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To all of you, whether you are religious zealots, Mickey a Mouse politicians, self- -styled academies or. others -with _ Some cause or. beef, my sincere thanks “and my appreciation. . ~ Leannot, of course, mention you all, ‘but. some, eof. you are. truly deserving, There is one prolific writer with a rare gift . ‘for mixing up politics:and religion. His pet target is the “communist,” in spite of the fact that he would not be able. to recognize a communist if one. Jumped up ‘and bit him i in . the ass, ° And then there is ‘the mathématics. teacher with political ambitions, who lately seems to have taken. (albeit without, too _much success). a refresher: . / course creative writing. |." aa Another: regular contributor .. is..:a’ self-proclaimed academic. 1 understand that he had a degree i in an obscure: ‘subject known as “political science; which -is-on the academic seale ranks somewhere between Astrology and Tea Cup Reading, He is always complaining that he cannot geta job. Why don't you join the Foreign Legion? (Not the . Spanish, the French one» they! IL take almost - ‘pnybody,). Imagine the advantages: ‘pay (dw)} -threé square meals a-’ day, free wine, lots of exercise, and after five years (if you survive} you can claim te be bilingual and apply for a job as - . ‘an Ottawa Mandarin with both foretrotters in- the public trough. : But there are many more, far too riumérous to mention here, but to all of you writers of letters to the: editor, my . profound thanks, and like Dean Martin used to say on his ; . now defunct show, “Keep those cards and letters coming.’’ Gratefully yours, : Eric Brorup PS. Keep it up, I only buy the “Herald,’ when there are “Letters to the Editor” in it .!- : EDITOR'S NOTE: In that case siart looking for them, every day, Eric, . . * Man changes OTTAWA (CP) — Michael Hughes used to stuttér so badly that people laughed and walked away In the middle of his jokes. But two years ago, Hughes saw a demonstration of a Gevice called the Edinburgh Masker. He started using one and.“‘the change was instantaneous.” “Before, my wife and children had to handle all my phone calls," says the 41-year-old resident of Saint John, N.B., who has been a stutterer since he was.elght years old. “Now, » they can’t use the phone because I'm on it all the: - time, The device, developed” at Seotland’s University of Edinburgh in 1976, consists of a small microphone that emits a low buzzin the ears of the stutterer when he speaks, masking the sound of his own yaice and allowing him to speak more fluently. Dr. Robert Kroll, head of speech pathology at Toronto’ 8 Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, says the. device may be. . effective because it reduces a ‘pereon' 8 sensitivity to the: sound of his own-speech. ; However, Kroll said. he recommends the masker only after speech therapy fails and has 80 far ordered it for only one of his patients. That woman stopped using the ‘device because she didn’ t like the naise and couldn’t hear anything else, he. adds. Herb. Goldberg, a retired Chicago businessman marketing ihe masker in the United States, says.the device . works by. blocking interference of the brain’s two. hemispheres. “ “When a stulterer Is in, a tense: situation, the two. hemispheres of the brain are in conflict with both trying to control his speech. With the masker, noise Is fed {o the brain and is processed by.the right hemisphere, leaving the tefl, free to handle speech." Stuttering Involves a ‘number of ' speech problems,” including repeating words, repealing initial sounds and difficulty vocalizing words. Kroll says the syndrome, whieh affects four times as many males as females, may be caused by a combination of | “physical predisposition” and paraonal and environmental influences. . oan . And Goldberg points out that the masker is an 1 ad for Stuttering, nol a cure, adding that ‘people who begin to stutter aftera physical injury. or stroke-will not benefit from i . Hughes now is the masker’s Canadian distributor and says he has gold about 100 of the #490 devices since he began markeling them last year. He also says he has suffered a financial loss of $10, 000 but ‘adds: “I'm improving people’ 5 lives. You can't buy ihat."” . x wih , scouts at: ~one'youn ter. sone ae vate eine i toerntanmmnge he wrieee ati ee AAs COUNTRY, Atta: (ep): ndreds the 15th" World. Jamboree - -experimented to teatn' ‘how it woulli feel to be disabled, ithe. experiment