| ‘Vol 3, Issue No. 24

Legislative Liby
Parliament Bu
Victoria, B.C.

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School
board
gets

complaints :

TERRACE — The School |

District: 88 trustees’ final
board) meeting of the
school year. on June 9 was

marked by‘a plea from ov- _

erbudened’ taxpayers’ for

the board to defend them.

against provincial govern:

iment. education | funding.
L policies, ‘and by. expres- .

gions of thanks from. the

local teachers association .
_for, judicious handling of
“the: Tecently-concluded ar-

bitration process,
‘Terrace resident Bruce

’. Ferguson -and.four other

local homeowners: appeal-

'. @d'to trustees for action in
stopping the trend toward
financing . education

through heavier. local
taxes: Ferguson. ‘pointed
out that the school tax rate
on residential property in :
School District 88°‘ has .

nearly doubled since 1984,
but the .district’s ‘budget .

has only increased 8. 3 per-

cent - during : the same . .

", period,

"Ferguson indicated an.
understanding that the.

board. is relatively blame-

less for the current.state of ©
affairs i in education fund-
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Kinsmen Doug Watt et with plag
Guests spoke of Watt warmly, outlining his accomplishment
, Kom’ “his stamily’. who o walked inv with “Congratulations, Dad",

“ It was a a surprise!
ue) was honored by fellow members of the club durl
3 with the Kinsmen.
tears streaming down thelr cheeks. See more photos page 15. -

ng the installation o} of tncoming Officers held Saturday, June 6.
Several presentations were made, but the best one of all-was:.

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Opinions Sc. See 6
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* Forecast: ‘Sunny: on.
Tuesday, mainly sunny”
with: ‘a few -cloudy ©

periods on Wednesday,

~ cloudy with a few sunny —

- periods on Thureday. -

interruption

“Terrace Al Gseeans Steelers adios
* to 26, The women encourage men "s and women’s

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outdoor soccer team have won the Zone 7 playoffs and now advance to the Summer Games in Delta, July 23
teams to challenge them to games In preparation for the upcoming games. See-champlonsh

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but not

shutdown

TERRACE — The Letter. -
Carriers Union of Canada :-

CL.CUC) will use a strategy:

of rotating strikes against -
the Canada Post Corpora- |
tion that will cripple
reliability ‘of the postal
system without shutting it.

- down altogether.

The: mail carriers went .
on strike after a midnight ©
Monday. deadline: passed .
and negotiators: failed: to -

come up with a: contract |

agreement. Canada Post

~ president Donald Lander.

has. vowed to keep the .

" mail moving, . but. Bill.
- Steele, business agent for.

LCUC. district 10. which. ..
includes Terrace, said his:

union is. determined to .

stop the use of scabs dur-~
ing the strike. ‘Mail -
delivery will not go
ahead,’’ Steele said in a re-
cent interview. ‘‘People
would be making a serious -
mistake to entrust their.
mail to Canada Post dur:
ing the strike.”* ,

In Terrace and the rest

of B.C, mail delivery con-:

tinued the morning ‘after.
the deadline; but delivery
was cut off in Montreal
and Calgary.

Steele said contract
issues that remain.

_ unresolved are centered -

around concession
demands by Canada Poast..

. They include a lower wage
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