion “advising ; all members that information concerning: schools should “tot be discussed with Mrs, Sandeécki, other than when she is acting as‘a parent or as a “intend to cont a vate in a board meeting,” | Contaus perso investi brought to me, y investigating ‘all Gommplniats } For as a trustee, 1 am an elected represéntative of the public: . And Severy citizen has a right ‘to-go to their. slected representative,” ” Premier Bennett sald last week on CFTK’s oper line show, feel it is my duty, aa a trustee to Bet more jntormation into people's hands about: the way Heir schools operate: And if | am to have any credibility vith the public, 1 must be candid about the deficiencies in schools and. not limit public knowledge to. the good ings the bolird is willing to tell them about. So long as I iting to eliminata deficiencies, 1 see no disgrace in letting the public knew what those deficiencies are, and what Tam. ‘tying to-do to correct: them, >The. public is well aware there are deficiencies: ‘in our schools—they can sea many of the deticiencied themselves. 1 believe the community would be happier if the: board admitted these deticlencies exist than to help stalf awe “eae us Salong as personall investi i Tae, to upgrade the i ag ap tion ct 68 offers its students a = beiier her uine of lee, intend to probe. ™ a! ; ~The opinions expressed fn this column " Writer and do not reflect rd of truntoes of School District on " se oe ™