unbearable: : But Wayde Lever, 13, who suffers from cerebral ‘ply, thought | it “fantastic” after navigating | the obstacle course in A special wheelchair: ‘hitched to an all-terrain vehiel wheelchajr jamboree, Leyer of Red Deer,|Alta., boiled with bis feet and-travelled an- obstacle | course ‘silting ‘down... 2 67. Tt makes me ore a part of My? Lever said, “There should be some tacts 80 5 ke coilld ‘do some ot “the: ‘chores around :here;” ‘Sheppard . ‘pald.: ae like a special: table that he could wheel up to In: : «hs chair-to help do the dishes:. - America, said it ig impossible to’ ‘say. how | many Children. need a WINNIPEG (CP) — “While: education remains the best method for influencing .a- child's smoking ' behavior, legislation 1s’ necessary to allow children’ to grow upin-an environment where the smoking habit does nat. develop,” ‘the World Conference | on ‘Smoking and ‘Health . was: “told Monday, : : _ Dr. Theodor Abelin “of ‘the. ‘University’ oe Bere. . Switzerland, said the incidence of smoking Is; ‘higher among _ children In areas where the sale of cigarettes to. minors is “not prohibited; cigarette . machines.’ proliferate; and’ ‘lgarettes are sold 4 individually at prices affordable to . B. (on Hydro. women trapped? r . VANCOUVER (CP) — Women working for. B é. ‘Hydro are trapped in a clerical ghetto earning law wages ‘with, little chance of advancement, aays a confidential ‘reporl on the status of women employed. by the ‘Crown corporation. “The. employment profije ‘of . B‘C;=Aydro © Teflects traditional patterns of” “occupational. segregation, ‘which - indicates ‘a possibility of systemic diserimination;” says the report prepared by Hydro's dwi personnel department. . Douglas Cooper, B.C.. “Hydro. vice-president | of, public, : - affairs, says the report on the status of women is considéred a working document that. ‘needs further.research.. “EF would imagine this isnot a priority item’ ‘at a time. when’ ‘ -, we’ are under severe restraint and has reduced ‘our: work. ‘force by 1,400." The report, a copy of which - was “obtained : by the’ Vancouver Province newspaper, calls for initiation ‘of 2 formal affirmative action program at B.C. Hydre 10 aveld ; being ordered to institute one by legislation. “ on The report has been under wraps since a fiat draft was 2 completed fi in Jate "1981: : ei _ When the Hydro report was: camiplied, -only ’ ‘99 pei ei a! is Hydro's: 8,800 full-time employees were women, Close to 90 - per cent of them: were employed in low-paying clerical _ positions. Since then, widespread “layoffs have ‘worsened “he ~Thorahill Viewpoint: | - Culp’s Corner On July 2, the Terrace Transit: System: expanded : providing bus service to Thornhill for the first time., When Thornhill residents voted 19 months ago for a bus service, they- voted for their own: transit .service. - Unfortunately a few months after the referendum ‘was _ passed; the provincial government brought in-io’ effect it’s ‘restraint program, which effectively destroyed any hope for. Thornhill's.bug service going ahead, B.C, Transit who subsidizes bus'services throughout | the Province, was told it , could not initlate any new systems. anywhere in B.C. As a result: of .this decision, .[/ was. frustrated and pessimistic over the chances-of a bus service starting up in - ‘Thornhill in the near future; The ouly hope Teould see was the possibility that Textace’s: bis system could be expanded © _to include ‘Thornhill, . 1 ‘received. encouragement and - - Support for the ‘exparigion from: ast years. Terrace council - of Mayor. Helmut 'Giesbrecht, Alderwomen Marguerite — Clarkson, Alderman Dayid Gelatelys and Alderman Vie Jolliffe. ©: . 1 met with B. ‘C. Transit officiate locally and at last years _ UBCM Convention -to go over: ‘the ‘various’ options. Bob Marcellin, “assistant admihistrator.. with. the regional - district and Bob Halsor, administrator for, Terrace, -worked on the fine detaila-and: did nigst of the groundwork. Without their help, Jittle would’! have been accomplished. :As. well, the Thornhill Advisory Planning Commission provided its “support and encouragement for the system, along with . regional district board. Of course’.the expansion would _ never have taken place without this years Terrace council being fully. in support ofthe idea. After some tough _ bargaining and the council exploring all the options for a » More efficient service in Terrace, they finally agreed toa partial expansion‘of service to:Thornhill, © an 1am ‘proud of the; accomplishment because “it Was achisved ‘under’ difficultconditions and it came about . through. persistance and elected officials working together for the common good of twa communities, _ Because, Thornhill | now hag a bus service does.not mean “that Tam ‘satisfied. “Yerrace's service has been watered ‘down because of the expansion, leaving - -them with a ‘reduced schedule and Thornhill with a Hmited service. To improve the ‘scheduling for ‘working people as well ab - shoppers, we will need at least one more bug. It isi my goal .to push for that extra bus, to provide for a full service that I believe will be supyorted by. the residents of Thornbil and . Terrace... : During the past. winter, 1 ocgailzéd a Cotnmunity Recovery Program, employing 11 peopl, to construct the 20bius shelters now In place throughdut Thornhill for the bus service. Approzimately $6,500 of the taxes det aside for the transit eystem covered the cost of materials, and the cost of the labor was paid for through ‘the. government funded _ Prograin. Moet important of all, for the bus system to work’ it needs the riders. Let's show the rest of B.C. that we too can have _ afi efficient dnd. well used bus system like any other -. Community it the Provitice. Come on Thornhill and Terrace residents, show' your support and Ride the bus. cet ae ain “Tashi, and eathetiog, in: ‘the: Shadow. of ‘the. Canada “Maybe: . “Maing famed ar its. in'th Ws, 3S Hong Kotig . ‘sent: elght.. handicapped. scouts. to this. airoke lait Noveriber . "Smyth 17, still walks. tha imp, 8-Tight: pecial activities 6 area at. the spravlin 7 eampsite, hundreds of noni-handicapped : scouts are asked | Io. - dial phones or use typewriters without using their hands to" learn: something of what‘ it) means to. be.disabled. - _ Lever can-walk with torearm crutchés.but mostly gets - around. the, '303-hectare (i0-acre) site in a -wheelchair strapped to :a small: ‘trailer, which: te: “Pulled by. a three- — “We've had a little Bit of a probiein with so some of the boys *heeh allterrain. wah who) feel maybe he’s being ‘treated a_littie. ‘bit special.” - Raul Chavez of Dallas, a ‘spokeamaif | for Boy Scouts of | “It's. ‘ust been fantastic," Lever said. ‘ye had a fot of fun." - = ae Als otro ‘wheelchair carried bim easily’ over the ‘The he indicapped say ‘and girls from: the: United States ‘thave been integrated with regular troops at the Jamboree, | Nearby, several. Swias sco Marlene MacKenzie ‘of ‘Delta, -members supervialng’ the'area.- thelr: feet very: effectively,"" " she said. “They try different ~ methods — even thelr noses: It gives them an. awareness of | -what it would be without. being able to-yse their hands." Albert Durr, 15, ‘of Berne, Switzerland, walked ‘away ‘ shaking his head:-"Much easier with the hands," he sald. ; Copy provided by’ The Associated Press : better smoke free environment. ; youths, The Swiss’ smoking experi sigateted a ‘number § af measures to combat youth emoking; Including introducing , _ aban on-cigarette advertising, providing. attractive non- smoking recreation’ ‘Centres and making anti-smoking information avallable.to. Pre-school, Children, 9 so - Abelin said a key. step is to associate non-smoking in a child’s mind with being popular,’ athletic, -and healthy. To.” emphasize thé point -he displayed a number of Swiss antl-_— sports, stars: . Situation, Now only” 5 “per: cent ot ‘the. 5000. regular employees are. women. BR . The report says 25 of the 1,000 pétaons in ihe supervisory group, were ‘women; “Only - ‘LE -of: the: 64. professionals | ~ employed. by Hydro werewomen.- ‘Therer now: are 33 female | supervisors and 19 female professionals,’ ~ vAn administrative: ‘assistant, who asked!’ not to be ‘named says womert’s careers grind io'a halt at Hydro, tong. before ; After 30 years with Hydra - womat igures her career has. peaked. at ‘tie level. where: most. men. ‘start. we, “There's . some : in-house’ training - ‘but “it” isn't made | available too easily. It’s dorie at. the "diseretion: of one ‘Ss ~ supervisor, it Just depends: on what they hope to train you’ for. u : _A ‘woman in a technical job said ° “she experienced "discrimination first-hand. She asked not be named to avoid - jeopardizing any “chances ‘at advancement, . be ss fans ‘Claudette. Sandecki’s Schools ‘Slant Looks as though B.C. school districts are in for another - year of aver-spent travel budgets and. even lower staff , ‘morale. Last year, the B. C. School Trustees Association