Murray Kennedy, Powell River, writes: B.C. Hydro’s Proposed Cheekye Dunsmuir kv transmission line has gen- rated massive opposition throughout the province. Many _ People have expressed an inter- €st in aiding those who have actively involved in the Protests, To all who have asked __-Howcan I help?” I would like to reply through your pages. In mid-August, a number of Us took direct action against Hy- dro’s construction of the project Or Texada Island. S project is merely a symp- tom of B.C. Hydro’s self-serv- ing energy development policy. aie Policy attempts to ‘‘just- ify” the development of this line On the basis of fabricated energy demand projections for Van- Couver Island that are almost double the projections made by the B.C. Energy Commission. It 1S a policy that leaves us with a residue Of herbicides, electro- Magnetic fields, a wasteful en- €tgy mentality, flooded farm- land and a general erosion of democracy in B.C. __ We were arrested for block- ing bulldozers on Texada Island and charged with ‘‘public mis- Chief.” Since then, the police have dropped criminal charges against us and B.C. Hydro has laid “‘contempt of court’’ ges against nine people who Participated in the demonstra- tions. These actions were con- S. R. Kirkland, Sointula, Writes: We have heard a lot this Summer about FAIR, ICBC’s Msurance plan and I’ll bet the Cost of those ads cost a fair amount. Neither my wife nor 1 have had any dealings with ICBC since it was formed, other Han writing them a cheque for a little over $100 every year. Just think, it took over 800 old \_tocks like me with a clear rec- The trial continues... Now that’s fair comment are trary to a Supreme Court in- junction prohibiting such dem- onstrations. Our trial began Nov. 17 and will resume again Dec. 17. We had hoped to put the facts re- garding the Cheekye-Dunsmuir line on record, showing that it is an unnecessary waste of public money. But clearly it will take much more than the forum of the trial to force a public hearing on the transmission line and to bring to light the arrogance of B.C. Hydro’s methods throughout the province. _ Thus far, those who have been involved in these actions have assumed all of the costs that have been incurred. As legal defence proceeds costs will definitely climb, making it harder to bear alone. If your readers would like to contribute to the Cheekye Dunsmuir De- fence Fund and to help our cam- paign for a moratorium on the line pending public hearings, there is an account at the Powell River Credit Union, 6239 Wal- nut Street, Powell River, B.C. The account number is 18285. Those who wish to offer sup- port in any other way, or who would like further information should write Joel Guttman, R.R.2, Atreveda Rd., Powell River, B.C. © To those who have been in- volved with us in the struggle, I say thank you for all the support you have sent our way. ord, to pay former ICBC presi- dent Bobby Sherrell’s salary. That’s a fair amount to pay for the head of a two-bit insurance company. From what I can ga- ther, his qualifications were no hell. I know it’s peanuts com- pared to the new president of BCRIC whose salary is $250,- 000. I think I will give my shares away free before I get a bill for his salary. That ought to be fair. ) We'd like more people _|to be reading these... CLASSIFIED Blakey to Smith: (ABVERTISING overhaul system Parents, teachers and students are caught in an archaic school system that is desparately in need of a major overhaul, B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Al Blakey told education minister Brian Smith and over 200 people at John Oliver high school auditorium Tuesday. A burst of applause met his next remark ‘‘we’re still trying to makea 19th century system equip our children for life in the 20th century.” Blakey was one of 50 speakers scheduled to give their views on education at the last of the widely- publicized “Speak Out” forums Smith has been touring with around the province. On the road for two months, between 800 and 1,000 briefs were presented to him at 41 public and professional forums covering the gamut of educational issues. Blakey commended Smith for listening to ‘‘an interminable catalogue of complaints and demands,”’ then challenged him to launch ‘‘a broader, deeper ex- amination as prelude to a com- prehensive revision of the Public Schools Act. = *fYou have heard many criticisms, especially from teachers who live daily in the tightening vise between system control versus human understanding. “You have also heard students, who are victims of the system, criticize teachers, unaware that ‘teachers have little control over their own circumstances.” Terri Taylor, a member of the Parents’ Consultative group, warned Smith of the “‘very, very strong” racist attitudes she en- countered when gathering names for a petition demanding expanded English as a second language (ESL) programs. Before handing him the 1,335 signatures, she said that because the special needs of ESL students were not being met with adequate staffing, materials and funding, children of non-ESL families were being held back. Present staff were unable to meet both groups’ needs - and were ‘‘frustrated over working conditions,” she added. At an earlier forum, Lawrence Shulman, president’ of Vancouver’s school co-ordinating council said that inadequate finan- cing of ESL programs was pitting immigrant and English-speaking parents one against each other, providing ‘‘fertile ground for racism and groups like the Ku Klux Klan.”’ Another speaker, Nadine Allan from the Vancouver Status of Women, blasted the education ministry’? for being the last to know that a social revolution had occurred. Sex discrimination in education exists at all levels, she said. Using ‘‘male-centered”’ curriculum and segregated courses as examples of how the educational system was perpetuating inequality, Allan call- ed on Smith to make a public com- mittment to the elimination of sex- ism in education. Allan also demanded that the education minister provide ‘‘fun- ding and leadership for locally- developed sex education and fami- ly life programs’’ because of ‘‘the alarming increase in teenage pregnancies.”’ Chronic underfunding of the special educational programs for mentally and physically handicap- ped students was the substance of submissions made by the Van- couver Association for Children with Learning Disabilities and the Cerebral Palsy Association. A VACLD spokesman pressed for the ‘“‘mandatory screening of all children at kindergarten level by school-based therapists for early diagnosis of learning disabilities,’’ a demand repeatedly made at the earlier session by therapists from the Vancouver Neurological Cen- tre, Children’s Hospital and Van- couver Care Service. : Acontingent of parents involved in community schools turned out with placards, putting their case for “recognition and consistent fun- ding”’ before Smith. 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