The Terrace Standard, ee December 29, 1999 - AZ

CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD

The Mail Ba

Story unfair to Teen Learning Centre

Dear Sir:

[was upset after reading the
Dec. 1-Teen Learning Centre arti-
cle.

It was negative and without an
accurate understanding of the rea-
sons and purposes for having the

school, or much knowledge: of the

“situations or circumstances that
result in students being there.
] am ian my 38th year of teach-
ing in Terrace. I spent five days i in
the centre and was very im-

pressed,

Iam not suggesting the article
criticized the school’s staff.

The teachers ‘and support work-
ers are. very warm and caring indi-
viduals trying their best to teach
and assist the young people who
attend,

I am well aware thal a person
can drive past the TLC at 10:30
and see some students outside
smoking during their break or see
some arriving al 9:30 when school

is supposed to start at 9.
However, for most of these kids
life has not been, and is not, a

_ bow! of cherries.

This school provides some
temporary: stabilization: in ‘their

" lives‘and a possible positive hope

for the :future. In. most cases,
heavy duty’ disciplinary: tactics
with these -kids produce negative
resulis and failure for all ‘con-
cerned,

In all schools, but more so in a

school like TLC, you win some ~

and you lose some, but -no one
can do any more than their best.

I hope that the person ‘who
wrote -the article will: do more

homework: before expressing to.

the public their ideas and opin-
ions. .

Sometimes: in the media opin-

ions are construed as facts, and lo
many, this is totally unfair.

‘Allan Cameron Sr.

Terrace. B.C.

It's the dawning of the Age of Asparagus

Dear Sir:

Well, Happy New Year
and welcome to Ground
Zero Zero of the preat mil-
lennium shakedown — not
the meltdown of so-called
Armageddon, Watch’ the
Y2K bug don’t get ya!

The reason Prime Min-

ister Chretien declared the. -

equivalent of the War
Measures Act -and de-
ployed the. troops in carly
December ~ the. reason
that by mid-December 50
percent of the accommo-
dation reservations in Tor-
onto were booked = by
emergency services.— isa
civil preparedriess against
all the fear and loathing

caused by all- the media |

hype over nonsense.

Even a natural disaster
can be viewed as a sign of
Y2K apocalypse, causing
a stampede of cult rabble

Shape up,
bad drivers

Dear Sir:

It never ceases to
amaze me how stupid
some new drivers really
are. Those are the ones
with the big green and
black “N” on the backs of
their parent’s vehicles,

“Blatant disregard for the
regulations should be dealt

with swiftly and harshly

without reprieve.

[ am not saying that al!
new drivers fall in this cat-
egory, but the proof is in
any given day. Along Mu-
nroe St. past the schools, a
great many young drivers
drive like the vehicle
they’re in is stolen.

I know .that these vehi-
cles. must. be the parent’s
because I can’t think of
any young person that
would have the money or
the high paying job to pur-
chase a new minivan, Ford
Explorers or new pick-ups
that I see doing Mach 3.

I had thought this was
just a lunch hour thing, bul
' | see this: happening more
and more throughout the
day. The danger is so ex-
treme that one, just one
foulish person behind the
wheel of a.car will end up
killing someone in a cross-
walk-or on the side of the
roadway.

I always carry a pen
and paper wilh me now, so
that when I see this sort of
‘thing’ taking place, | take
down the license. plate
number, color and type of
vehicle and a description
of the driver and then For-

ward: this information to ~

the RCMP and let them
take cure of the problem.
As always, with enough
information the RCMP
will get the bad driver off
the road. ~
There. are

tou many

‘small children that live. in
this-area for this kind of.

dangerous driving. I like to
believe: that . most new
drivers will, in Fact, drive
, responsibly, bul there are
‘those that just want to be
noticed by. their peers.
- For those that drive
dangerously, well, you
know who you are and
‘your driving practices are
letting everyone that wish
to see their children safe
on public streets know who
you are.

Better slaw down or
your parents muy be puy-
ing the price of a law suil
aller, you: have hurt or
worst, killed sbmvone,

Think baju il,

IK Gray

and the scripturally illiter-
ate.

One of the strange
ironies of history is that
this is the first time people
have been expecting any
kind of apocalypse at the
turn of a millennium. Yes,
it’s true! ;
Christian History maga-

“zine got its readers ready

for ©¥2K > by © stating:

_ “Because Anno Domini

dating (selling the annual
calendar from the birth of
Christ) was still relatively
new in A.D. 1000, histor-
ians -doubl the year had
much apocalyptic signifi-
cance. for medieval men
and women.”

. So. what. you've . been
seeing. on A&E and PBS
(his past’ year has been
secular media revisionism.

The founding pilgrims
of the U.S, declared their

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‘In Your Community,

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mission as the birth of
“New Jerusalem”, Ged’s
kingdom on earth; but after
the U.S. Civil War end-of-
the-world cults sprang up
like mushroom. people,

‘who are kept. in the dark

and, fed lots of bullmanure.
Obviously the burming of

Allanta and. the ‘holocaust

at Gettysburg no longer
addressed the belief. in
America .as Jehovah's
Kingdom. —

And that’s really what’s

behind all the hype over
all this end-time apocalyp-
tic nonsense, ch]

I am here today to de-
clare the Year 2000 as the
Dawning of the Age of As”
paragus!

This has absolutely
-nothing to-do: with any-
thing: but dt-makes-as much.

- Sense -as the hippies sing-

ing the New Age of Aquar-
ius. It simply means: “Eat
your veggies” and if you
should happen (to stray inte

Drop in and see your

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i Christian bookstore
check . out their veggie
section,

I’m serious — they have °

one!

The only verse from

The Book of ‘Revelation
that stands out, in-Y2K for
me is, “Fear God and give
Him: glory. a Ue you fear
Y2K- you only give .the
Devil his dues and that's
the rea! mark of the beast.

Brian Gregg,

Terrace B.C.

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