" HERALD, TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA “TERRACE “Omineca” HERALD Published every. Wednesday at Tertace; British Columbia CATHERINE M. FRASER, Publisher . . RUTH: ML HALLOCK, Sditor Telephone VI3-6357 ‘Malling Address: P.O. Box" 1177, Terrace, B.C. ets _ . SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE PAYABLE IN-ADVANCE " ¢ The publisher reserves the right to edit or refuse items in the publication of the paper. 8 Member of B.C. Weekly Newspaper Advertising Bureau; B.C. Division of the “s Nelson Callville, Washington;|. wora was. received here He Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; and Audit Bureau of Circulation. - . Poeet® Grand Forks’ and Osoyoos. They | week ‘of the birth in: Prince: Authorized as gecond class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. |7eturned home by way of the|o# twin sons to Mr. and Mra. Hope-Princeton highway and. -t¢-| Mork (ne Chemko). The pay Where. were they? Pees oo aire fine tp weather throughout rived on September 18, ie |. ~ Mrs,'D, Davey of Yancotiver has |. Mrs, rls Blue is leaving fm been a guest: at the home of her Monday, September. 26 o ely TERRACE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL and the son-inlaw and-daughter, Mr, and) Toy isis relatives Englan ene Advisory Planning Commission both ap- Mrs, Jim Taylor of the Reel Inn, Lond Hi Brichton It pear to be faced with a long, hard bottle Terrace, for the past two weeks, | DUNN tO™ se mi in their attempts to establish a ‘planned development pattern for our community. Last year the services of a qualified town planner were contracted by the Muni- years since Mrs. Blue came fie cipality and his ultimate recommendations Bape Two TERRACE HOMINEC Wednesday, September 21, 1 . Mr iid Mra, 3. Norrington sh will visit’ with ‘yr, and’ ave re m a motor holt M day which took them, via Rogers poor iraegiaes former. Pass to Banff, Alberta; Invermere; | ' public meetings held last winter ‘to discuss town planning. They were.not, They waited until they were directly affected before they rallied to the fight. By that time—the war was over, The petitioners now claim they have just begun to fight. They don’t like some of the decisions that have been ‘made re- Terrace for the past eighteen|homeland, She is being ac months, left on Saturday morning|anied as far as Amsterdam for Vancouver. She planned {tojMrs. Richard Adams who make the trip to the Lower Main-j visit relatives and friends in§ Mra, Enid Nye, niece of the C.|from England to Canada and ie J. Norringtons, and resident of| will be her first visit back tommm are now a matter of record. When town planning first, came to the attention of the public, there was not too | much reaction. The general feeling seem- ed to be one of ‘‘Town planning? So What?” Then came the bylaws, subdivisions and zoning. This brought about a noticeable change in the outlook of many property owners. Suddenly town plonning became very important, particularly at the ingly- idual level. Homeowners found themselves in situations which, in some cases, were not happy ones. Their property values stood to be affected by proposed zoning changes and it became evident thot hit- ting a homeowner in his. property values, is hitting him where he lives. The clamour started! Over 130 property owners signed a peti- tion which was brought before Municipal Council, after a major zoning decision af- fecting ‘their properties and adjacent prop- erties was well underway. The timing was wrong. The petition should have been: presented in February The 130 property owners should have been in attendance at either one or both of the ABOUT MENTAL RETARDATION Ask yourself... Next week in Moncton, New Brunswick, the ninth National Conference on Mental Retardation is scheduled to be held. Mental Retardation is a problem with which many Canadians have become tragically familiar. It is a problem which could strike you at anytime and without warning. It is a problem which requires a great deal of study and ultimate under- standing before Canada can begin to make strides in the rehabilitative field. Following is a group of questions and answers regarding Mental Retardation, as issued by the Canadian Association for Retarded Children: What is Mental Retardation? Impaired mental ability, The retarded child learns more slowly;. at maturity his capacity to understand will be less than normal, What causes Mental Retardation? An imperfect or damaged brain.” A genetic accident, injury at birth, or acci- dent or illness during infancy can cause mental retardation, More than 100 differ- ent causes have been discovered. Who are Immune? No family is immune. Mental retarda- tion strikes families, rich and poor, learned and ignored, it respects neither class nor race. Is it Curable? - No, because mental retardation ‘is not q disease. It is a chronic handicap. But the mentally retarded child can be treated and invariably does need treatment. Is # Hopeless? No, not at all. Quite to the contrary, 29 out of 30 mentally: retarded children can ‘be trained and: helped to grow into useful, happy members of the community with considerable . degree of = self-suffi- ciency. How Prevalent is Mental etardotion? . ‘ ‘It is the most prevalent of all chitd disabilities. It handicaps twice as: many chi'dren