spent its’ : entire annual travel budget in the first four months of the ‘year responding to the frequent summons: of. William Vander Zalm. Today four representatives of each of the provinces 75.school districts are in Victoria to learn from . the new minister of education, Jack. Heinrich, what size - _ budget Bennett: will allot the districts‘over.the next three . years. This long range peek is no doubt to: quiet school boards' complaints of lack of time to phase-in changes when Bennett introduced restraint in February, 1982. District 88 is close te spending the remainder of its yearly trustee travel budget of $12,000 even though half a year is -- “ yet to go. Only $1212.07 remains, What has been-spent has “smoking posters dente non-smokin female and male. a ices od __ color-coding scheme for cigarette packages to. {indicate the But Dr. George Piper, president o of the Canadiin Cotincil on Smoking, and. Health, dismissed ‘the ‘posters, : ‘Baying showing pictures of “nonsmoking sports celebrities. to- children with no intention of becoming athletes would do ‘little to reduce the amount they smoke. ’ However, Piper agreed wilh Abelin that iidren ere: affected by cigarette advertisements, and added. “more attention should be paid. to providing programs to sblldren ‘who already’ smoke. - Dr. lan Lewis, of the University of Tasmania, auggeated « a degree of danger they present. Edward Lichtenstein, of the psychology department af the University of Oregon, urged communities interested in reducing smoking rates to pass bylaws Anaiting.. areas _ where smoking is legal. : - ’ The City of Winnipeg took a stel closer to doing fist that . "Monday when its committee on environment unanimously ” approved a motion urging city council to prohibit! ‘smoking in public reception areas .of businesses . and force restaurants to provide novsmioking, sectlons. : “HAS NO REGRETS " Conference ‘delegate Phyllis: Kabri; of. ‘the snaesota House: of Representatives, sald Minnesota has no regrets «about its no-smoking regulations, passed, in 1975. She, pays the: opposition. dissipated over time. * “T must say there has been increased. public.é reptance of this law,"’ shé said: “It has been very politically popular. . ye been told it’s the best thing I’'va aver done iti.40 years in the legislature, IVs not ‘énly supported by.the non-smokers * in the state of Minnesota, but’ it’s also been supported. by smokers.” “Some of the 900 delegates. from a0 countries attending the one-week conference expressed goncern about the spread of _ tobacco products to the Third’ "World, a ‘theme, of, the bos = Pathering. By ‘ag \ ah i Bh a ite a ig a a! ane Aa Labor: Scene by HENRY LEONG | Last year, in the midst of a declining. ‘economy, the Terrace Student Employment Centre was hit-hard when employers could not hire students to replace vacationing staff. In addition, unionized employers must recall laid off employees in anevent of any jobs that may come up before considering students. All parameters pertaining | to student employment were down, All in all, itwas a most depressing ‘Summer for students finding jobs.: a ' ‘This year the Terrace student employment | scene has improved, as June’showed an upward trend over last-year. The number of students who found jobst this year surpassed the number for all of last year. ..However, the ‘percentage . of sttidents who found. jobs through the Centre was slightly lower than the petcentage been sperit inequitably, from $68.82 for one trustee to.a high fr all of last year because of an increase Jn student of $2507 for another trustee, Yet June 27 the board okayed . sending five’ board members. to an August seminar in Vancouver, ‘ . Since Bennett decreed any teacher may be fired without : gause once the teachers’ contract expires at the end of the “year, teachers wiil be even more uneasy than they were last, . year. Worrying about losing a job cannot help but lessen a teacher's classroom. elficacy.. The result: will be poorer * drigtruction for' students; and more militancy on the part of. ‘teachers.. A situation that will, make iteven more difficult - to find able people willing to ‘stand for trustee elections in - November. Asif that is not hard lalready. © : A Canada’ wide Gallup poll taken in 1978 by the Canailian _ Education Asséciation found that 71.2 percent of the people ~ polled would refuse to serve as a school board member If - ' asked todo ko} 68.8 percent suid they probably would refuse to: serve as a’ Tember of a