as polio, cerebral palsy, rheumatic heart disease and blindness alf together, garding zoning.: This is understandable— some of the decisions have not been in the best interests of the petitioners. : However, the Advisory Planning Com- mission and. Municipal Council have both acted in good faith, Because of marked apathy on the part of property owners at the outset (at a time when Municipal of- ficials were bending over backward to give everyone a chance to voice an opinion) they went ahead and did the best they could with whot they had. It now appears, there are on awful lot of people, showing an awful lot of inter- est in Terrace’s town plan, and in the new zoning bylaw. Where ware they on the evening of February 9, 1966? - ' That was.the night when a public hear- ing for the purpose of receiving and hear- ing submissions from property owners re- garding proposed zoning changes in the community, was held in the Community Centre. We remember. the meeting well. Only 75 people showed up. But of course there was a bingo game that night. . Three out of every 100 children born are mentally retarded. There are more than half a million mentally retarded in Canada today. Con Mentally Retarded Children be Educated? The miidly retarded——-those who have not suffered more than about 25% men- tal impairment below normal intelligence — can with proper schooling master acad- emic work jin the second to sixth grade. fange, 25 of every 30 retarded children are educable and can be taught to be fairly self-supporting as adults. What ‘About the Others? Another 13% of the mentally retarded — another 4 out of avery 30 are moder-- ately retarded. They are the “trainable.” With proper training facilities and super- vised ‘‘sheltered workshop"’ provisions they can become seif- “supporting to, sone degree, What Schooling i is Provided? Urban School Boards in the larger centres generally provide special classes for the “educable’ or mildly retarded. There is still considerable need for such provision for mildly retarded children in- _ tural regions. Local associations for retard- ed children provide special “day schools ‘for the “trainable” or moderately retarded. Is Schooling the Only Service? No. The local associations also privide sheltered workshops, recreational pro- grams, family counselling, home care help. Sheltered workshops hove. already been established in about 90 Canadian centres. On.a prévincial level — through: pro- vincial -. associations — and nationally through the Canadian Association. for. Re- - tarded Children these locals are stimulat- - ing -reseorch.into all.aspects of mental retardation particularly towards its Preven tion. Where Can I Find Out More?. Contact your Later: Association for-Re-- Canadian | Association for Retarded Children, ‘87 ‘Bedford Road, Toronto 5, Ontario, . tarded. Children or write: ‘the Rogers Pass, land city via the Hart Highway,}land. The ladies will ret driving through Alberta and the| gether and expect to be ba In Dawson Creek! October 18, - Square Dancin: FOR BEGINNERS Beginner Class will start SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 at 8:30 F Clarence Michiel Elementary Schoo! Sparks Street, Terrace: Instructor-Callers —- Joe and Oma Ward Sponsored by the SKEENA SQUARE DANCE CLUB Phone Mrs, Don Parr, VI 3-2322 or Mirs. Dwain McColl, VI 3-297 ’ for further information @ 5c to $1.00 | | BILL BOARD _ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 3:30 p.m. Clarence Michtel school) Skeena Square Dance Club beginners classes. Caller Joe Ward. 3H SUNDAY, SEPT 25 — The 50-minute eolor film, “The Amazing | Story of Sgt. Jacob De. Shazer,” at the Alliance Gospel # Chapel at 7 pm. . SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 — 7:30 P.M. Clarence “Michiel z| school, Skeena Square Dance Club dancing begins. CaHer & . , Dwain McColl, E SEPTEMBER 26 to 30 — Terrace Overture Concert Association 4 5 membership campaign. Tickets available. for three-concert q series at the offices of Dr. R. E,. M. Lee, in the Larelle i Shopping Centre, Po WEDNESDAY, SEPT, 28, 8 p.m.,. Veritas ‘Lounge — Meeting of _the Terrace Overture. Concert Association, Anyone. inter- (it ested, please attend. Miss Helen Hove, Vancouver repre- iit sentative will be attendance. Pa SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 — 1 pm. to 11 pam. Terrace Centen- jf 7 nial Carnival, Community Centre. : OCTOBER 1 — Hos) Hospital Auxiliary eat Go-Round Brides, | a . bridge players wishing ain, may telephone ize Hr bie Lindstrom at ‘VI 32489 or write P.O. Box 1089) before September 19th SATURDAY, OCT, 1 — Watch for CWL baking and delleatesoon booth -at the. Centennial Carnival. Anyone wishing -to.aay donate may bring their contribution to. the booth between io noon and 10pm... o SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 — Ladies Auxiliary of Mills Mem: ie orlal Hospital Fall Bazaar and Tea, 2:30 to, 6:00 gm. mail Terrace Community Centre. ° THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, °2 to 5 PM. — Catholic Women'sj Ps League "Fall Bazaar. i OCTOBER 20 & 29 — Rummage sale, Oddfellows? Hall, spor _ sored ‘by Rebekah Lodge, _ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1968 — ‘United Sree ‘ “Just ARRIVED . New ‘and. Wide: Selection . of GIFT ITEMS! ! | | (Closed All Day Wednesday)