Parent advisory ‘advisory . _ committee. a (The. Gallup poll showed that compared tothe other nine _ more than willing to do odd jobs in the neighborhoods where provinces, B.C, parents ‘had the lowest attendance Fate at. ' parent: ‘advisory: meetings and parent-teacher ‘meetings; _were.the most unwilling toserve.as trustees or members of . “parent: admisory groups; the lowest-rate of satisfaction with thé amount of information they were: recelVing. on local school board affairs; and the lowest confidence in ‘school -boards.... ’ However,’ the BCTF’s prediction that: student education will suffer If Bennett’s budget raises the teacher-pupil ratio’ is not supported ‘by’ an’ experimental study done for the Toronto board of education in the 1970's, ‘The study. of the effects of, class size on iisiruction was reported. in the. Ainerican Educational Research Journal. ‘;° ' Sixty-two classes of students in the fourth and fifth grades from:11 schools in Metropolitan Toronto participated in the two-year study. The students were taught by. teachers whe - had at least two years of teaching’ experience. oo ‘The findings showed that while teachers actually do believeihat thelr experiences in smaller classes are better, - obsérvations revealed that teachers used’ virtually’ ‘the exaet: same methoda'of instruction whether teaching classes of 16, 23,30 or 37 students, and that even if there is _. nidre individualization of instruction in small classes ig still. “ nhass ‘oriented. _ in other words, class size makes a large difference to the - teacher's morale but little difference to the students or to . the instructional methodsused.. =. -. “s “The. opinions expressed In this ‘column are ‘those of, the: writer’and do not reflect the opialon of the beard ‘of. school leusteessiSchpol District as, ; ; fe he wor registrations, ‘With less than seven weeks lef b she Centre is hoping the percentage will increase. “As Summer Canada goes, - so. goek " student ught the Centre ate: t povriters and telephones ” i | : “They're provided: witha stlek, biut gome ‘of'them use 7 employment. ” . Summer Canada, a federal, job’ creation . "program for students, ‘accounted for 44 per cent of r . Summer job vacancies the Centre re ines - of jobs. the Centre found for students: The 50 per cent increase in federal funding over ‘last year has. definitely helped student employment. _ Provincial .funding also helped student employment. Although the Centre does not have ‘figures to account for provincial funding, the program was the best. seller for - employers disappointed. . ‘The Terrace Student Centre is expecting student registrations to surpass the 500 mark now that secondary Students are out for the summer, These students know ft will be tough tofind full-time summer employment because received and 49 per cent - "employers outside of government funding don’t anticipate | hiring. Because of this predicament, these’ students are they live, working for homeowners for a month, @ week, a _ day, or even an hour. Students as such, ‘constitute the Centre's Odd Job Squad-available on short natice for any job. Homeowners. and, businesses. find it easy. and inexpensive to hire. oad job, siuadders for work, Sround “, homes and. businesses... During its five’ month” gunimer’ student ‘employment program, the Terrace Centre has’ had -many' activities to promate student hiring: “The Centre has ‘declared this week, . dily 11 to July 16, a8 Hite a student'and win week! . Anyone who hires a student this week, through the Terrace Canada for rib ate for Student, will be entered in a‘draw for pri nated from lopal, busittesses. ie Centre will _also have ‘an .odd job: ‘equad display iin’. raat Mall _ Friday evening and all day Saturday to take job orders, 50 people won't miss: out on chances for ‘Prlzes. By hiring ae - student, everybody wits! ~ + The Terrace Student Eniployrnent Centre avould like to take this opporlunity to thank thé following businesses {or ‘their prize’ donation: . Terrace Co-op, Woolworths, Ev's Men’s Wear, Terrace Sight and Sound, Columbia Auté Haus. (Volkswagen), All. Seasons Sporting Govds, East End Chevron,.Totem Gulf Service, and Terface Hotel. Centre. would -algo like to thank Spee-Dee Printers for . donating ntaterial for the mall display.” * a -Anyone who can hire-a- student this week is urged to call “ the Student Centre ‘at 435-7134 and askfor Henry of Arlene, . -_ OF come see us at 4632 Lavelle Avenue ot at the Skeena Mall. Hire atudents--and wint.. ae By